COMMUNICATION OF A RELEVANT FACT

MASMOVIL GROUP

14th May 2020

The following Relevant Fact is provided regarding the company MASMOVIL IBERCOM, S.A. (hereinafter either the "MASMOVIL Group" or "MASMOVIL" or "Group") in accordance with what is laid down in article 17 of Regulation (UE) nº 596/2014 on market abuse and article 228 of the revised text of the Securities Market Act passed by Legislative Royal Decree 4/2015 of 23rd October and subsequent dispositions.

Earnings Report 1Q 2020

In Madrid on 14th May 2020

Meinrad Spenger

CEO

MASMOVIL IBERCOM, S.A.

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Index earnings Report 1Q 2020

Key Highlights 1Q20

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Financial and Operational Results

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Consolidated Profit and Loss Statement

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Consolidated Balance Sheet

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Cash Flow Statement

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Relevant Issues Following the Closing of the Period

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Disclaimer

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Information also available on www.grupomasmovil.comunder section "shareholders and investors"

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Key Highlights 1Q20

  • Growth momentum continues despite restrictions imposed on commercial activity

o General evaluation:MASMOVIL with strong performance in 1Q20 from a commercial and financial perspective. Good results were achieved despite the suspension of the fixed and mobile portability process for our customers in Spain (which was unique and Spain is the only country in Europe with such suspension) and other commercial restrictions as consequences of the declaration of the State of Alarm in Spain due to COVID-19.

    • Service Revenue:+20% YoY in 1Q20
    • Client growth: the number of broadband subscribers increased in Q1 by 119K (+8% QoQ) and mobile postpaid subscribers by 254K (+5% QoQ)
    • Number of subscribers:the number of broadband and postpaid mobile subscribers in the last 12 months grew by 486K (+43% YoY) and by 907K (+18% YoY) respectively
  • Increased Profitability in 1Q20
    • Adjusted EBITDA:€134M implies a +27% growth rate and represents €29M YoY increase relatively to 1Q19
    • EBITDA Margin:increased from 27% in 1Q19 to 30% in 1Q20 (+3pp)
    • Adjusted Net Income: €33M with €0.25 EPS
  • Full 2020-21 Guidance reiterated despite Covid19:
    • Introduction:Throughout the current crisis, the Company has been focused to facilitate a swift return to full operating momentum once the economy reopens, Measure include the support to our sales channels and partners, avoidance of lay- offs in the Group and strengthening of our network capacities. While there is still uncertainty around the duration of these exceptional circumstances, a solid 1Q20 and the trends observed in the first few weeks of 2Q20 allow us to be confident that MASMOVIL commercial growth plans will not be materially affected by Covid19.
    • EBITDA guidance confirmed: MASMOVIL is confirming its FY20 Adjusted EBITDA guidance of €570-600M; Margin 30-32% and for 2021 of €670-700M; Margin 32-34%
    • Capex and EFCF guidance intact: The Group sticks to its Capex guidance, despite additional Covid-19 related network efforts, of €295M and €255M for 2020 and 2021 respectively, and feels very comfortable with the >€2 per share Equity FCF guidance for 2021

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FY20

1Q20

Guidance

Reported On track?

€570M-

Adjusted

Adjusted EBITDA

€134M

EBITDA

€600M1

(before one-off costs)

Net Capex

Net Capex

€295M €97M

Deleveraging

Net Debt / EBITDA2

3.2x

3.2x

Path

Source: Company

  1. €570-600MEBITDA guidance range
  2. Net Debt 1Q20 of €1,845M over FY20 mid-point guided EBITDA of €585M. Leverage guidance adjusted for Lyca proforma contribution post synergies
  • Solidarity initiatives during Covid19 crisis
    Grupo MASMOVIL is committed to Spain and our social environment. We have tried to contribute in multiple ways to help and support society in the current State of Alarm including for instance:
  • Donation of masks, mobile handsets and SIMs to the government, retirement houses or hospitals
  • Free services for customers
  • Collaboration with social projects to mitigate the impact of the Covid19
  • Active participation and promotion of charity initiatives

For a very detailed description of the Group initiatives see https://www.grupomasmovil.com/nuestra-respuesta-ante-covid-19/

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  • Satisfactory MASMOVIL network performance during Covid19
  • According to nPerf April 2020 report (https://bit.ly/2Vx5Bkd), in 1Q20 MASMOVIL network performance has been the best-in-class in Spain during the peak days of the crisis. On average, MASMOVIL has outperformed its peers in download speeds and latency levels

Source: nPerf - Barometer of fixed and mobile connections in Spain (March 30th, 2020)

  • Network Development on Plan

o Total FTTH coverage increased to 24.4M Building Units ("BUs"), including wholesale access, basically covering now the whole of Spanish BUs

o MASMOVIL's own/usage rights FTTH footprint increased to 13.6M BUs which is equivalent to 73% coverage of all Spanish primary households1

 Operational Milestones & Initiatives During the Period

o Launch of marketing campaign for new MASMOVIL positioning, achieving historical records in brand tracking KPIs (recall, honesty, etc.) and in Google brand searches

o Launch of new products to increase the ARPU of our clients (eg: data vouchers, upsells)

o Covid19 situation related activities:

- Adaptation of brand taglines and campaigns for Yoigo, MASMOVIL and Pepephone

- Adaptation of product portfolio for all brands to Covid19 situation

- Creation of the coronavirus edition of the branded content platform "Pienso, luego actúo" ("I think, then I act") with more than 500 charity initiatives

o PepeEnergy's first digital marketing campaign multiplying sales x5 YoY

1 Assuming 18.5 million primary households (not BUs) according to INE

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o New DMP (Data Management Platform) launch with Sales Force and Digital Marketing Full Stack with Google

o Lebara brand: launch of a new offer including new international packages and "accumulate Gigas" feature

    • Content offer: enabling free access to SKY and Flixolé TV through Agile TV for clients of MASMOVIL and Yoigo
    • Mobile Apps: Launch of the new MASMOVIL App on the Group's Multi-brand platform. Pepephone and Yoigo APPS become the best rated in the Android market for the Telco sector (Pepephen 4.8; YOIGO 4.5)
  • MASMOVIL acquires virtual mobile operator Lycamobile Spain
  • As announced with our relevant fact dated March 2nd, 2020, MASMOVIL signed in February 28th, 2020 an agreement for the acquisition of Lycamobile, S.L.U. ("Lyca"), a virtual mobile operator in Spain operating under the Lycamobile brand. The acquisition is subject to the authorization of Antitrust Authorities
  • Lyca is a virtual mobile operator specialized in the pre-paid segment with around 1.5 million lines at the end of December 2019, with an ARPU > €7 with 2019 revenues of approximately €132 million and EBITDA of approximately €45 million
  • MASMOVIL estimates that the acquisition of Lyca will allow the combined business to generate synergies (mainly through reduction of mobile network costs and headquarter cost allocations) that will result in a proforma annual EBITDA post- synergies of c.€75M (€70M EBITDA already expected for 2021)
  • MASMOVIL will pay cash consideration of approximately €372 million for the acquisition of Lyca on a debt free transaction basis. The payment will be spread in three installments of €307 million at closing, €30 million in six months after closing and a final payment of €35 million twelve months after closing.
  • The transaction is expected to be funded by bank debt that has been committed by two leading international financial institutions, without resulting in any material increase in the Group leverage profile (leverage is currently expected to increase by 0.2x on a pro forma post-synergies basis)
  • Net of cost of funding and taxes, the acquisition of Lyca is expected to generate approximately €52 million of additional pro forma Equity FCF, which represents approximately 20% of the current >€2.0 per share 2021 Equity FCF guidance
  • The acquisition of Lyca reinforces MASMOVIL's position in the prepaid segment in Spain and is expected to be completed after the end of the State of Alarm

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Financial and Operational Results

  • Financials
    • MASMOVIL generated Service Revenues of €401M (+20% YoY) and Total Revenues of €445M (+16% YoY)
    • Adjusted EBITDA of €134M (+27% YoY) with an EBITDA margin of 30% (+3pp)
    • Reported Net Income of €22M and Adjusted Net Income of €33M represents €0.25 Adjusted EPS
    • Total Net Capex of €97M includes €51M of Commercial Capex (€30M in relation to customer growth and €21M to churn replacement) and €22M in relation to new FTTH deployments (>200k BUs in 1Q20)
      Growth Capex of €58M (c.60% of Total Net Capex) reflects MASMOVIL's continued strong operating momentum
    • MASMOVIL's own/usage rights FTTH network coverage increased to 13.6M BUs (vs. 6.4M BUs in 1Q19), representing 56% of MASMOVIL's total FTTH footprint of 24.4M BUs in 1Q20
      These 13.6M BUs mentioned above include usage rights over 5.2M BUs from our new Orange deal announced in October 2019
    • Net Debt of €1,845M equivalent to a financial leverage of 3.2x when using the adjusted EBITDA guidance of €585M (midpoint of the €570-600M guidance range)
    • Cash Flow from Operations of -€149M mainly due to 2019 deferred capex payments, NWC adjustments and deferred commissions and subsidies
  • Subscribers and KPIs
    • MASMOVIL achieved +119k fixed broadband net adds (in excess of 100k for ten consecutive quarters) and +254k postpaid mobile net adds in 1Q20 (in excess of 190k for eleven consecutive quarters)
    • As of 1Q20 MASMOVIL reached 5.9M mobile postpaid lines (+18% YoY) and 1.6M broadband lines (+43% YoY)

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Table 1 - Key Financials

Growth (%)

1Q19

1Q20

Reported

Lines (M)

Mobile postpaid

5.0

5.9

18%

Mobile prepaid

1.9

1.7

-6%

Broadband

1.1

1.6

43%

Total Lines

8.0

9.2

16%

Key Financials (M€, unless otherwise)

Service Revenues

336

401

20%

Total Revenues

383

445

16%

Adjusted EBITDA(1)

105

134

27%

Adjusted Net Income

37

33

-10%

Net Debt

1,107

1,845

67%

Key KPIs

EBITDA Margin (%)

27%

30%

262 bps

Net Debt/Adjusted EBITDA (2)

2.6x

3.2x

Adj. EPS (fully diluted, €)

0.29

0.25

-14%

Shares Outstanding (M)

Basic

120.2

131.7

Fully Diluted(3)

126.7

131.7

  1. EBITDA excludes, one-off expenses and stock appreciation rights (long-term management incentive plan
  2. Net Debt 1Q20 of €1,845M over FY20 mid-point guided EBITDA of €585M
  3. 1Q19 fully diluted number of shares is based on shares outstanding plus conversion of outstanding Providence convertibles at

that moment. FY19 number of shares outstanding and fully diluted are equal

Source: Company

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  • 1Q20 Service Revenue growth of +20% QoQ
  • Service Revenues grew +20% QoQ to €401M in 1Q20
  • Other Revenues declined 8% (low margin revenues)
  • Total Revenues grew +16% YoY reaching €445M in 1Q20

Table 2 - Revenue Split

Growth (%)

€M

1Q19

1Q20

Reported

Service Revenues

336

401

20%

Other Revenues

47

44

(8%)

Total Revenues

383

445

16%

Net Revenues(1)

341

407

19%

  1. Net Revenues calculated as Service Revenues plus Gross Profit contribution from Other Revenues Source: Company
  • MASMOVIL continues its strong growth trajectory and reaches a total of 9.2M lines including 1.6M broadband lines
  • At the end of 1Q20, MASMOVIL had 9.2M total lines (+16% vs. 1Q19)
  • Our multi-brand strategy of addressing different customer segments with tailored value propositions continues to deliver positive results
  • Cross-sellingof broadband to the existing mobile subscriber base as well as the upselling of higher value packages like Agile TV service remains on track

Table 3 - Overview of Customer Base

M Lines

1Q19

1Q20

Delta

Growth

Mobile postpaid

5.0

5.9

0.9

18%

Mobile prepaid

1.9

1.7

-0.1

-6%

Total Mobile

6.8

7.6

0.8

12%

Broadband

1.1

1.6

0.5

43%

Total lines

8.0

9.2

1.3

16%

Source: Company

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Chart 1 - Evolution of Mobile & Broadband Lines (millions)

Source: Company

  • Mobile postpaid lines grew +18% YoY and 5% QoQ
    • In 1Q20, MASMOVIL reached 5.9M mobile post-paid clients, an increase of +907k lines vs. 1Q19 and +254k vs. 4Q19
    • The use of its different brands (Yoigo, MASMOVIL, Pepephone, Llamaya and Lebara) with tailored value propositions and sales channels allows MASMOVIL to adequately address customers with different profiles and behavior
  • Broadband net adds of +119k in 1Q20
    • MASMOVIL added +119k new net broadband lines during 1Q20 resulting in a total of 1.6M broadband lines as of 1Q20 (+43% YoY). Broadband net adds in excess of +100k for ten consecutive quarters

Chart 2 - Evolution of Broadband Lines ('000)

Source: Company

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  • FTTH footprint increased to 24.4M BUs, growing 7.6M since 1Q19 (+45% YoY)
  • The co-invest agreements signed with Orange (several since 2016) and Vodafone (4Q18), continued own deployments as well as the usage rights over 5.2M BUs from the new Orange deal announced on Oct 1st 2019, enabled MASMOVIL to expand its own/usage rights FTTH pro-forma footprint to 13.6M BUs as of 1Q20
  • An additional 10.9M BUs are accessible through Bitstream agreements with third parties

Chart 3 - Fiber Footprint Expansion (Million BUs)

Source: Company

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Consolidated Profit and Loss Statement

Table 4 - Summarized P&L (€M)

1Q19

1Q20

Growth (%)

Reported

Reported

Rep. vs. Rep.

Ingresos de Servicio

336

401

20%

Otros ingresos

47

44

-8%

Ingresos

383

445

16%

Otros ingresos operativos

21

16

-23%

Coste de ventas

(266)

(294)

11%

Otros gastos operativos

(33)

(33)

1%

EBITDA ajustado

105

134

27%

Gastos no recurrentes

(4)

(8)

n.m.

EBITDA Reportado

101

125

24%

Depreciación/amortización

(56)

(73)

30%

EBIT Reportado

45

52

16%

Gasto financiero neto

(20)

(20)

0%

BAI

24

32

30%

Impuesto sobre beneficios

(3)

(10)

n.m.

Resultado neto Reportado

22

22

0%

Suma de los "Ajustes"

15

11

-24%

Resultado neto Ajustado (1)

37

33

-10%

  1. Please see in the next table the list of adjustments Source: Company
  • Adjusted EBITDA of €134M in 1Q20 +27% YoY
  • 1Q20 EBITDA of €134M represents a €29M YoY increase vs. 1Q19
  • EBITDA margin expanded to c.30% in 1Q20 vs. 19% in 1Q19

Chart 4 - Quarterly Adjusted EBITDA Performance (€M)

Source: Company

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  • Adjusted Net Income for 1Q20 of €33M and Reported Net Income of €22M
  • Adjusted Net Income of €33M after adjusting for the following one-offs and other non-business-related accounting charges:
    • Reversal of net operative one-offs losses of €8.2M. These non-recurring losses comprise non-recurring costs related to the migration of the legacy national roaming contracts and one-off integration costs together with some Covid19 related social initiatives (masks and connected devices donation among others)
    • Amortization of acquired customer base and brand for €7.3M
    • -€0.2Mlinked to management's long-term incentive plan
    • Tax impact of the above-mentioned adjustments of -€3.8M€

Adjusted EPS for the period of €0.25. EPS is based on 131.7M shares outstanding. Since May 2019, the number of shares outstanding and the number of fully diluted shares are the same

Table 5 - Adjusted Net Income and EPS (€M)

1Q20

Reported Net Income/(Loss)

21.6

Operating one-offs

8.2

Amortization of acquired customer base & brand

7.3

Management incentive plans (SAR)

(0.2)

Tax impact of "Adjustments"

(3.8)

Adj. Net Income/(Loss)

33.0

Number of shares (million)

131.7

Adj. EPS (€)

0.25

Source: Company

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Consolidated Balance Sheet

Table 6 - Consolidated Balance Sheet (€M)

FY19

1Q20

Delta

Non current assets

2,801

2,863

62

Intangible assets

1,724

1,728

5

Property. plant and equipment

648

698

50

Other non current assets

136

148

13

Deferred tax assets

294

288

(6)

Current assets

473

625

152

Inventories

12

12

(0)

Trade and other receivables

220

238

18

Other current assets

178

180

2

Cash and cash equivalents

63

195

132

Total assets

3,274

3,487

213

FY19

1Q20

Delta

Equity

104

125

21

Share capital

3

3

-

Additional paid in capital

836

836

-

Reserves and other equity instruments

(735)

(714)

21

Non-current liabilities

1,864

2,070

206

Long term debt

1,546

1,748

202

Other financial non-current liabilities

17

16

(1)

Provisions

56

54

(2)

Other non-financialnon-current liabilities

180

188

8

Deferred tax liabilities

66

64

(1)

Current liabilities

1,306

1,293

(13)

Current portion of long term debt

550

497

(52)

Other financial current liabilities

137

205

68

Provisions

95

94

(1)

Trade and other payables

524

497

(28)

Total equity and liabilities

3,274

3,487

213

Source: Company

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Table 7 - Net Debt Overview (€M)

1Q19

1Q20

Delta 1Q20 vs. 1Q19

Short-term commercial paper

50

170

120

TLB

-

1,419

1,419

Senior debt

784

195

(589)

Bonds

28

28

0

Junior debt

102

-

(102)

Debt with Providence

134

-

(134)

IFRS 16

149

156

7

Other debts

29

71

42

Cash & cash equivalents

(35)

(195)

(160)

Net Debt

1,241

1,845

604

x Adjusted EBITDA (1)

2.6x

3.2x

Providence convertible

(134)

-

134

ACS convertible

-

-

-

Net Debt (excl. convertibles)

1,107

1,845

738

x Adjusted EBITDA (1)

2.6x

3.2x

  1. 1Q20 Net Debt of €1,845M over FY20 mid-point guided EBITDA of €585M Source: Company

Chart 5 - Change in Net Debt (€M) resulting in around 3.2x leverage1

1 1Q20 Net Debt of €1,845M over FY20 mid-point guided EBITDA of €585M 2 Includes other accrued debt in B/S

Source: Company

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Cash Flow Statement

  • Net Capex of €97M in 1Q20
    o Fixed Network Development Capex was €22M in 1Q20, representing 22% of the Total Net Capex over the period. This includes >0.2M BUs of gross deployment this quarter
    o Technical Maintenance Capex reached €18M in 1Q20 and Capex dedicated to Special Projects was only €1M in the period
    o Commercial Capex, which is directly associated to the Company's acquisition of broadband lines, amounted to €51M in 1Q20, of which €30M was dedicated to growing the Company's broadband customer base
    o Growth related Capex amounted to €58M (c.60% of total Capex), while total 1Q20 Maintenance Capex reached €39M

Chart 6 - Capex 1Q20 (€M)

1 Special projects include areas such as digitalization, cybersecurity, and other specific projects 2 Includes Transmission and Access, net of IRU sales

3 Includes churn related (replacement) commercial capex and maintenance infrastructure Capex Source: Company

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  • Cash Flow from Operations of -€149M in 1Q20 o OpCF in 1Q20 was €86M
    o Interest and taxes were -€2M while NWC, Adjustments, Deferred Commissions & Subsidies (including IFRS15 adjustments) were -€70M
    o Cash Flow from Operations was -€149M in 1Q20, affected mainly by -€97M Capex and deferred Capex payments of -€105M

Chart 7 - Cash Flow from Operations 1Q20 (€M)

1 Includes IFRS15

Source: Company

Relevant Issues Following the Closing of the Period

  • No relevant issues following the closing of the period

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Disclaimer

This document may contain forward-looking statements and information (hereinafter, the "Statements") relating to MASMOVIL IBERCOM, S.A., or MASMOVIL Group (indistinctly, "MASMOVIL", the "Company" or the "Group") or otherwise. These Statements may include financial forecasts and estimates based on assumptions or statements regarding plans, objectives and expectations that make reference to different matters, such as the customer base and its evolution, growth of the different business lines and of the global business, market share, possible acquisitions, divestitures or other transactions, Company's results and other aspects related to the activity and situation of the Company.

The Statements can be identified, in certain cases, through the use of words such as "forecast", "expectation", "anticipation", "aspiration", "purpose", "estimates", "plan" or similar expressions or variations of such expressions. These Statements reflect the current views of MASMOVIL with respect to future events, do not represent, by their own nature, any guarantee of future fulfilment, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the final developments and results to materially differ from those expressed or implied by such Statements. These risks and uncertainties include those identified in the documents containing more comprehensive information filed by MASMOVIL before the different supervisory authorities of the securities markets in which its shares are listed and, in particular, the Spanish National Securities Market Commission.

Except as required by applicable law, MASMOVIL does not assume any obligation to publicly update the Statements to adapt them to events or circumstances taking place after the date hereof, including changes in the Company's business or business development strategy or any other unexpected circumstance.

This document and the conference-call (including the Q&A session) may contain summarized, non-audited or non-GAAP financial information. The information contained herein and therein should therefore be considered as a whole and in conjunction with all the public information regarding the Company available, including any other documents released by the Company that may contain more detailed information.

Neither this document nor the conference-call (including the Q&A session) nor any of their contents constitute an offer to purchase, sale or exchange any security, a solicitation of any offer to purchase, sale or exchange of any security, or a recommendation or advice regarding any security.

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