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Board of Directors' Report on Business Activity

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Other information for shareholders and investors

The shareholder structure of Telefónica CR as at 30 June 2011:

Telefónica, S.A. 69.41 %
Investment funds and individual shareholders 30.59 %

Trading in Telefónica CR shares

The total volume of Telefónica CR shares traded on the stock market of the Prague Stock Exchange (PSE) reached CZK 15.3 billion in the first half of 2011, compared to CZK 21.1 billion in the first half of 2010. This ranked the Company among TOP 5 blue chips and accounted for approximately 8% of all trades. Compared to the first half of 2010, the average daily trading volume declined in the first half of 2011 by CZK 161.6 million to CZK 117.8 million. As at 30 June 2011, the market capitalisation of the Company was CZK 140.6 billion, which propelled Telefónica CR to the fourth position among companies traded on the stock market of the PSE. It represented 10% of the total market capitalisation of the PSE stock market at the end of the first half of 2011.

In the period from the start of the year until 30 June 2011, the share price of Telefónica CR went up 14.42% to CZK 436.50, which was also the peak of the half year. The performance of the PSE stock market, as measured by the PX Index, increased only 0.05% in the same period reaching 1,225.4 points at the end of June 2011.

General meeting

An Ordinary General Meeting of the Company’s shareholders was held on 28 April 2011. An overview of the main conclusions of the General Meeting is given in section Corporate Governance of this Half-year Report.

Dividends

The shareholders at the General Meeting approved a proposal by the Board of Directors of the Company for the distribution of profit for 2010 and the retained earnings from previous periods, as well as of any disposable resources of the Company as the case may be, and for the determination of royalties for the year 2010. The General Meeting passed a resolution to pay dividends from the 2010 profit (CZK 12,680.7 million) and a part of the retained earnings from previous periods (CZK 202.9 million). The total amount of dividends to be paid out is CZK 12,883.6 million, which CZK 40 per share in the nominal value of CZK 100 and CZK 400 per share in the nominal value of CZK 1,000, all before tax. The record day for the payment of the dividend is 7 September 2011 and the payment date is on 6 October 2011. The dividends will be disbursed by Česká spořitelna, which will inform all shareholders entitled to collect dividends after the record date of the method of disbursement.

Institutional investors and shareholders may contact:

Investor Relations

Phone: +420 271 462 076, +420 271 462 169
Fax: +420 271 463 566
E-mail: investor.relations@o2.com
Internet: http://www.telefonica.cz/en/investor-relations/
Adress: Telefónica Czech Republic, a.s.
Za Brumlovkou 266/2
140 22 Prague 4 – Michle