Check the following box if this is a final amendment reporting the results of the transaction.  x

 

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CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

 

Transaction Value*	Amount of Filing Fee**
$33,065,259	$1,845.00

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Assumes the purchase of 126,001,784 Class B ordinary shares (including Class B ordinary shares represented by ADSs), par value Argentine Ps.0.10 per share, of Telefónica de Argentina S.A. at Argentine Ps.1.00 per share converted to U.S. dollars at the rate of Argentine Ps.3.8107 per U.S. dollar as published by the Argentine Central Bank for December 3, 2009, the day prior to the filing of amendment no. 1 to the Schedule 13E-3 initially filed on October 16, 2009.

 

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Calculated by taking the aggregate U.S. dollar transaction value, calculated as described above, and applying the fee rate of $55.80 per million U.S. dollars, which was the fee rate in effect as of December 4, 2009, the date of filing of amendment no. 1 to the Schedule 13E-3 initially filed on October 16, 2009.

 

x   Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a) (2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

 

Amount Previously Paid: $1,845.00	Filing Party:	Telefónica, S.A. Telefónica de Argentina S.A.
Form or Registration No.: Schedule 13E-3 (005-52425)	Date Filed:	October 16, 2009 as amended December 4, 2009

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THE FINAL TRANSFER

 

This amended Transaction Statement on Schedule 13E-3 is being filed by Telefónica, S.A., a sociedad anónima organized and existing under the laws of the Kingdom of Spain (“Telefónica”) and Telefónica de Argentina S.A., a sociedad anónima organized and existing under the laws of the Republic of Argentina (“TASA” and, together with Telefónica, the “Filing Persons”), pursuant to Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), and Rule 13e-3 thereunder.  We are filing this amended Schedule 13E-3 to announce that on January 25, 2010, Telefónica and TASA have completed the administrative steps required to be taken under Argentine law in order for Telefónica to complete its acquisition of TASA’s minority owned class B ordinary shares (the “Class B Shares”) (including Class B Shares represented by American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”)).  As a result, your Class B Shares and all of the Class B Shares represented by your ADSs, including any of those as to which you may have exercised the appraisal rights described in amendment no. 1 to the Schedule 13E-3 filed by the Filing Persons on December 4, 2009 (the “Schedule 13E-3), have been cancelled and new TASA shares have been issued to Telefónica in their place by operation of Argentine law, resulting in Telefónica beneficially owning 100% of TASA.  We refer to this cancellation of Class B Shares and issuance of new TASA shares to Telefónica as the “Final Transfer”.

 

Unless you have already received payment for your securities, effective upon the Final Transfer all of the rights represented by the Class B Shares, including those represented by ADSs, now represent, by operation of Argentine law, the right to receive the cash purchase price approved by the Comisión Nacional de Valores (the “CNV”) (the Argentine securities regulator) or the right to exercise appraisal rights, all as described in the Schedule 13E-3.

 

 

APPRAISAL RIGHTS

 

Unless you have already received payment for your securities, you have the right under the Decree to dispute the Ps.1.00 per Class B Share purchase price approved by the CNV by initiating an arbitration or judicial proceeding in Argentina provided that you do so no later than March 15, 2010, comply with certain other procedures described in the Schedule 13E-3, do not withdraw or cause to be withdrawn the purchase price corresponding to your securities from the relevant escrow account, and, if you hold ADSs, cause Citibank, N.A. as depositary for TASA’s ADS program (the “Depositary”) to withdraw money from the U.S. Escrow Account on your behalf.  In any appraisal proceeding, an Argentine judge or arbitrator will determine whether the price approved by the CNVis “fair” as contemplated by the provisions of Argentine Presidential Executive Decree No. 677/01, Chapter VII (the “Decree”) and notify the participants in the proceeding of the decision.  This decision will not affect the purchase price paid to any non-objecting holders of Class B Shares or ADSs.  Additionally, successful appraisal proceedings will not prevent or otherwise affect the automatic cancellation of your Class B Shares (including those represented by ADSs) and the issuance of new TASA shares to Telefónica by operation of law upon the Final Transfer.  For more information on your appraisal rights and how you may exercise these rights, see “Terms of the Transaction— Appraisal Rights” in the Schedule 13E-3.

 

 

PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE TO NON-OBJECTING HOLDERS

 

For instructions on how to obtain payment for your directly held Class B Shares, see “Terms of the Transaction—Payment of Purchase Price to Non-Objecting Holders—Payment to Holders of Class B Shares” in the Schedule 13E-3.

 

For instructions on how to obtain payment for your ADSs, see “Terms of the Transaction—Payment of Purchase Price to Non-Objecting Holders—Payment to Holders of ADSs” in the Schedule 13E-3.

 

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INDICATIVE TIMETABLE

 

The indicative timetable set forth below provides an overview of relevant deadlines.  Capitalized terms set forth in the table below have the meanings ascribed to them in the Schedule 13E-3.

Date and time		Event		Description
January 25, 2010		Notarization of the Public Deed and Final Transfer		Your Class B Shares (including Class B Shares represented by ADSs) have been automatically cancelled and are now represented only by the right to receive the cash purchase price or the right to dispute the purchase price.  The Class B Shares and ADSs will be delisted as of this day and will no longer be negotiable or transferable.
March 10, 2010 (5:00 p.m. New York City time)		ADS Objection Deadline		If you hold ADSs, this is the deadline by which the Depositary must be notified of your intention to dispute the purchase price in accordance with the procedures set forth herein so that the Depositary can deliver to you prior to the end of the Objection Period certain documentation that you will need to validly dispute the purchase price in Argentina. If your notification of intention to dispute the purchase price is not received by the Depositary by this deadline you will not be eligible to exercise your Appraisal Rights. To ensure timely delivery, you are urged to contact your bank, broker or other intermediary at least five business days prior to this deadline.
March 15, 2010		End of Objection Period		Holders of Class B Shares and ADSs wishing to exercise their Appraisal Rights and dispute the purchase price must file an action with the competent Argentine arbitral tribunal or court in Buenos Aires on or prior to this date.
On or after March 16, 2010 (subject to special payment procedures for holders of ADSs in registered form evidenced by ADRs)		Automatic payment to remaining non-objecting former direct holders of Class B Shares and holders of ADSs in book-entry form; eligibility of holders of ADS in registered form evidenced by ADRs to receive automatic payment		Caja de Valores sends payment to all direct holders of Class B Shares who are not disputing the purchase price and who have not previously withdrawn funds from the Argentine Escrow Account. In addition, the Escrow Agent sends payment to the Depositary for all ADS holders who are not disputing the purchase price and who have not previously directed the Depositary to withdraw funds from the U.S. Escrow Account. Remaining ADS holders who hold their ADSs in book-entry form automatically receive payment from the Depositary and holders of ADSs in registered form evidenced by ADRs receive payment from the Depositary upon surrender of their ADRs evidencing the ADSs in compliance with procedures set forth in this Schedule 13E-3.
Upon completion of appraisal proceeding		Payment to objecting holders		Direct holders of Class B Shares who validly disputed the purchase price receive payment of the original purchase price from the Argentine Escrow Account and holders of ADSs who validly objected to the purchase price receive payment of the original purchase price from the U.S. Escrow Account. If the Objecting Shareholders are successful in establishing a higher purchase price, the Objecting Shareholders will receive any Top Up Amount as agreed between Telefónica and the Objecting Shareholders or, failing such agreement, in the manner and currency ordered by the Argentine tribunal or court.

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SIGNATURES

 

After due inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this Schedule is true, complete and correct.

 

Dated: January 26, 2009

 

	TELEFÓNICA, S.A.
	By:	/s/ Ma Luz Medrano Aranguren
	Name:	Ma Luz Medrano Aranguren
	Title:	Vice Secretary of the Board of Directors
	TELEFÓNICA DE ARGENTINA S.A.
	By:	/s/ Pablo Luis Llauró
	Name:	Pablo Luis Llauró
	Title:	Attorney-in-fact

 

 

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