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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of July, 2017

Commission File Number: 001-14475



TELEFÔNICA BRASIL S.A.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

TELEFONICA BRAZIL S.A.  
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

Av. Eng° Luís Carlos Berrini, 1376 -  28º andar
São Paulo, S.P.
Federative Republic of Brazil
(Address of principal executive office)


 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F

X

 

Form 40-F

 

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

Yes

 

 

No

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

Yes

 

 

No

 

 

 

 

 
 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S.A.

Quarterly Information (ITR)

at June 30, 2017

and report on review of quarterly and semester information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

Report on review of quarterly information

 

 

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders

Telefônica Brasil S.A.

 

 

Introduction

 

We have reviewed the accompanying parent company and consolidated interim accounting information of Telefônica Brasil S.A. ("Company"), included in the Quarterly Information Form (ITR) for the quarter ended June 30, 2017, comprising the balance sheet at that date and the statements of income and comprehensive income for the quarter and six-month periods then ended, and changes in equity and cash flows for the six-month period then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

 

Management is responsible for the preparation of the parent company interim accounting information in accordance with the accounting standard CPC 21 - "Interim Financial Reporting", of the Brazilian Accounting Pronouncements Committee (CPC), and of the consolidated interim accounting information in accordance with CPC 21 and International Accounting Standard (IAS) 34 - "Interim Financial Reporting" issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), as well as the presentation of this information in accordance with the standards issued by the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM), applicable to the preparation of the Quarterly Information (ITR). Our responsibility is to express a conclusion on this interim financial information based on our review.

 

 

Scope of review

 

We conducted our review in accordance with Brazilian and International Standards on Reviews of Interim Financial Information (NBC TR 2410 - "Review of Interim Financial Information Performed by the Independent Auditor of the Entity" and ISRE 2410 - "Review of Interim Financial Information Performed by the Independent Auditor of the Entity", respectively). A review of interim information consists of making inquiries, primarily of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters, and applying analytical and other review procedures. A review is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with Brazilian and International Standards on Auditing and consequently did not enable us to obtain assurance that we would become aware of all significant matters that might be identified in an audit. Accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion.

 

 

Conclusion on the parent company interim information

 

Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the accompanying parent company interim accounting information included in the Quarterly Information referred to above has not been prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with CPC 21 applicable to the preparation of the Quarterly Information, and presented in accordance with the standards issued by the CVM.

 

 

Conclusion on the consolidated interim information

 

Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the accompanying consolidated interim accounting information included in the Quarterly Information referred to above has not been prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with CPC 21 and IAS 34 applicable to the preparation of the Quarterly Information, and presented in accordance with the standards issued by the CVM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Other matters

 

Statement of value added

 

We have also reviewed the parent company and consolidated statements of value added for the six-month period ended June 30, 2017. These statements are the responsibility of the Company's management and are required to be presented in accordance with standards issued by the CVM applicable to the preparation of Quarterly Information (ITR) and are considered supplementary information under IFRS, which do not require the presentation of the statement of value added. These statements have been submitted to the same review procedures described above and, based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that they have not been prepared, in all material respects, in a manner consistent with the parent company and consolidated interim accounting information taken as a whole.

 

 

Audit and review of prior-year information

 

The Quarterly Information Form (ITR) mentioned in the first paragraph includes accounting information, presented for comparison purposes, related to the statements of income and comprehensive income for the quarter and six-month periods ended June 30,2016, and the statements of changes in equity, cash flows and value added for the six-month period then ended, obtained from the Quarterly Information Form (ITR) for that quarter, and also to the balance sheet as at December 31, 2016, obtained from the financial statements at December 31, 2016. The review of the Quarterly Information (ITR) for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 and the audit of the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 were conducted by other independent auditors, whose unqualified review and audit reports were dated July 25, 2016 and February 17, 2017, respectively.

 

 

São Paulo, July 24, 2017

 

 

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Auditores Independentes

CRC 2SP000160/O-5

 

 

 

Estela Maris Vieira de Souza

Contadora CRC 1RS046957/O-3 "S" SP

 

 


 
 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

TELEFÔNICA BRASIL S.A.

Balance Sheets

At June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016

(In thousands of reais)

 

 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

ASSETS

Note

 

06.30.17

 

12.31.16

 

06.30.17

 

12.31.16

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

Note

 

06.30.17

 

12.31.16

 

06.30.17

 

12.31.16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

20,323,772

 

17,482,265

 

21,251,020

 

18,398,995

 

Current liabilities

 

 

22,096,507

 

20,280,286

 

22,203,665

 

20,438,575

Cash and cash equivalents

3

 

6,564,821

 

4,675,627

 

7,447,061

 

5,105,110

 

Personnel, social charges and benefits

13

 

723,793

 

746,798

 

737,298

 

760,643

Trade accounts receivable, net

4

 

8,386,679

 

8,282,685

 

8,773,857

 

8,701,688

 

Trade accounts payable

14

 

7,157,834

 

7,539,395

 

7,107,223

 

7,611,246

Inventories, net

5

 

359,956

 

368,151

 

389,867

 

410,413

 

Taxes, charges and contributions

15

 

1,679,310

 

1,698,334

 

1,822,688

 

1,770,731

Dividends and interest on equity

16

 

384,588

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

Dividends and interest on equity

16

 

4,569,695

 

2,195,031

 

4,569,695

 

2,195,031

Taxes recoverable

6.a

 

2,867,811

 

2,952,622

 

2,914,299

 

3,027,230

 

Provisions

17

 

1,288,335

 

1,183,623

 

1,288,335

 

1,183,623

Judicial deposits and garnishments

7

 

317,429

 

302,349

 

317,545

 

302,424

 

Deferred revenue

18

 

467,676

 

428,488

 

468,236

 

429,853

Prepaid expenses

8

 

868,188

 

336,508

 

882,434

 

343,092

 

Loans and financing

19

 

2,053,066

 

2,542,975

 

2,053,066

 

2,542,975

Derivative financial instruments

30

 

86,191

 

68,943

 

86,191

 

68,943

 

Debentures

19

 

3,487,108

 

2,120,504

 

3,487,108

 

2,120,504

Other assets

9

 

488,109

 

495,380

 

439,766

 

440,095

 

Derivative financial instruments

30

 

107,026

 

183,212

 

107,026

 

183,212

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other liabilities

20

 

562,664

 

1,641,926

 

562,990

 

1,640,757

Non-current assets

 

 

83,844,548

 

84,475,240

 

83,105,458

 

83,667,264

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term investments pledged as collateral

 

 

82,002

 

78,153

 

82,024

 

78,166

 

Non-current liabilities

 

 

13,414,453

 

12,432,800

 

13,495,453

 

12,383,265

Trade accounts receivable, net

4

 

172,151

 

200,537

 

278,311

 

305,411

 

Personnel, social charges and benefits

13

 

16,635

 

11,016

 

16,635

 

11,016

Taxes recoverable

6.a

 

447,682

 

474,240

 

450,499

 

476,844

 

Trade accounts payable

14

 

-

 

71,907

 

-

 

71,907

Deferred taxes

6.b

 

-

 

-

 

134,649

 

27,497

 

Taxes, charges and contributions

15

 

19,629

 

20,996

 

46,554

 

49,131

Judicial deposits and garnishments

7

 

6,183,541

 

5,974,733

 

6,260,663

 

6,049,142

 

Deferred taxes

6.b

 

583,967

 

88,695

 

583,967

 

-

Prepaid expenses

8

 

27,761

 

35,340

 

32,454

 

36,430

 

Provisions

17

 

6,872,822

 

6,591,493

 

6,929,184

 

6,625,638

Derivative financial instruments

30

 

100,185

 

144,050

 

100,185

 

144,050

 

Deferred revenue

18

 

446,593

 

511,786

 

446,593

 

511,786

Other assets

9

 

75,909

 

53,363

 

78,409

 

55,565

 

Loans and financing

19

 

2,748,419

 

3,126,792

 

2,748,419

 

3,126,792

Investments

10

 

1,454,815

 

1,407,155

 

94,558

 

85,745

 

Debentures

19

 

2,133,423

 

1,433,803

 

2,133,423

 

1,433,803

Property, plant and equipment, net

11

 

31,731,198

 

31,837,549

 

31,811,114

 

31,924,918

 

Derivative financial instruments

30

 

2,152

 

1,404

 

2,152

 

1,404

Intangible assets, net

12

 

43,569,304

 

44,270,120

 

43,782,592

 

44,483,496

 

Other liabilities

20

 

590,813

 

574,908

 

588,526

 

551,788

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

68,657,360

 

69,244,419

 

68,657,360

 

69,244,419

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital

21

 

63,571,416

 

63,571,416

 

63,571,416

 

63,571,416

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital reserves

21

 

1,272,581

 

1,272,581

 

1,272,581

 

1,272,581

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue reserves

21

 

2,480,332

 

2,474,974

 

2,480,332

 

2,474,974

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income

21

 

21,430

 

11,461

 

21,430

 

11,461

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retained earnings

21

 

1,311,601

 

-

 

1,311,601

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional proposed dividends

21

 

-

 

1,913,987

 

-

 

1,913,987

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

 

 

104,168,320

 

101,957,505

 

104,356,478

 

102,066,259

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 

 

104,168,320

 

101,957,505

 

104,356,478

 

102,066,259

 

 


 
 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

TELEFÔNICA BRASIL S.A.

Income Statements

Three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016

(In thousands of reais, except earnings per share)

 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

Three-month periods ended

 

Six-month periods ended

 

Three-month periods ended

 

Six-month periods ended

 

Note

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net operating revenue

22

 

10,054,580

 

9,912,641

 

20,134,226

 

18,270,754

 

10,697,193

 

10,510,049

 

21,287,343

 

20,941,445

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of sales and services

23

 

(4,796,315)

 

(5,007,150)

 

(9,575,713)

 

(9,164,401)

 

(5,018,398)

 

(5,300,261)

 

(10,076,829)

 

(10,656,903)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross profit

 

 

5,258,265

 

4,905,491

 

10,558,513

 

9,106,353

 

5,678,795

 

5,209,788

 

11,210,514

 

10,284,542

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income (expenses)

 

 

(4,071,014)

 

(3,931,561)

 

(8,023,853)

 

(6,656,268)

 

(4,107,601)

 

(3,962,778)

 

(8,069,038)

 

(7,162,299)

Selling expenses

23

 

(3,288,205)

 

(3,092,816)

 

(6,444,193)

 

(5,675,176)

 

(3,305,711)

 

(3,105,136)

 

(6,487,849)

 

(6,090,665)

General and administrative expenses

23

 

(588,247)

 

(680,228)

 

(1,204,477)

 

(1,218,879)

 

(596,956)

 

(699,367)

 

(1,208,957)

 

(1,314,454)

Other operating income

24

 

65,366

 

89,265

 

179,557

 

721,937

 

66,497

 

90,473

 

182,122

 

754,770

Other operating expenses

24

 

(259,928)

 

(247,782)

 

(554,740)

 

(484,150)

 

(271,431)

 

(248,748)

 

(554,354)

 

(511,950)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating profit

 

 

1,187,251

 

973,930

 

2,534,660

 

2,450,085

 

1,571,194

 

1,247,010

 

3,141,476

 

3,122,243

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial income

25

 

451,443

 

699,109

 

977,067

 

1,446,710

 

480,998

 

722,433

 

1,034,912

 

1,520,633

Financial expenses

25

 

(732,166)

 

(1,027,368)

 

(1,571,420)

 

(2,071,416)

 

(745,284)

 

(1,028,492)

 

(1,589,570)

 

(2,143,485)

Equity in results of investees

10

 

262,926

 

194,369

 

424,784

 

450,380

 

544

 

476

 

1,349

 

724

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before taxes

 

 

1,169,454

 

840,040

 

2,365,091

 

2,275,759

 

1,307,452

 

941,427

 

2,588,167

 

2,500,115

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax and social contribution

26

 

(296,532)

 

(140,544)

 

(495,972)

 

(358,033)

 

(434,530)

 

(241,931)

 

(719,048)

 

(582,389)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income for the period

 

 

872,922

 

699,496

 

1,869,119

 

1,917,726

 

872,922

 

699,496

 

1,869,119

 

1,917,726

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted earnings per common share (in R$)

21

 

0.48

 

0.39

 

1.04

 

1.07

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted earnings per preferred share (in R$)

21

 

0.53

 

0.43

 

1.14

 

1.17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

TELEFÔNICA BRASIL S.A.

Statements of Changes in Equity

Six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016

(In thousands of reais)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

 

 

 

Capital reserves

 

Revenue reserves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital

 

Premium on acquisition of interest

 

Other capital reserves

 

Treasury shares

 

Legal reserve

 

Tax incentive reserve

 

Expansion and modernization reserve

 

Retained earnings

 

Proposed additional dividends

 

Other comprehensive income

 

Total equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balances at December 31, 2015

63,571,416

 

(75,388)

 

1,435,757

 

(87,805)

 

1,703,643

 

6,928

 

700,000

 

-

 

1,287,223

 

25,468

 

68,567,242

Payment of additional dividend for 2015

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(1,287,223)

 

-

 

(1,287,223)

Prescribed equity instruments

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

66,060

 

-

 

-

 

66,060

DIPJ adjustment - Tax incentives

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

4,882

 

-

 

(4,882)

 

-

 

-

 

-

Other comprehensive income

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(26,039)

 

(26,039)

Net income for the period

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

1,917,726

 

-

 

-

 

1,917,726

Interim interest on equity

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(918,000)

 

-

 

-

 

(918,000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balances at June 30, 2016

63,571,416

 

(75,388)

 

1,435,757

 

(87,805)

 

1,703,643

 

11,810

 

700,000

 

1,060,904

 

-

 

(571)

 

68,319,766

Prescribed equity instruments

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

155,499

 

-

 

-

 

155,499

Reclassification of premium on acquisition of equity interest by TData

-

 

75,388

 

(75,388)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

Preferred shares given referring to the judicial process of expansion plan

-

 

-

 

2

 

15

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

17

DIPJ adjustment - Tax incentives

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

5,259

 

-

 

(5,259)

 

-

 

-

 

-

Other comprehensive income

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(156,266)

 

-

 

12,032

 

(144,234)

Net income for the period

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

2,167,516

 

-

 

-

 

2,167,516

Allocation of income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Legal reserve

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

204,262

 

-

 

-

 

(204,262)

 

-

 

-

 

-

Interim interest on equity

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(1,254,145)

 

-

 

-

 

(1,254,145)

Reversal of Expansion and Modernization Reserve

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(700,000)

 

700,000

 

-

 

-

 

-

Expansion and Modernization Reserve

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

550,000

 

(550,000)

 

-

 

-

 

-

Additional proposed dividends

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(1,913,987)

 

1,913,987

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balances at December 31, 2016

63,571,416

 

-

 

1,360,371

 

(87,790)

 

1,907,905

 

17,069

 

550,000

 

-

 

1,913,987

 

11,461

 

69,244,419

Payment of additional dividend for 2016

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(1,913,987)

 

-

 

(1,913,987)

Prescribed equity instruments

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

72,840

 

-

 

-

 

72,840

Repurchase of preferred shares

-

 

-

 

-

 

(2)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(2)

Preferred shares delivered referring to the judicial process of expansion plan

-

 

-

 

-

 

2

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

2

DIPJ adjustment - Tax incentives

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

5,358

 

-

 

(5,358)

 

-

 

-

 

-

Other comprehensive income

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

9,969

 

9,969

Net income for the period

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

1,869,119

 

-

 

-

 

1,869,119

Interim interest on equity

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(625,000)

 

-

 

-

 

(625,000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balances at June 30, 2017

63,571,416

 

-

 

1,360,371

 

(87,790)

 

1,907,905

 

22,427

 

550,000

 

1,311,601

 

-

 

21,430

 

68,657,360

 

 

 


 
 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

TELEFÔNICA BRASIL S.A.

Statements of Comprehensive Income

Three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016

(In thousands of reais)

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

Three-month periods ended

 

Six-month periods ended

 

Three-month periods ended

 

Six-month periods ended

 

Note

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

Net income for the period

 

 

872,922

 

699,496

 

1,869,119

 

1,917,726

 

872,922

 

699,496

 

1,869,119

 

1,917,726

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains (losses) on investments available for sale

10

 

(131)

 

66

 

334

 

(172)

 

(131)

 

66

 

334

 

(172)

Taxes

 

 

44

 

(23)

 

(114)

 

58

 

44

 

(23)

 

(114)

 

58

 

 

 

(87)

 

43

 

220

 

(114)

 

(87)

 

43

 

220

 

(114)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gains (losses) on derivative financial instruments

30

 

(2,164)

 

6,141

 

3,968

 

(17,277)

 

(2,164)

 

6,141

 

3,968

 

(17,277)

Taxes

 

 

736

 

(2,088)

 

(1,349)

 

5,874

 

736

 

(2,088)

 

(1,349)

 

5,874

 

 

 

(1,428)

 

4,053

 

2,619

 

(11,403)

 

(1,428)

 

4,053

 

2,619

 

(11,403)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cumulative Translation Adjustments (CTA) on transactions in foreign currency

10

 

8,181

 

(10,311)

 

7,130

 

(14,522)

 

8,181

 

(10,311)

 

7,130

 

(14,522)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (losses) to be reclassified into income (losses) in subsequent periods

 

 

6,666

 

(6,215)

 

9,969

 

(26,039)

 

6,666

 

(6,215)

 

9,969

 

(26,039)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive income for the period, net of taxes

 

 

879,588

 

693,281

 

1,879,088

 

1,891,687

 

879,588

 

693,281

 

1,879,088

 

1,891,687

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

TELEFÔNICA BRASIL S.A.

Statements of Cash Flows

Six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016

(In thousands of Reais)

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

 

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

Operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses (revenues) not representing changes in cash:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before taxes

 

2,365,091

 

2,275,759

 

2,588,167

 

2,500,115

Depreciation and amortization

 

3,887,106

 

3,389,592

 

3,900,834

 

3,866,606

Foreign exchange gains on loans and derivative financial instruments

 

54,286

 

13,739

 

54,286

 

13,739

Monetary losses

 

327,745

 

304,788

 

337,006

 

297,011

Equity in results of investees

 

(424,784)

 

(450,380)

 

(1,349)

 

(724)

Losses (gains) on write-off/sale of goods

 

10,791

 

(452,157)

 

10,264

 

(457,619)

Provision for impairment - accounts receivable

 

682,800

 

577,628

 

728,525

 

661,433

Provision of trade accounts payable

 

121,672

 

318,334

 

91,698

 

332,457

Write-off and reversals for impairment - inventories

 

(36,005)

 

(19,774)

 

(31,727)

 

(20,020)

Pension plans and other post-retirement benefits

 

15,410

 

(4,788)

 

15,400

 

(5,544)

Provisions for tax, civil, labor and regulatory contingencies

 

448,505

 

485,493

 

460,494

 

513,292

Interest expense

 

529,876

 

507,652

 

529,876

 

548,145

Other

 

6,205

 

(43,124)

 

6,205

 

(61,146)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Changes in assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade accounts receivable

 

(758,408)

 

(608,191)

 

(773,594)

 

(899,519)

Inventories

 

44,200

 

139,910

 

52,273

 

145,139

Taxes recoverable

 

(193,192)

 

2,918

 

(166,008)

 

(53,673)

Prepaid expenses

 

(425,483)

 

(381,424)

 

(436,748)

 

(397,099)

Other current assets

 

3,148

 

36,025

 

(4,301)

 

18,875

Other noncurrent assets

 

(23,101)

 

32,758

 

(22,432)

 

7,530

Personnel, social charges and benefits

 

(17,386)

 

67,253

 

(17,726)

 

90,892

Trade accounts payable

 

(4,952)

 

(627,547)

 

(36,592)

 

(448,855)

Taxes, charges and contributions

 

286,211

 

(118,816)

 

290,342

 

30,031

Other current liabilities

 

(1,344,868)

 

(283,530)

 

(1,344,178)

 

(286,915)

Other non-current liabilities

 

(537,444)

 

(487,759)

 

(518,449)

 

(497,087)

 

 

5,017,423

 

4,674,359

 

5,712,266

 

5,897,064

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest paid

 

(398,438)

 

(446,340)

 

(398,438)

 

(486,407)

Income tax and social contribution paid

 

-

 

(157,831)

 

(175,170)

 

(370,109)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cash generated by operating activities

 

4,618,985

 

4,070,188

 

5,138,658

 

5,040,548

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions to PP&E, intangible assets

 

(3,435,935)

 

(3,097,358)

 

(3,503,628)

 

(3,649,959)

Cash received from sale of PP&E items

 

16,721

 

765,208

 

17,948

 

765,480

Redemption of (increase in) judicial deposits

 

(46,215)

 

(100,252)

 

(46,665)

 

(118,733)

Dividends and interest on equity received

 

-

 

389,395

 

-

 

-

Cash and cash equivalents merged

 

-

 

358,579

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cash used in investing activities

 

(3,465,429)

 

(1,684,428)

 

(3,532,345)

 

(3,003,212)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payment of loans, financing and debentures

 

(1,223,083)

 

(1,461,168)

 

(1,223,083)

 

(1,630,405)

Funding from the issuance of loans, financing and debentures

 

2,039,878

 

-

 

2,039,878

 

-

Received from derivative financial instruments

 

50,927

 

72,444

 

50,927

 

72,444

Payment of derivative financial instruments

 

(131,411)

 

(139,427)

 

(131,411)

 

(139,427)

Payment for reverse split of shares

 

-

 

(164)

 

-

 

(164)

Dividends and interest on equity paid

 

(671)

 

(917)

 

(671)

 

(917)

Repurchase of preferred shares

 

(2)

 

-

 

(2)

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cash generated by (used in) financing activities

 

735,638

 

(1,529,232)

 

735,638

 

(1,698,469)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

1,889,194

 

856,528

 

2,341,951

 

338,867

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period

 

4,675,627

 

4,206,595

 

5,105,110

 

5,336,845

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period

 

6,564,821

 

5,063,123

 

7,447,061

 

5,675,712

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Changes in cash and cash equivalents for the period

 

1,889,194

 

856,528

 

2,341,951

 

338,867

 

 

 

 


 
 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

TELEFÔNICA BRASIL S.A.

Statements of Value Added

Six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016

(In thousands in reais)

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

 

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

28,190,119

 

25,196,800

 

29,486,687

 

28,548,619

Sale of goods and services

 

28,335,138

 

25,291,571

 

29,649,858

 

28,601,572

Other revenues

 

537,781

 

482,857

 

565,354

 

608,480

Provision for impairment of trade accounts receivable

 

(682,800)

 

(577,628)

 

(728,525)

 

(661,433)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inputs acquired from third parties

 

(9,398,203)

 

(8,785,611)

 

(9,913,958)

 

(10,006,992)

Cost of goods and products sold and services rendered

 

(4,681,846)

 

(4,926,792)

 

(5,198,167)

 

(5,925,740)

Materials, electric energy, third-party services and other expenses

 

(4,711,195)

 

(4,331,613)

 

(4,706,749)

 

(4,559,399)

Assets (loss) recovery

 

(5,162)

 

472,794

 

(9,042)

 

478,147

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross value added

 

18,791,916

 

16,411,189

 

19,572,729

 

18,541,627

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retentions

 

(3,887,106)

 

(3,389,592)

 

(3,900,834)

 

(3,866,606)

Depreciation and amortization

 

(3,887,106)

 

(3,389,592)

 

(3,900,834)

 

(3,866,606)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net value added produced

 

14,904,810

 

13,021,597

 

15,671,895

 

14,675,021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Value added received in transfer

 

1,401,851

 

1,897,090

 

1,036,261

 

1,521,357

Equity in results of investees

 

424,784

 

450,380

 

1,349

 

724

Financial income

 

977,067

 

1,446,710

 

1,034,912

 

1,520,633

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total value added

 

16,306,661

 

14,918,687

 

16,708,156

 

16,196,378

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution of value added

 

(16,306,661)

 

(14,918,687)

 

(16,708,156)

 

(16,196,378)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personnel, social charges and benefits

 

(2,016,616)

 

(1,834,805)

 

(2,040,295)

 

(2,144,764)

Direct compensation

 

(1,373,761)

 

(1,293,080)

 

(1,388,739)

 

(1,510,710)

Benefits

 

(537,305)

 

(454,460)

 

(544,667)

 

(532,573)

FGTS (unemployment compensation fund)

 

(105,550)

 

(87,265)

 

(106,889)

 

(101,481)

Taxes, charges and contributions

 

(9,471,638)

 

(7,942,995)

 

(9,828,331)

 

(8,722,082)

Federal

 

(2,712,978)

 

(2,300,095)

 

(3,046,182)

 

(2,682,492)

State

 

(6,714,322)

 

(5,603,086)

 

(6,726,871)

 

(5,966,447)

Municipal

 

(44,338)

 

(39,814)

 

(55,278)

 

(73,143)

Third-party debt remuneration

 

(2,949,288)

 

(3,223,161)

 

(2,970,411)

 

(3,411,806)

Interest

 

(1,539,760)

 

(2,044,709)

 

(1,555,833)

 

(2,112,815)

Rental

 

(1,409,528)

 

(1,178,452)

 

(1,414,578)

 

(1,298,991)

Equity remuneration

 

(1,869,119)

 

(1,917,726)

 

(1,869,119)

 

(1,917,726)

Retained profit

 

(1,869,119)

 

(1,917,726)

 

(1,869,119)

 

(1,917,726)

 

 

 

 


 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

1)   THE COMPANY AND ITS OPERATIONS

 

a) Background information

 

Telefônica Brasil S.A. ("Company" or "Telefônica Brasil") is a publicly-traded corporation operating in telecommunication services and in the performance of activities that are necessary or useful in the rendering of such services, in conformity with the concessions, authorizations and permissions it has been granted. The Company, headquartered at Avenida Engenheiro Luiz Carlos Berrini, No. 1376, in the city and State of São Paulo, Brazil, is a member of Telefónica Group ("Group"), the telecommunications industry leader in Spain, also present in various European and Latin American countries. 

 

At June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, Telefónica S.A.  ("Telefónica"), the Group holding company based in Spain, held total direct and indirect interest in the Company of 73.58%, including treasury shares (Note 21).

 

The Company is registered in the Brazilian Securities Commission ("CVM") as a publicly-held company under Category A (issuers authorized to trade any marketable securities) and has shares traded on the B3 (company resulting from the combination of activities between BM&FBovespa and CETIP). The Company is also listed in the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), of the United States of America, and its American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") are classified under level II, backed only by preferred shares and traded on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE").

 

b) Operations

 

The Company operates in the rendering of: (i) Fixed Switched Telephone Service Concession Arrangement ("STFC"); (ii) Multimedia Communication Service ("SCM", data communication, including broadband internet); (iii) Personal Mobile Service ("SMP"); and (iv) Conditioned Access Service ("SEAC" - Pay TV), throughout Brazil, through concessions and authorizations, as established in the General Plan of Concessions ("PGO").

 

In accordance with the STFC service concession agreement, in every two years, during the agreement's 20-year term, the Company shall pay a fee equivalent to 2% of its prior-year STFC revenue, net of applicable taxes and social contribution taxes (Note 20). The Company's current STFC concession agreement is valid until December 31, 2025.

 

In accordance with the authorization terms for the usage of frequencies associated with SMP, in every two years after the first renewal of these agreements, the Company shall pay a fee equivalent to 2% of its prior-year SMP revenue, net of applicable taxes and social contribution taxes (Note 20), and in the 15th year the Company will pay 1% of its prior-year revenue. The calculation will consider the net revenue from the application of Basic and Alternative Services Plans. These agreements can be extended only once for a term of 15 years.

Service concessions and authorizations are granted by the Brazil's Telecommunications Regulatory Agency ("ANATEL"), the agency responsible for the regulation of the Brazilian telecommunications sector under the terms of Law No. 9472 of July 16, 1997 - General Telecommunications Law ("Lei Geral das Telecomunicações" - LGT), amended by Laws No. 9986, of July 18, 2000, and No. 12485, of September 12, 2011. The operation of such concessions is subject to supplementary regulations and plans.

 

The information on the operation areas (regions) and due dates of the radiofrequency authorizations for SMP services is the same of Note 1b) Operations as disclosed in the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016.

 

c) Acquisition of GVT Participações S.A. ("GVTPart")

 

The information on the acquisition process of GVTPart, which occurred in May 2015, is the same of Note 4) Acquisition of GVT Participações S.A. ("GVTPart"), as disclosed in the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016.

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

d) Corporate restructuring

 

The Shareholders' Meeting held on April 1, 2016, approved corporate restructuring in accordance with the terms and conditions proposed on March 14, 2016. The information on the Corporate Restructuring is the same as in Note 1c) Corporate Restructuring, as disclosed in the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016.

 

2)    BASIS OF PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION OF THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

a) Statement of compliance

 

The individual (Company) and consolidated quarterly financial Statements were prepared and are presented in accordance with the accounting practices adopted in Brazil, which comprise CVM standards and CPC (Accounting Pronouncements Committee) pronouncements, and in compliance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).

 

All significant information in the financial statements - and solely such information - is disclosed and corresponds to that used by Company management for administration purposes.

 

The consolidated statements (Consolidated) have been prepared and are presented in accordance with CPC 21 (R1) Interim Statements and IAS 34 - Interim Financial Reporting issued by the IASB and standards established as Resolution no. 739/15 of the CVM.

 

b) Basis of preparation and presentation

 

The Company's quarterly financial statements for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 are presented in thousands of Reais (unless otherwise stated), which is the functional currency of the Company.

 

Management has assessed the Company's ability to continue operating normally and is convinced that it has the resources to continue its business in the future. In addition, Management is not aware of any material uncertainties that could generate significant doubts about its ability to continue operating. Therefore, these quarterly financial statements were prepared based on the assumption of continuity.

 

These quarterly financial statements compare the quarters ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, except for the balance sheets, that compare the positions as of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

 

The Board of Directors authorized the issue of these individual and consolidated financial statements at the meeting held on July 24, 2017.

 

Business segments are defined as components of a company for which separate financial information is available and regularly assessed by the operational decision makers in decisions on how to allocate funds to an individual segment and in the assessment of segment performance.  Considering that: (i) all officers and managers' decisions are based on consolidated reports; (ii) the Company and subsidiaries' mission is to provide their customers with quality telecommunications services; and (iii) all decisions related to strategic planning, finance, purchases, short- and long-term investments are made on a consolidated basis, the Company and subsidiaries operate in a single operating segment, namely the provision of telecommunications services.

 

The accounting standards adopted in Brazil require the presentation of the Statement of Value Added ("SVA"), individual and consolidated, while IFRS does not require such presentation. As a result, under IFRS standards, the SVA is being presented as supplementary information, without prejudice to the overall quarterly financial statements.

 

As a result of the Corporate Restructuring process (Note 1d), which occurred on April 1, 2016, the individual quarterly financial statements for the six-month period ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 are not comparable.

 

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

The quarterly financial statements were prepared in accordance with the principles, practices and accounting criteria consistent with those adopted in the preparation of the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 (Note 3) Summary of Significant Accounting Practices) and should be analyzed in conjunction with these financial statements, in addition to the new pronouncements, interpretations and amendments, which came into effect as of January 1, 2017, as described below:

 

IAS 7 - Cash Flow, amendments: The changes are part of the IASB disclosure initiative and require an entity to provide disclosures that enable users of financial statements to assess changes in liabilities arising from financing activities, including both the changes affecting cash flows, and changes that do not affect cash. At the initial adoption of the amendment, entities are not required to provide comparative information for prior periods. The application of the changes in this standard did not cause any material impact on the Company's cash flow disclosures.


IAS 12 - Income Taxes, amendments: The amendments clarify that an entity should consider whether tax legislation restricts sources of taxable income against which it may make deductions on the reversal of that deductible temporary difference. In addition, the amendments provide guidance on how an entity should determine future taxable income and explain the circumstances under which taxable income may include the recovery of some assets for amounts greater than their carrying amount. If an entity adopts the changes for an earlier period, it should disclose that fact. The application of the changes in this standard did not have a material impact on the Company's financial position.

 

On the date of preparation of these quarterly financial statements, the following IFRS amendments had been published; however, their application was not mandatory. The Company does not adopt early any pronouncement, interpretation or amendment that has been issued, before application is mandatory.

 

Standards and Amendments to the Standards

 

Effective as of:

IFRS 9 Financial Instruments, issued

 

January 1, 2018

 

IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers, as issued

 

January 1, 2018

 

IFRS 2 Classication and Valuation of Share Based Transactions, as amended

 

January 1, 2018

 

IFRS 4 Insurance Contracts, as amended

 

January 1, 2018

 

IAS 40 Investment Property Transfers, as amended

 

January 1, 2018

 

IFRIC 22 Transactions in Foreign Currency and Advance Payments, as issued

 

January 1, 2018

 

Annual Improvements to IFRS, 2014-2016 Cycle, as issued

 

January 1, 2017 / 2018

 

IFRS 16 Leases, as issued

 

January 1, 2019

 

IFRIC 23 Uncertaints over Income Tax Treatments

 

January 1, 2019

 

'IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts

 

January 1, 2021

 

IFRS 10, 12 and IAS 28 Investiment Entities: Applying the Consolidation Exception, as amended

 

TBD

 

 

Based on preliminary studies, the Company expects the implementation of many of these standards, changes and interpretations will not have a significant impact on the financial statements in the initial period of application. However, the Company expects the following standards issued, but not yet mandatory, may have a significant impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements at the time of application and prospectively.

 

IFRS 9 - Financial Instruments, Issue: In July 2014, the IASB issued the final version of IFRS 9, which replaces IAS 39 and all previous versions of IFRS 9.

 

 


 

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Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

IFRS 9 applies to financial assets and liabilities and establishes the classification, valuation, losses and write-off criteria for recognition of such items, as well as a new hedge accounting model. The Company estimates that major changes will occur in the documentation of hedge policies and strategies, as well as in the estimation of expected losses on financial assets. The changes introduced by IFRS 9 will affect the recognition of financial assets and derivative financial instruments as of January 1, 2018. The Company is carrying out the process of implementing the new criteria, but due to the relevance of the potentially affected items and the complexity of the estimates, understands that it is not reasonably possible to quantify the impacts of the application of this standard on the date of these quarterly financial statements.

 

IFRS 15 - Revenue from Contracts with Customers, Issuance: IFRS 15 establishes criteria for the accounting of revenues from customer contracts. The Company is currently in the process of estimating the impacts of this new standard on its contracts. This analysis identified a number of expected impacts related to the following aspects, among others:

 

Under the current accounting policy, the Company offers commercial packages that combine equipment and services of telephony, fixed and mobile, data, internet and television, total revenue of services is distributed among its elements identified based on their respective fair values.

 

   Under IFRS 15, amounts will be allocated to each element based on the independent selling prices of each individual component in relation to the total price of the package and will be recognized (and measured) when the obligation is satisfied. Consequently, the application of the new criteria will mean an acceleration in the recognition of equipment sales revenues, which are generally recognized at the time of delivery to the final consumer. To the extent that the packages are marketed at a discount, the difference between the profit on sales of equipment and the amount received from the customer at the inception of the contract will be recognized as a contractual asset.

 

According to the criteria currently in force, all costs directly related to obtaining commercial contracts (sales commissions and other expenses with third parties) are accounted as expenses when incurred. On the other hand, IFRS 15 requires the recognition of an asset for the amounts incurred under these contracts and its subsequent accounting in the income statement according to the period of the respective agreement. Likewise, certain costs related to the performance of the contract, currently recognized as expenses, when incurred, will be deferred when associated with compliance obligations over the period of contract.

 

Compared to the current standard, IFRS 15 establishes more detailed requirements on the accounting treatment of contract changes. Thus, certain changes will be recorded retrospectively and others prospectively resulting in the redistribution of revenues among the various performance obligations identified.

 

The Company is advancing in the process of implementing the new criteria, but due to the high number of transactions affected, the high volume and dispersion of the necessary information and the complexity of the estimates, the Company understands that at the closing date of the quarterly financial statements cannot reliably measure the impact of the application of this standard.

 

However, considering the current commercial offers as well as the volume of affected contracts, the Company estimates that the changes introduced by IFRS 15 will have a significant impact on its financial statements at the date of its initial application. In addition, the Company's financial statements will include more quantitative disclosures of revenue-related accounts.

 

IFRS 16 - Leasing, Issuance: IFRS 16 establishes that companies acting as lessees must recognize in the balance sheet the assets and liabilities arising from all lease agreements (except for short-term lease agreements and those for low value assets).

 

The Company has a very large number of leases as a lessee of various assets, such as third-party towers, circuits, real estate and land (where the towers are primarily located). Under the current standard, significant portions of such contracts are classified as operating leases, where payments are generally recorded on a straight-line basis over the contract term.

 

 

 


 

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Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

The Company is currently in the process of estimating the impact of this new standard on such contracts. In this analysis, the estimate of the term of the lease is included, considering the non-cancellable period and the periods covered if exercised the option to extend the lease for those cases there exists reasonable certainty, which will depend, of the expected use of the Company's assets installed in the leased assets.

 

In addition to the term of the lease, assumptions will be used to calculate the discount rate, which will depend mainly on the incremental financing rate for the estimated periods. In addition to the previous estimates, the standard allows two transition methods, being: (i) full retrospective for each comparative period presented; and (ii) modified retrospective with the cumulative effect of the initial application of the standard recognized at the date of initial application. In addition, it is possible to choose specific practical relieves at the time of applying the standard on measurement of liability, discount rate, losses, leases ending within twelve months after the first application, initial direct costs, and lease duration. Thus, depending on the transition method to be chosen, the impacts will be different.

 

Due to the different alternatives, as well as the complexity of the estimates and the high number of contracts, the Company has not yet completed the implementation process, so that at the date of the quarterly financial statements it is not possible to estimate the impact of the application of this standard.

 

However, considering the volume of contracts affected, the Company estimates that the changes introduced by IFRS 16 will have a significant impact on its financial statements from the date of adoption, including the recognition of the right to use and the corresponding obligations in respect to the contracts which, under the current standard, are classified as operating leases. In addition, depreciation of the right to use the assets and recognition of interest on the lease obligation will replace a significant portion of the amount recognized as expenses in the income statement for the operating lease. The classification of payments in the statement of cash flows will also be affected by the adoption of IFRS 16.

 

c) Basis of consolidation

 

At June 30, 2017 and 2016 and December 31, 2016, the Company held the following direct equity interests:

 

Investees

 

Type of investment

 

Equity interests

 

Country (Headquarters)

 

Core activity

Telefônica Data S.A. ("TData")

 

Wholly-owned subsidiary

 

100.00%

 

Brazil

 

Telecommunications

POP Internet Ltda ("POP") (note 1c)

 

Wholly-owned subsidiary

 

100.00%

 

Brazil

 

Internet

Aliança Atlântica Holging B.V. ("Aliança")

 

Jointly-controlled subsidiary

 

50.00%

 

Holland

 

Holding of the telecommunications sector

Companhia AIX de Participações ("AIX")

 

Jointly-controlled subsidiary

 

50.00%

 

Brazil

 

Operation of underground telecommunications networks

Companhia ACT de Participações ("ACT")

 

Jointly-controlled subsidiary

 

50.00%

 

Brazil

 

Technical assistance in telecommunication networks

 

In the parent company financial statements interests held in subsidiaries or jointly-controlled entities are measured under the equity method. In the consolidated investments and all asset and liability balances, revenues and expenses arising from transactions and interest held in subsidiaries are fully eliminated. Investments in jointly-controlled entities are measured under the equity method.

 

3)  CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

Cash and banks

70,434

 

189,445

 

71,842

 

198,369

Short-term investments

6,494,387

 

4,486,182

 

7,375,219

 

4,906,741

Total

6,564,821

 

4,675,627

 

7,447,061

 

5,105,110

 

Highly liquid short-term investments basically comprise Bank Deposit Certificates (CDB) and Repurchase Agreements kept at first-tier financial institutions, pegged to the Interbank Deposit Certificate (CDI) rate, with original maturities of up to six months, and with immaterial risk of change in value. Revenues generated by these investments are recorded as financial income.

 

 

 

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

4) TRADE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

Billed amounts

6,289,506

 

6,077,768

 

7,039,222

 

6,939,909

Unbilled amounts

1,981,225

 

1,898,630

 

2,097,475

 

1,930,708

Interconnection amounts

1,277,127

 

1,333,595

 

1,311,953

 

1,345,471

Amounts from related parties (Note 27)

161,756

 

177,741

 

176,832

 

190,906

Gross accounts receivable

9,709,614

 

9,487,734

 

10,625,482

 

10,406,994

Estimated impairment losses

(1,150,784)

 

(1,004,512)

 

(1,573,314)

 

(1,399,895)

Total

8,558,830

 

8,483,222

 

9,052,168

 

9,007,099

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

8,386,679

 

8,282,685

 

8,773,857

 

8,701,688

Non-current

172,151

 

200,537

 

278,311

 

305,411

 

Consolidated balances of non-current trade accounts receivable include:

 

·       R$119,177 at June 30, 2017 (R$143,265 at December 31, 2016), relating to the business model of resale of goods to legal entities, receivable within 24 months. At June 30, 2017, the impact of the present-value adjustment was R$21,259 (R$32,920 at December 31, 2016).

 

·       R$52,974, at June 30, 2017 (R$57,272, at December 31, 2016), net of the present value adjustment relating to the portion of accounts receivable arising from negotiations on the bankruptcy process of companies from the OI group. At June 30, 2017, the impact of the present-value adjustment was R$8,130 (R$10,268 at December 31, 2016).

 

·       R$106,160, at June 30, 2017, (R$104,874 at December 31, 2016), relating to "Soluciona TI", traded by TData, which consists of lease of IT equipment to small and medium companies and receipt of fixed installments over the contractual term. Considering the contractual terms, this product was classified as finance lease. At June 30, 2017, the impact of the present-value adjustment was R$2,261 (R$3,005 at December 31, 2016).

 

The trade accounts receivable, relating to finance lease of "Soluciona TI" product, comprise the following effects:

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

Nominal amount receivable

 

597,606

611,384

Deferred financial income

 

(2,261)

 

(3,005)

Present value of accounts receivable

 

595,345

 

608,379

Estimated impairment losses

 

(361,583)

 

(344,738)

Net amount receivable

 

233,762

 

263,641

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

127,602

 

158,767

Non-current

 

106,160

 

104,874

 

At June 30, 2017, the aging of gross trade accounts receivable relating to "Soluciona TI" product is as follows:

 


 

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Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

 

Nominal amount receivable

 

Present value of accounts receivable

Falling due within one year

 

 

 

320,751

 

320,751

Falling due between one year and five years

 

 

 

276,855

 

274,594

Total

 

 

 

597,606

 

595,345

 

There are no unsecured residual values resulting in benefits to the lessor nor contingent payments recognized as revenue for the period.

The aging of trade accounts receivable, net of estimated impairment losses, is as follows:

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

Falling due

6,307,590

 

6,392,442

 

6,815,427

 

6,841,752

Overdue – 1 to 30 days

1,123,120

 

1,025,630

 

1,167,325

 

1,073,568

Overdue – 31 to 60 days

367,808

 

309,210

 

379,093

 

322,485

Overdue – 61 to 90 days

243,425

 

225,132

 

247,523

 

227,010

Overdue – 91 to 120 days

121,286

 

110,813

 

119,406

 

105,048

Overdue – over 120 days

395,601

 

419,995

 

323,394

 

437,236

Total

8,558,830

 

8,483,222

 

9,052,168

 

9,007,099

 

At June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, no customer represented more than 10% of trade accounts receivable, net.

 

Changes in the estimated impairment losses for accounts receivable are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

Balance at 12/31/15

 

 

 

(1,650,112)

 

(2,217,926)

Increase to estimated losses (Note 23)

 

 

 

(807,213)

 

(919,351)

Reversal of estimated losses (Note 23)

 

 

 

229,585

 

257,918

Write-off due to use

 

 

 

460,924

 

507,753

Merger (Note 1d)

 

 

 

(160,720)

 

-

Balance at 06/30/16

 

 

 

(1,927,536)

 

(2,371,606)

Increase to estimated losses

 

 

 

(860,146)

 

(924,424)

Reversal of estimated losses

 

 

 

212,032

 

237,636

Write-off due to use

 

 

 

1,571,138

 

1,658,499

Balance at 12/31/16

 

 

 

(1,004,512)

 

(1,399,895)

Increase to estimated losses (Note 23)

 

 

 

(881,479)

 

(940,100)

Reversal of estimated losses (Note 23)

 

 

 

198,679

 

211,575

Write-off due to use

 

 

 

536,528

 

555,106

Balance at 06/30/17

 

 

 

(1,150,784)

 

(1,573,314)

 

 

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

5)  INVENTORIES, NET

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

Materials for resale (1)

319,796

 

335,281

 

350,432

 

377,465

Materials for consumption

75,604

 

75,086

 

78,625

 

77,732

Other inventories

7,968

 

7,892

 

7,968

 

7,892

Gross total

403,368

 

418,259

 

437,025

 

463,089

Estimated losses from impairment or obsolescence

(43,412)

 

(50,108)

 

(47,158)

 

(52,676)

Total

359,956

 

368,151

 

389,867

 

410,413

(1) This includes, among others, mobile phones, simcards (chip) and IT equipment in stock.

 

Changes in estimated impairment losses and inventory obsolescence are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

Balance at 12/31/15

 

 

 

 

(48,390)

 

(52,341)

Increase to estimated losses

 

 

 

 

(1,993)

 

(4,731)

Reversal of estimated losses

 

 

 

 

10,196

 

12,203

Balance at 06/30/16

 

 

 

 

(40,187)

 

(44,869)

Increase to estimated losses

 

 

 

 

(22,950)

 

(25,024)

Reversal of estimated losses

 

 

 

 

13,029

 

17,217

Balance at 12/31/16

 

 

 

 

(50,108)

 

(52,676)

Increase to estimated losses

 

 

 

 

(16,151)

 

(19,580)

Reversal of estimated losses

 

 

 

 

22,847

 

25,098

Balance at 06/30/17

 

 

 

 

(43,412)

 

(47,158)

 

Additions and reversals of estimated impairment losses and inventory obsolescence are included in cost of goods sold (Note 23).

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

6)   DEFERRED TAXES AND TAXES RECOVERABLE

 

a) Taxes recoverable

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

State VAT (ICMS) (1)

2,336,222

 

2,317,739

 

2,346,113

 

2,329,159

Income and social contribution taxes recoverable (2)

779,002

 

829,160

 

783,682

 

830,549

Withholding taxes and contributions (3)

111,959

 

131,915

 

129,796

 

157,371

PIS and COFINS

75,613

 

125,273

 

76,674

 

148,759

INSS, ISS and other taxes

12,697

 

22,775

 

28,533

 

38,236

Total

3,315,493

 

3,426,862

 

3,364,798

 

3,504,074

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

2,867,811

 

2,952,622

 

2,914,299

 

3,027,230

Non-current

447,682

 

474,240

 

450,499

 

476,844

 

(1) This includes credits arising from the acquisition of property and equipment (subject to offsetting in 48 months); requests for refund of ICMS, which was paid under invoices that were cancelled subsequently; for the rendering of services; tax substitution; and tax rate difference; among others. Non-current consolidated amounts include credits arising from the acquisition of property and equipment of R$347,102 and R$370,770 on June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

(2) This refers to prepayments of income tax and social contribution, which will be offset against federal taxes to be determined in the future.

(3) This refers to credits on withholding income tax (IRRF) on short-term investments, interest on equity and others, which are used as deductions in operations for the period and social contribution tax withheld at source on services provided to public agencies.

 

b) Deferred taxes

 

Deferred income tax and social contribution assets are computed considering expected generation of taxable profit, which were based on a technical feasibility study, approved by the Board of Directors.  

 

Significant components of deferred income tax and social contribution are as follows:

 

 

Company

 

Balances at 12/31/15

 

Income statement

 

Comprehensive income

 

Merger (note 1d)

 

Balances at 06/30/16

 

Income statement

 

Comprehensive income

 

Other

 

Balances at 12/31/16

 

Income statement

 

Comprehensive income

 

Balances at 06/30/17

Deferred tax assets (liabilities)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income and social contribution taxes on tax losses (1)

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

1,376

 

-

 

-

 

1,376

 

3,901

 

-

 

5,277

Income and social contribution taxes on temporary differences (2)

(155,951)

 

(97,976)

 

5,932

 

705,367

 

457,372

 

(618,793)

 

72,866

 

(1,516)

 

(90,071)

 

(497,710)

 

(1,463)

 

(589,244)

Provisions for legal, labor, tax civil and regulatory contingencies

1,681,016

 

127,109

 

-

 

282,751

 

2,090,876

 

130,179

 

-

 

-

 

2,221,055

 

90,499

 

-

 

2,311,554

Trade accounts payable and other provisions

535,001

 

42,170

 

-

 

66,455

 

643,626

 

(35,468)

 

-

 

-

 

608,158

 

41,368

 

-

 

649,526

Customer portfolio and trademarks

256,056

 

(28,173)

 

-

 

119,695

 

347,578

 

(34,487)

 

-

 

-

 

313,091

 

(27,479)

 

-

 

285,612

Estimated losses on impairment of accounts receivable

369,174

 

60,691

 

-

 

54,645

 

484,510

 

(142,975)

 

-

 

-

 

341,535

 

49,732

 

-

 

391,267

Estimated losses from modems and other P&E items

170,132

 

(5,572)

 

-

 

122,696

 

287,256

 

(4,989)

 

-

 

-

 

282,267

 

(70,937)

 

-

 

211,330

Pension plans and other post-employment benefits

26,164

 

3,788

 

-

 

-

 

29,952

 

(2,008)

 

80,459

 

-

 

108,403

 

7,718

 

-

 

116,121

Profit sharing

88,944

 

18,160

 

-

 

3,963

 

111,067

 

12,844

 

-

 

-

 

123,911

 

(34,856)

 

-

 

89,055

Provision for loyalty program

32,604

 

(14,204)

 

-

 

-

 

18,400

 

712

 

-

 

-

 

19,112

 

2,109

 

-

 

21,221

Accelerated accounting depreciation

10,865

 

(1,875)

 

-

 

-

 

8,990

 

15,043

 

-

 

-

 

24,033

 

(340)

 

-

 

23,693

Estimated impairment losses on inventories

9,364

 

(14,051)

 

-

 

13,620

 

8,933

 

2,294

 

-

 

-

 

11,227

 

(2,675)

 

-

 

8,552

Derivative transactions

47,911

 

24,222

 

5,874

 

10,523

 

88,530

 

(21,331)

 

(7,507)

 

-

 

59,692

 

14,602

 

(1,349)

 

72,945

Licenses

(1,204,226)

 

(108,165)

 

-

 

-

 

(1,312,391)

 

(108,165)

 

-

 

-

 

(1,420,556)

 

(108,164)

 

-

 

(1,528,720)

Effects of goodwill generated in the merger of Vivo Part.

(809,600)

 

(30,484)

 

-

 

-

 

(840,084)

 

(24,236)

 

-

 

-

 

(864,320)

 

(5,460)

 

-

 

(869,780)

Goodwill from Spanish and Navytree

(337,535)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(337,535)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(337,535)

 

-

 

-

 

(337,535)

Goodwill from Vivo Part.

(837,918)

 

(83,603)

 

-

 

-

 

(921,521)

 

(83,599)

 

-

 

-

 

(1,005,120)

 

(83,602)

 

-

 

(1,088,722)

Goodwill from GVT Part.

-

 

(174,076)

 

-

 

-

 

(174,076)

 

(348,152)

 

-

 

-

 

(522,228)

 

(348,152)

 

-

 

(870,380)

Technological Innovation Law

(193,146)

 

30,097

 

-

 

-

 

(163,049)

 

22,109

 

-

 

-

 

(140,940)

 

27,346

 

-

 

(113,594)

Income and social contribution taxes on other temporary differences (3)

(757)

 

55,990

 

58

 

31,019

 

86,310

 

3,436

 

(86)

 

(1,516)

 

88,144

 

(49,419)

 

(114)

 

38,611

Total

(155,951)

 

(97,976)

 

5,932

 

705,367

 

457,372

 

(617,417)

 

72,866

 

(1,516)

 

(88,695)

 

(493,809)

 

(1,463)

 

(583,967)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets

3,535,671

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,538,494

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,425,658

 

 

 

 

 

4,489,958

Deferred tax liabilities

(3,691,622)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4,081,122)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4,514,353)

 

 

 

 

 

(5,073,925)

Deferred tax assets (liabilities), net

(155,951)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

457,372

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(88,695)

 

 

 

 

 

(583,967)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Represented in the balance sheet as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

457,372

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

-

Deferred tax liabilities

(155,951)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(88,695)

 

 

 

 

 

(583,967)

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

Consolidated

 

Balances at 12/31/15

 

Income statement

 

Comprehensive income

 

Balances at 06/30/16

 

Income statement

 

Comprehensive income

 

Other

 

Balances at 12/31/16

 

Income statement

 

Comprehensive income

 

Balances at 06/30/17

Deferred tax assets (liabilities)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income and social contribution taxes on tax losses (1)

26,519

 

(12,019)

 

-

 

14,500

 

(429)

 

-

 

-

 

14,071

 

3,130

 

-

 

17,201

Income and social contribution taxes on temporary differences (2)

685,071

 

(95,915)

 

5,932

 

595,088

 

(653,054)

 

72,908

 

(1,516)

 

13,426

 

(478,482)

 

(1,463)

 

(466,519)

Provisions for legal, labor, tax civil and regulatory contingencies

1,954,236

 

152,469

 

-

 

2,106,705

 

123,631

 

-

 

-

 

2,230,336

 

97,945

 

-

 

2,328,281

Trade accounts payable and other provisions

687,124

 

30,877

 

-

 

718,001

 

(40,878)

 

-

 

-

 

677,123

 

37,556

 

-

 

714,679

Estimated losses on impairment of accounts receivable

447,018

 

65,456

 

-

 

512,474

 

(153,669)

 

-

 

-

 

358,805

 

53,235

 

-

 

412,040

Customer portfolio and trademarks

343,107

 

4,471

 

-

 

347,578

 

(34,486)

 

-

 

-

 

313,092

 

(27,479)

 

-

 

285,613

Estimated losses from modems and other P&E items

294,945

 

(14,993)

 

-

 

279,952

 

4,725

 

-

 

-

 

284,677

 

(71,323)

 

-

 

213,354

Pension plans and other post-employment benefits

26,285

 

3,680

 

-

 

29,965

 

(2,047)

 

80,501

 

-

 

108,419

 

7,718

 

-

 

116,137

Profit sharing

106,198

 

5,950

 

-

 

112,148

 

13,108

 

-

 

-

 

125,256

 

(35,273)

 

-

 

89,983

Provision for loyalty program

32,604

 

(14,204)

 

-

 

18,400

 

712

 

-

 

-

 

19,112

 

2,109

 

-

 

21,221

Accelerated accounting depreciation

10,865

 

(1,875)

 

-

 

8,990

 

15,043

 

-

 

-

 

24,033

 

(340)

 

-

 

23,693

Estimated impairment losses on inventories

10,707

 

(182)

 

-

 

10,525

 

1,574

 

-

 

-

 

12,099

 

(2,273)

 

-

 

9,826

Derivative transactions

59,408

 

22,729

 

5,874

 

88,011

 

(20,371)

 

(7,507)

 

-

 

60,133

 

14,412

 

(1,349)

 

73,196

Licenses

(1,204,226)

 

(108,165)

 

-

 

(1,312,391)

 

(108,165)

 

-

 

-

 

(1,420,556)

 

(108,164)

 

-

 

(1,528,720)

Effects of goodwill generated in the acquisition of Vivo Part.

(809,600)

 

(30,484)

 

-

 

(840,084)

 

(24,236)

 

-

 

-

 

(864,320)

 

(5,460)

 

-

 

(869,780)

Goodwill from Spanish and Navytree

(337,535)

 

-

 

-

 

(337,535)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(337,535)

 

-

 

-

 

(337,535)

Goodwill from Vivo Part.

(837,918)

 

(83,603)

 

-

 

(921,521)

 

(83,599)

 

-

 

-

 

(1,005,120)

 

(83,602)

 

-

 

(1,088,722)

Goodwill from GVTPart.

-

 

(174,076)

 

-

 

(174,076)

 

(348,152)

 

-

 

-

 

(522,228)

 

(348,152)

 

-

 

(870,380)

Technological Innovation Law

(193,146)

 

30,097

 

-

 

(163,049)

 

22,109

 

-

 

-

 

(140,940)

 

27,346

 

-

 

(113,594)

Income and social contribution taxes on other temporary differences (3)

94,999

 

15,938

 

58

 

110,995

 

(18,353)

 

(86)

 

(1,516)

 

91,040

 

(36,737)

 

(114)

 

54,189

Total deferred tax assets (liabilities), noncurrent

711,590

 

(107,934)

 

5,932

 

609,588

 

(653,483)

 

72,908

 

(1,516)

 

27,497

 

(475,352)

 

(1,463)

 

(449,318)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets

4,153,054

 

 

 

 

 

4,431,710

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,541,952

 

 

 

 

 

4,609,413

Deferred tax liabilities

(3,441,464)

 

 

 

 

 

(3,822,122)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4,514,455)

 

 

 

 

 

(5,058,731)

Deferred tax assets (liabilities), net

711,590

 

 

 

 

 

609,588

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27,497

 

 

 

 

 

(449,318)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Represented in the balance sheet as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets

711,590

 

 

 

 

 

609,588

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27,497

 

 

 

 

 

134,649

Deferred tax liabilities

-

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

(583,967)

 

(1)  This refers to the amounts recorded which, in accordance with Brazilian tax legislation, may be offset to the limit of 30% of the tax bases computed for the following years, with no expiry date.

 

(2)  This refers to amounts that will be realized upon payment of provisions, effective impairment losses for trade accounts receivable, or realization of inventories, as well as upon reversal of other provisions.

 

(3)  These refer to deferred taxes arising from other temporary differences, such as deferred income, renewal of licenses, subsidy on the sale of mobile phones, among others.

 

At June 30, 2017, deferred tax credits (income tax and social contribution losses) were not recognized in indirect subsidiary (Innoweb) accounting records, in the amount of R$5,286 (R$2,993 at December 31, 2016), as it is not probable that future taxable profits will be available to use them.

 

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

7)         JUDICIAL DEPOSITS AND GARNISHMENTS

 

In some situations, in connection with a legal requirement or presentation of guarantees, judicial deposits are made to secure the continuance of the claims under discussion. These judicial deposits may be required for claims where the likelihood of loss was analyzed by the Company and its subsidiaries, grounded on the opinion of its legal advisors as a probable, possible or remote loss.

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

Judicial deposits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax

3,956,627

 

3,698,966

 

4,018,537

 

3,758,787

Labor

998,502

 

1,040,635

 

1,010,212

 

1,051,430

Civil

1,161,697

 

1,107,929

 

1,162,372

 

1,109,001

Regulatory

212,150

 

276,604

 

212,150

 

276,604

Total

6,328,976

 

6,124,134

 

6,403,271

 

6,195,822

Garnishments

171,994

 

152,948

 

174,937

 

155,744

Total

6,500,970

 

6,277,082

 

6,578,208

 

6,351,566

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

317,429

 

302,349

 

317,545

 

302,424

Non-current

6,183,541

 

5,974,733

 

6,260,663

 

6,049,142

 

 

The information related to tax-related judicial deposits is the same as in Note 9) Judicial Deposits and Garnishments, as disclosed in the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016.

 

On June 30, 2017, the Company and its subsidiaries had several tax-related judicial deposits in the consolidated amount of R$4,018,537 (R$3,758,787 at December 31, 2016). In Note 17, we provide further details on issues arising from the most significant judicial deposits.

 

The table below presents the composition of the balances as of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 of the tax judicial deposits (segregated and summarized by tribute).

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

 

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

Contribution tax on gross revenue for Social Integration Program (PIS) and for Social Security Financing (COFINS)

 

36,388

 

35,570

Social Contribution Tax for Intervention in the Economic Order (CIDE)

 

181,992

 

176,557

Telecommunications Inspection Fund (FISTEL)

 

1,129,775

 

1,095,789

Withholding Income Tax (IRRF)

 

76,144

 

73,848

Corporate Income Tax (IRPJ) and Social Contribution Tax (CSLL)

 

469,287

 

449,988

Contribution to Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC)

 

1,199,665

 

1,053,867

Social Security, work accident insurance (SAT) and funds to third parties (INSS)

 

131,951

 

128,458

Universal Telecommunication Services Fund (FUST)

 

474,181

 

456,977

State Value-Added Tax (ICMS)

 

242,828

 

212,652

Other taxes, charges and contributions

 

76,326

 

75,081

Total

 

 

 

 

4,018,537

 

3,758,787

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

8)   PREPAID EXPENSES

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

Fistel Fee (1)

535,074

 

-

 

535,074

 

-

Advertising and publicity

144,963

 

258,212

 

144,963

 

258,212

Insurance

27,819

 

39,008

 

28,177

 

39,558

Rental

24,704

 

19,276

 

24,704

 

19,276

Software and networks maintenance

61,201

 

10,204

 

69,219

 

12,283

Taxes, financial charges, personal and other (2)

102,188

 

45,148

 

112,751

 

50,193

Total

895,949

 

371,848

 

914,888

 

379,522

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

868,188

 

336,508

 

882,434

 

343,092

Non-current

27,761

 

35,340

 

32,454

 

36,430

 

 

(1)    Refers to the remaining portion of the Inspection and Operation Fee amounts paid in March 2017, based on the 2016 fiscal year, which will be amortized to the result until the end of the year.

 

(2)    At June 30, 2017, the consolidated amount includes R$58,184 related to IPTU and the renewal of SMP and STFC licenses, which will be amortized to the result until the end of the year.

 

9)   OTHER ASSETS

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

Advances to employees and suppliers

142,723

 

81,325

 

145,331

 

83,634

Related-party receivables (Note 27)

209,521

 

311,633

 

157,393

 

250,679

Receivables from suppliers

159,927

 

96,065

 

159,927

 

99,166

Subsidy on handset sales

17,475

 

30,491

 

17,475

 

30,491

Surplus from post-employment benefit plans (Note 29)

9,240

 

8,838

 

9,453

 

9,041

Other amounts receivable

25,132

 

20,391

 

28,596

 

22,649

Total

564,018

 

548,743

 

518,175

 

495,660

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

488,109

 

495,380

 

439,766

 

440,095

Non-current

75,909

 

53,363

 

78,409

 

55,565

 

10) INVESTMENTS

 

a)   Information on investees

 

The information related to subsidiaries and jointly-controlled entities is the same as in Note 12) Investments, as disclosed in the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016.

 

Below is a summary of significant financial data on the Company's investees:

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

 

At 06/30/17

 

At 12/31/16

 

Wholly-owned subsidiaries

 

Jointly-controlled subsidiaries

 

Wholly-owned subsidiaries

 

Jointly-controlled subsidiaries

 

TData

 

POP

 

Cia ACT

 

Cia AIX

 

Aliança

 

TData

 

POP

 

Cia ACT

 

Cia AIX

 

Aliança

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital

100.00%

 

100.00%

 

50.00%

 

50.00%

 

50.00%

 

100.00%

 

100.00%

 

50.00%

 

50.00%

 

50.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of balance sheets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

1,802,815

 

30,821

 

16

 

23,437

 

159,474

 

1,414,039

 

27,407

 

15

 

20,337

 

145,121

Non-current assets

359,079

 

52,328

 

-

 

12,070

 

-

 

362,195

 

52,016

 

-

 

12,879

 

-

Total assets

2,161,894

 

83,149

 

16

 

35,507

 

159,474

 

1,776,234

 

79,423

 

15

 

33,216

 

145,121

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

964,335

 

49,222

 

2

 

4,426

 

168

 

633,631

 

49,535

 

1

 

4,029

 

101

Non-current liabilities

83,177

 

109

 

-

 

4,637

 

-

 

63,139

 

-

 

-

 

5,415

 

-

Equity

1,114,382

 

33,818

 

14

 

26,444

 

159,306

 

1,079,464

 

29,888

 

14

 

23,772

 

145,020

Total liabilities and equity

2,161,894

 

83,149

 

16

 

35,507

 

159,474

 

1,776,234

 

79,423

 

15

 

33,216

 

145,121

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Book value

1,114,382

 

33,818

 

7

 

13,222

 

79,653

 

1,079,464

 

29,888

 

7

 

11,886

 

72,510

 

 

At 06/30/17

 

At 06/30/16

 

Wholly-owned subsidiaries

Jointly-controlled subsidiaries

 

Wholly-owned subsidiaries

 

Jointly-controlled subsidiaries

Summary of Income Statements:

TData

 

POP

 

Cia ACT

 

Cia AIX

 

Aliança

 

TData

 

POP (2)

 

GVTPart. (1)

 

Cia ACT

 

Cia AIX

 

Aliança

Net operating income

1,237,179

 

14,820

 

41

 

22,670

 

-

 

1,253,426

 

14,642

 

1,531,692

 

39

 

20,617

 

-

Operating costs and expenses

(636,244)

 

(8,939)

 

(41)

 

(20,196)

 

14

 

(716,734)

 

(7,663)

 

(1,300,347)

 

(36)

 

(19,716)

 

(78)

Financial income (expenses), net

38,918

 

777

 

-

 

689

 

12

 

41,888

 

740

 

(41,146)

 

-

 

857

 

32

Income and social contribution taxes

(220,348)

 

(2,728)

 

-

 

(491)

 

-

 

(198,080)

 

(3,163)

 

(57,958)

 

(1)

 

(266)

 

-

Net income (loss) for the period

419,505

 

3,930

 

-

 

2,672

 

26

 

380,500

 

4,556

 

132,241

 

2

 

1,492

 

(46)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity pickup, according to interest held

419,505

 

3,930

 

-

 

1,336

 

13

 

380,500

 

4,556

 

132,241

 

1

 

746

 

(23)

 

(1)  Includes the consolidated results of GVTPart. for the period from 01/01 to 03/31/16.

 

(2)  Includes the consolidated result of POP for the period from 04/01 to 06/30/16. Until 03/31/16, POP was indirectly controlled by GVTPart.

 

b)   Changes in investments 

 

 

Wholly-owned subsidiaries

 

Jointly-controlled subsidiaries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TData

 

POP

 

GVTPart.

 

Aliança

 

AIX

 

ACT

 

Goodwill (1)

 

Surplus value of net assets acquired (note 1c)

 

Other investments (2)

 

Total investments - Company

 

Eliminations

 

Total investments - Consolidated

Balances at 12/31/15

1,056,305

 

-

 

7,674,444

 

89,799

 

10,099

 

4

 

13,049,199

 

2,461,583

 

1,259

 

24,342,692

 

(24,241,531)

 

101,161

Equity pick-up

380,500

 

4,556

 

132,241

 

(23)

 

746

 

1

 

-

 

(67,641)

 

-

 

450,380

 

(449,656)

 

724

Merger (nota 1d)

-

 

22,590

 

(7,806,685)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(12,837,141)

 

(2,393,942)

 

-

 

(23,015,178)

 

23,015,178

 

-

Dividends and interest on equity

(389,395)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

489

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(388,906)

 

389,395

 

489

Other comprehensive income

-

 

-

 

-

 

(14,522)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(172)

 

(14,694)

 

-

 

(14,694)

Balances at 06/30/16

1,047,410

 

27,146

 

-

 

75,254

 

11,334

 

5

 

212,058

 

-

 

1,087

 

1,374,294

 

(1,286,614)

 

87,680

Equity pick-up

392,134

 

2,742

 

-

 

(34)

 

552

 

2

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

395,396

 

(394,876)

 

520

Dividends and interest on equity

(360,000)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(360,000)

 

360,000

 

-

Other comprehensive income

(80)

 

-

 

-

 

(2,710)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

255

 

(2,535)

 

80

 

(2,455)

Balances at 12/31/16

1,079,464

 

29,888

 

-

 

72,510

 

11,886

 

7

 

212,058

 

-

 

1,342

 

1,407,155

 

(1,321,410)

 

85,745

Equity pick-up

419,505

 

3,930

 

-

 

13

 

1,336

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

424,784

 

(423,435)

 

1,349

Dividends and interest on equity

(384,588)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(384,588)

 

384,588

 

-

Other comprehensive income

-

 

-

 

-

 

7,130

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

334

 

7,464

 

-

 

7,464

Balances at 06/30/17

1,114,381

 

33,818

 

-

 

79,653

 

13,222

 

7

 

212,058

 

-

 

1,676

 

1,454,815

 

(1,360,257)

 

94,558

 

 

(1)  Goodwill: (i) R$212,058 from partial spin-off of "Spanish and Figueira", which was reversed to the Company upon merger with Telefônica Data Brasil Holding S.A. (TDBH) in 2006; and (ii) R$12,837,141 originated from the acquisition of GVTPart. in 2015 (Note 1c).

 

(2)  Other investments (tax incentives and interest held in companies) are measured at fair value.

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

11)  PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

 

a) Breakdown and changes

 

 

Company

 

Switching equipment

 

Transmission equipment and media

 

Terminal equipment / modems

 

Infrastructure

 

Land

 

Other P&E

 

Estimated losses (1)

 

Assets and facilities under construction

 

Total

Balances and changes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at 12/31/15

2,796,041

 

11,680,029

 

1,530,793

 

3,371,532

 

313,105

 

711,085

 

(155,277)

 

1,771,768

 

22,019,076

Additions

1,364

 

109,376

 

47,429

 

24,299

 

-

 

106,193

 

(6,285)

 

2,009,507

 

2,291,883

Write-offs, net (2)

(1,159)

 

(11,105)

 

(70)

 

(98,702)

 

(201)

 

(339)

 

-

 

(11,897)

 

(123,473)

Net transfers

277,728

 

1,171,427

 

361,749

 

197,711

 

-

 

(51,219)

 

-

 

(2,018,633)

 

(61,237)

Depreciation (Note 23)

(302,642)

 

(981,717)

 

(570,924)

 

(250,582)

 

-

 

(132,562)

 

-

 

-

 

(2,238,427)

Merger (Note 1d)

1,039,161

 

5,269,872

 

1,572,567

 

428,622

 

2,601

 

159,039

 

(331,956)

 

221,157

 

8,361,063

Balance at 06/30/16

3,810,493

 

17,237,882

 

2,941,544

 

3,672,880

 

315,505

 

792,197

 

(493,518)

 

1,971,902

 

30,248,885

Additions

-

 

244,551

 

41,224

 

132,802

 

215

 

197,983

 

(13,573)

 

3,511,679

 

4,114,881

Write-offs, net

-

 

(8,183)

 

(397)

 

(177)

 

(1)

 

(412)

 

21,708

 

(24,591)

 

(12,053)

Net transfers

365,426

 

1,878,760

 

331,618

 

164,194

 

-

 

12,981

 

(3)

 

(2,758,120)

 

(5,144)

Depreciation

(223,436)

 

(1,073,868)

 

(732,810)

 

(254,205)

 

-

 

(224,701)

 

-

 

-

 

(2,509,020)

Balance at 12/31/16

3,952,483

 

18,279,142

 

2,581,179

 

3,715,494

 

315,719

 

778,048

 

(485,386)

 

2,700,870

 

31,837,549

Additions

-

 

17,364

 

58,206

 

27,967

 

-

 

99,960

 

(30,317)

 

2,329,641

 

2,502,821

Write-offs, net

(569)

 

(69,798)

 

(131)

 

(6,479)

 

(1,914)

 

(630)

 

67,880

 

(12,984)

 

(24,625)

Net transfers

539,699

 

1,199,919

 

670,603

 

308,961

 

-

 

2,329

 

132,578

 

(2,836,657)

 

17,432

Depreciation (Note 23)

(302,020)

 

(1,227,511)

 

(640,994)

 

(270,637)

 

-

 

(160,817)

 

-

 

-

 

(2,601,979)

Balance at 06/30/17

4,189,593

 

18,199,116

 

2,668,863

 

3,775,306

 

313,805

 

718,890

 

(315,245)

 

2,180,870

 

31,731,198

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 12/31/16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

20,051,571

 

50,730,016

 

15,246,317

 

14,944,006

 

315,719

 

4,181,817

 

(485,386)

 

2,700,870

 

107,684,930

Accumulated depreciation

(16,099,088)

 

(32,450,874)

 

(12,665,138)

 

(11,228,512)

 

-

 

(3,403,769)

 

-

 

-

 

(75,847,381)

Total

3,952,483

 

18,279,142

 

2,581,179

 

3,715,494

 

315,719

 

778,048

 

(485,386)

 

2,700,870

 

31,837,549

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 06/30/17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

20,613,165

 

51,677,722

 

15,967,057

 

15,257,478

 

313,805

 

4,273,358

 

(315,245)

 

2,180,870

 

109,968,210

Accumulated depreciation

(16,423,572)

 

(33,478,606)

 

(13,298,194)

 

(11,482,172)

 

-

 

(3,554,468)

 

-

 

-

 

(78,237,012)

Total

4,189,593

 

18,199,116

 

2,668,863

 

3,775,306

 

313,805

 

718,890

 

(315,245)

 

2,180,870

 

31,731,198

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

Switching equipment

 

Transmission equipment and media

 

Terminal equipment / modems

 

Infrastructure

 

Land

 

Other P&E

 

Estimated losses (1)

 

Assets and facilities under construction

 

Total

Balances and changes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at 12/31/15

3,958,959

 

16,977,004

 

3,146,109

 

3,655,951

 

315,705

 

1,066,452

 

(494,149)

 

1,850,734

 

30,476,765

Additions

16,135

 

373,912

 

162,396

 

25,916

 

-

 

49,719

 

(6,369)

 

2,037,953

 

2,659,662

Write-offs, net (2)

(2,792)

 

(13,261)

 

(419)

 

(95,787)

 

(201)

 

-

 

6,821

 

(12,630)

 

(118,269)

Net transfers

196,652

 

1,032,493

 

345,955

 

356,754

 

-

 

(169,532)

 

-

 

(1,867,024)

 

(104,702)

Depreciation (Note 23)

(358,312)

 

(1,132,146)

 

(702,789)

 

(258,668)

 

-

 

(148,048)

 

-

 

-

 

(2,599,963)

Balance at 06/30/16

3,810,642

 

17,238,002

 

2,951,252

 

3,684,166

 

315,504

 

798,591

 

(493,697)

 

2,009,033

 

30,313,493

Additions

38

 

244,550

 

41,379

 

133,165

 

215

 

238,947

 

(13,593)

 

3,505,445

 

4,150,146

Write-offs, net

(1)

 

(8,182)

 

(397)

 

(3,650)

 

-

 

3,059

 

21,718

 

(26,329)

 

(13,782)

Net transfers

365,426

 

1,878,761

 

331,617

 

167,241

 

-

 

9,830

 

(3)

 

(2,758,119)

 

(5,247)

Depreciation

(223,465)

 

(1,073,897)

 

(735,544)

 

(255,715)

 

-

 

(231,071)

 

-

 

-

 

(2,519,692)

Balance at 12/31/16

3,952,640

 

18,279,234

 

2,588,307

 

3,725,207

 

315,719

 

819,356

 

(485,575)

 

2,730,030

 

31,924,918

Additions

-

 

17,364

 

58,206

 

27,967

 

-

 

105,939

 

(30,399)

 

2,330,383

 

2,509,460

Write-offs, net

(569)

 

(69,798)

 

(131)

 

(6,754)

 

(1,914)

 

(581)

 

67,960

 

(13,538)

 

(25,325)

Net transfers

539,699

 

1,199,919

 

670,603

 

308,961

 

-

 

20,964

 

132,578

 

(2,855,292)

 

17,432

Depreciation (Note 23)

(302,050)

 

(1,227,538)

 

(642,590)

 

(272,092)

 

-

 

(171,101)

 

-

 

-

 

(2,615,371)

Balance at 06/30/17

4,189,720

 

18,199,181

 

2,674,395

 

3,783,289

 

313,805

 

774,577

 

(315,436)

 

2,191,583

 

31,811,114

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 12.31.16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

20,058,838

 

50,730,696

 

15,294,619

 

15,023,890

 

315,719

 

4,308,718

 

(485,575)

 

2,730,030

 

107,976,935

Accumulated depreciation

(16,106,198)

 

(32,451,462)

 

(12,706,312)

 

(11,298,683)

 

-

 

(3,489,362)

 

-

 

-

 

(76,052,017)

Total

3,952,640

 

18,279,234

 

2,588,307

 

3,725,207

 

315,719

 

819,356

 

(485,575)

 

2,730,030

 

31,924,918

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 06/30/17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

20,620,433

 

51,678,402

 

16,015,356

 

15,336,721

 

313,805

 

4,423,555

 

(315,436)

 

2,191,583

 

110,264,419

Accumulated depreciation

(16,430,713)

 

(33,479,221)

 

(13,340,961)

 

(11,553,432)

 

-

 

(3,648,978)

 

-

 

-

 

(78,453,305)

Total

4,189,720

 

18,199,181

 

2,674,395

 

3,783,289

 

313,805

 

774,577

 

(315,436)

 

2,191,583

 

31,811,114

 

(1)  The Company and its subsidiaries recognized estimated losses for potential obsolescence of materials used in property and equipment maintenance, based on levels of historical use and expected future use.

 

(2)  Net write-offs regarding "Infrastructure and Assets and Facilities under Construction" for the period ended June 30, 2017, include the amount of R$99,210 regarding the disposal of 1,655 towers owned by the Company to Telxius Torres Brasil Ltda., a Telefónica subsidiary.

 

b) Depreciation rates

 

In the last quarter of 2016, in accordance with IAS 16 / CPC 27, the Company performed, in conjunction with a specialized company, valuations of useful lives applied to its property, plant and equipment using the direct comparative method of market data. The studies indicated the need for changes in useful life and annual depreciation rates for some items of asset classes.

 

The following table sets forth the depreciation rates of property, plant and equipment of the Company and its subsidiaries, which are depreciated on a straight-line basis at the annual rate, as follows:

 

 

 

Annual depreciation rate (%)

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

Description

 

Previous

 

Revised / Current

 

Previous

 

Revised / Current

Switching equipment

 

10.00 to 14.29

 

5.00 to 14.29

 

8.33 to 20.00

 

5.00 to 20.00

Transmission equipment and media

 

5.00 to 14.29

 

2.50 to 25.00

 

2.50 to 25.00

 

2.50 to 25.00

Terminal equipment / modems

 

10.00 to 66.67

 

6.67 to 66.67

 

10.00 to 66.67

 

6.67 to 66.67

Infrastructure

 

2.50 to 66.67

 

2.50 to 66.67

 

2.50 to 66.67

 

2.50 to 66.67

Other P&E assets

 

10.00 to 25.00

 

10.00 to 25.00

 

10.00 to 66.67

 

10.00 to 25.00

 

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

c) Property and equipment items pledged in guarantee

 

At June 30, 2017, the Company had consolidated amounts of property and equipment items pledged in guarantee for lawsuits, amounting to R$172,658 (R$203,600 at December 31, 2016).

 

d) Capitalization of borrowing costs

 

At June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company and its subsidiaries did not capitalize borrowing costs, as there were no qualifying assets.

 

e) Reversible assets

 

The STFC service concession arrangement establishes that all assets owned by the Company and that are indispensable to the provision of the services described in the referred to arrangement are considered “reversible” (returnable to the concession authority). At June 30, 2017, estimated residual value of reversible assets was R$8,868,251 (R$8,813,916 at December 31, 2016), which comprised switching and transmission equipment and public use terminals, external network equipment, energy, system and operational support equipment.

 

f) Finance leases

 

Below are the amounts related to finance lease arrangements, in which the Company is a lessee, segregated by type of property and equipment item.

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

06.30.17

 

12.31.16

 

Annual depreciation rates (%)

 

P&E Cost

 

Accumulated
depreciation

 

Net balance

 

P&E Cost

 

Accumulated
depreciation

 

Net balance

Transmission equipment and media

5.00% to 8.33%

 

252,233

 

(45,377)

 

206,856

 

223,360

 

(34,203)

 

189,157

Infrastructure

4.00%

 

68,382

 

(11,499)

 

56,883

 

67,386

 

(8,822)

 

58,564

Other assets

20.00%

 

116,945

 

(94,399)

 

22,546

 

145,818

 

(94,935)

 

50,883

Total

 

 

437,560

 

(151,275)

 

286,285

 

436,564

 

(137,960)

 

298,604

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

12) INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET

 

a) Breakdown, changes and amortization rates

 

 

Company

 

Indefinite useful life

 

Finite useful life

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

Software

 

Customer portfolio

 

Trademarks

 

Licenses

 

Other intangible assets

 

Estimated losses for software

 

Software under development

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual amortization rate (%)

-

 

20.00

 

11.76

 

5.13

 

3.60 to 6.67

 

20.00

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balances and changes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at 12/31/15

10,013,222

 

2,162,935

 

861,310

 

1,242,025

 

15,635,082

 

6,495

 

-

 

76,471

 

29,997,540

Additions

-

 

245,586

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

7,770

 

-

 

316,460

 

569,816

Write-offs, net

-

 

(2,380)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(2,380)

Net transfers

-

 

400,819

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(3,909)

 

-

 

(335,155)

 

61,755

Amortization (Note 23)

-

 

(434,942)

 

(210,462)

 

(51,935)

 

(457,146)

 

(2,454)

 

-

 

-

 

(1,156,939)

Merger (Note 1d)

12,837,141

 

219,856

 

2,207,012

 

22,944

 

-

 

56,368

 

-

 

-

 

15,343,321

Balance at 06/30/16

22,850,363

 

2,591,874

 

2,857,860

 

1,213,034

 

15,177,936

 

64,270

 

-

 

57,776

 

44,813,113

Additions

-

 

369,876

 

-

 

-

 

185,450

 

4,045

 

(4,550)

 

203,103

 

757,924

Write-offs, net

-

 

2,377

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

2,377

Net transfers

-

 

216,413

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(13,784)

 

(31)

 

(197,454)

 

5,144

Amortization

-

 

(487,333)

 

(296,640)

 

(55,214)

 

(465,418)

 

(3,833)

 

-

 

-

 

(1,308,438)

Balance at 12/31/16

22,850,363

 

2,693,207

 

2,561,220

 

1,157,820

 

14,897,968

 

50,698

 

(4,581)

 

63,425

 

44,270,120

Additions

-

 

148,917

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

79

 

-

 

457,050

 

606,046

Write-offs, net

-

 

(3,037)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(3,037)

Net transfers

-

 

299,684

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(24,171)

 

31

 

(292,976)

 

(17,432)

Amortization (Note 23)

-

 

(480,434)

 

(296,640)

 

(42,102)

 

(464,182)

 

(3,035)

 

-

 

-

 

(1,286,393)

Balance at 06/30/17

22,850,363

 

2,658,337

 

2,264,580

 

1,115,718

 

14,433,786

 

23,571

 

(4,550)

 

227,499

 

43,569,304

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 12/31/16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

22,850,363

 

14,019,938

 

4,513,278

 

1,658,897

 

20,237,572

 

267,065

 

(4,581)

 

63,425

 

63,605,957

Accumulated amortization

-

 

(11,326,731)

 

(1,952,058)

 

(501,077)

 

(5,339,604)

 

(216,367)

 

-

 

-

 

(19,335,837)

Total

22,850,363

 

2,693,207

 

2,561,220

 

1,157,820

 

14,897,968

 

50,698

 

(4,581)

 

63,425

 

44,270,120

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 06/30/17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

22,850,363

 

14,461,885

 

4,513,278

 

1,658,897

 

20,237,572

 

238,192

 

(4,550)

 

227,499

 

64,183,136

Accumulated amortization

-

 

(11,803,548)

 

(2,248,698)

 

(543,179)

 

(5,803,786)

 

(214,621)

 

-

 

-

 

(20,613,832)

Total

22,850,363

 

2,658,337

 

2,264,580

 

1,115,718

 

14,433,786

 

23,571

 

(4,550)

 

227,499

 

43,569,304

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

Consolidated

 

Indefinite useful life

 

Finite useful life

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

Software

 

Customer portfolio

 

Trademarks

 

Licenses

 

Other intangible assets

 

Estimated losses for software

 

Software under development

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual amortization rate (%)

-

 

6.67 to 50.00

 

11.76 to 12.85

 

5.13 to 66.67

 

3.60 to 6.67

 

20.00

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balances and changes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at 12/31/15

23,062,421

 

2,385,723

 

3,154,501

 

1,274,803

 

15,635,082

 

18,190

 

-

 

76,471

 

45,607,191

Additions

-

 

264,288

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

15,751

 

-

 

316,460

 

596,499

Write-offs, net

-

 

(2,383)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(11)

 

-

 

-

 

(2,394)

Net transfers

-

 

399,954

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

32,990

 

-

 

(335,155)

 

97,789

Amortization (Note 23)

-

 

(454,213)

 

(296,641)

 

(61,769)

 

(457,146)

 

(2,648)

 

-

 

-

 

(1,272,417)

Balance at 06/30/16

23,062,421

 

2,593,369

 

2,857,860

 

1,213,034

 

15,177,936

 

64,272

 

-

 

57,776

 

45,026,668

Additions

-

 

370,240

 

-

 

-

 

185,450

 

4,045

 

(4,550)

 

203,103

 

758,288

Write-offs, net

-

 

2,407

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(31)

 

-

 

2,376

Net transfers

-

 

216,382

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(13,783)

 

-

 

(197,454)

 

5,145

Amortization

-

 

(487,877)

 

(296,640)

 

(55,214)

 

(465,418)

 

(3,832)

 

-

 

-

 

(1,308,981)

Balance at 12/31/16

23,062,421

 

2,694,521

 

2,561,220

 

1,157,820

 

14,897,968

 

50,702

 

(4,581)

 

63,425

 

44,483,496

Additions

-

 

149,165

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

79

 

-

 

457,050

 

606,294

Write-offs, net

-

 

(3,037)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(3,037)

Net transfers

-

 

299,684

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(24,171)

 

31

 

(292,976)

 

(17,432)

Amortization (Note 23)

-

 

(480,770)

 

(296,640)

 

(42,102)

 

(464,182)

 

(3,035)

 

-

 

-

 

(1,286,729)

Balance at 06/30/17

23,062,421

 

2,659,563

 

2,264,580

 

1,115,718

 

14,433,786

 

23,575

 

(4,550)

 

227,499

 

43,782,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 12/31/16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

23,062,421

 

14,062,127

 

4,513,278

 

1,658,897

 

20,237,572

 

267,074

 

(4,581)

 

63,425

 

63,860,213

Accumulated amortization

-

 

(11,367,606)

 

(1,952,058)

 

(501,077)

 

(5,339,604)

 

(216,372)

 

-

 

-

 

(19,376,717)

Total

23,062,421

 

2,694,521

 

2,561,220

 

1,157,820

 

14,897,968

 

50,702

 

(4,581)

 

63,425

 

44,483,496

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 06/30/17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

23,062,421

 

14,504,291

 

4,513,278

 

1,658,897

 

20,237,572

 

238,202

 

(4,550)

 

227,499

 

64,437,610

Accumulated amortization

-

 

(11,844,728)

 

(2,248,698)

 

(543,179)

 

(5,803,786)

 

(214,627)

 

-

 

-

 

(20,655,018)

Total

23,062,421

 

2,659,563

 

2,264,580

 

1,115,718

 

14,433,786

 

23,575

 

(4,550)

 

227,499

 

43,782,592

 

b) Goodwill breakdown

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 06/30/17 and 12/31/16

 

 

 

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

Ajato Telecomunicação Ltda.

 

 

 

 

149

 

149

Spanish e Figueira (merged with TDBH) (1)

 

 

 

 

-

 

212,058

Santo Genovese Participações Ltda. (2)

 

 

 

 

71,892

 

71,892

Telefônica Televisão Participações S.A. (3)

 

 

 

 

780,693

 

780,693

Vivo Participações S. A. (4)

 

 

 

 

9,160,488

 

9,160,488

GVT Participações S. A. (5)

 

 

 

 

12,837,141

 

12,837,141

Total

 

 

 

 

22,850,363

 

23,062,421

 

(1) Goodwill from partial spin-off of "Spanish and Figueira", which was reversed to the Company upon merger of Telefônica Data Brasil Holding S.A.  (TDBH) in 2006.

 

(2) Goodwill generated upon acquisition of equity control of Santo Genovese Participações (parent company of Atrium Telecomunicações Ltda.), in 2004.

 

(3) Goodwill generated upon acquisition of Telefônica Televisão Participações (formerly Navytree) merged in 2008.

 

(4) Goodwill generated upon acquisition/merger of Vivo Participações in 2011.

 

(5)  Goodwill generated upon acquisition of GVT Participações in 2015 (Note 1c).

 

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

13)  PERSONNEL, SOCIAL CHARGES AND BENEFITS

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

Salaries and wages

29,226

 

54,525

 

30,163

 

55,476

Social charges and benefits

463,400

 

375,249

 

473,118

 

384,073

Profit sharing

188,514

 

282,134

 

190,991

 

285,887

Share-based payment plans (Note 28)

59,288

 

45,906

 

59,661

 

46,223

Total

740,428

 

757,814

 

753,933

 

771,659

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

723,793

 

746,798

 

737,298

 

760,643

Non-current

16,635

 

11,016

 

16,635

 

11,016

 

14)  TRADE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

 

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

Sundry suppliers (Opex, Capex, Services and Material)

6,023,140

 

6,270,535

 

6,251,062

 

6,617,240

Amounts payable (operators, cobilling)

260,390

 

314,959

 

260,391

 

314,958

Interconnection / interlink (1)

257,380

 

369,715

 

257,380

 

369,715

Related parties (Note 27)

616,924

 

656,093

 

338,390

 

381,240

Total

7,157,834

 

7,611,302

 

7,107,223

 

7,683,153

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

7,157,834

 

7,539,395

 

7,107,223

 

7,611,246

Non-current

-

 

71,907

 

-

 

71,907


(1)
 
As of December 31, 2016, the amount recorded as non-current related to the judicial proceeding filed against SMP operators claiming the reduction of the VU-M amount. On October 15, 2007, an injunction was obtained to provide a judicial deposit of the difference between VC1 calls and the amount effectively charged by SMP operators. In May 2017, the updated amount of R$71,956 was raised in favor of the operators involved, after an agreement between the parties.

 

15) TAXES, CHARGES AND CONTRIBUTIONS

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

Income and social contribution taxes payable

-

 

-

 

69,734

 

11,520

ICMS

1,172,193

 

1,187,244

 

1,211,949

 

1,226,172

PIS and COFINS

357,538

 

371,838

 

408,151

 

412,149

Fust and Funttel

94,272

 

92,828

 

94,272

 

92,828

ISS, CIDE and other taxes

74,936

 

67,420

 

85,136

 

77,193

Total

1,698,939

 

1,719,330

 

1,869,242

 

1,819,862

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

1,679,310

 

1,698,334

 

1,822,688

 

1,770,731

Non-current

19,629

 

20,996

 

46,554

 

49,131

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

16)  DIVIDENDS AND INTEREST ON EQUITY (IOE)

 

a)   Dividends and interest on equity receivable

 

On June 30, 2017, the Company had the amount of R$384,588 receivable from TData, referring to additional dividends for the year 2016, approved at a TData's Ordinary General Meeting held on April 17, 2017.

 

b)   Dividends and interest on equity payable

 

b.1) Breakdown:

 

 

 

 

 

Company/Consolidated

 

 

 

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

Telefónica Latinoamérica Holding S.L.

 

 

 

1,056,624

 

454,583

Telefónica S.A.

 

 

 

1,272,342

 

547,390

SP Telecomunicações Participações Ltda

 

 

 

802,121

 

345,090

Telefónica Chile S.A.

 

 

 

2,236

 

962

Non-controlling interest

 

 

 

1,436,372

 

847,006

Total

 

 

 

4,569,695

 

2,195,031

 

b.2) Changes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company/ Consolidated

Balance at 12/31/16

 

 

 

 

 

2,195,031

Supplementary dividends for 2016

 

 

 

 

 

1,913,987

Interim interest on equity (net of IRRF)

 

 

 

 

 

531,250

Unclaimed dividends and interest on equity

 

 

 

 

 

(72,840)

Payment of dividends and interest on equity

 

 

 

 

 

(671)

IRRF on shareholders exempt/immune from interest on equity

 

 

 

 

 

2,938

Balance at 06/30/17

 

 

 

 

 

4,569,695

 

On May 9, 2017, the Company informed the shareholders that it will pay interest on equity and dividends related to the fiscal year of 2016, as follows:

 

 

 

Dates

 

Gross Amount

 

Net Value

 

Amount per Share (1)

Nature

 

Approval

 

Credit

 

Beginning of Payment

 

Common

 

Preferred (2)

 

Total

 

Common

 

Preferred (2)

 

Total

 

Common

 

Preferred (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IOE

 

02-19-16

 

02-29-16

 

08-22-17

 

63,239

 

136,761

 

200,000

 

53,753

 

116,247

 

170,000

 

0.094411

 

0.103853

IOE

 

03-18-16

 

03-31-16

 

08-22-17

 

106,559

 

230,441

 

337,000

 

90,575

 

195,875

 

286,450

 

0.159083

 

0.174992

IOE

 

04-18-16

 

04-29-16

 

08-22-17

 

69,563

 

150,437

 

220,000

 

59,129

 

127,871

 

187,000

 

0.103853

 

0.114238

IOE

 

06-17-16

 

06-30-16

 

08-22-17

 

50,908

 

110,092

 

161,000

 

43,272

 

93,578

 

136,850

 

0.076001

 

0.083601

IOE

 

09-19-16

 

09-30-16

 

08-22-17

 

205,528

 

444,472

 

650,000

 

174,699

 

377,801

 

552,500

 

0.306837

 

0.337521

IOE

 

12-19-16

 

12-30-16

 

12-13-17

 

191,029

 

413,116

 

604,145

 

162,375

 

351,149

 

513,523

 

0.285191

 

0.313710

Dividends

 

04-26-17

 

04-26-17

 

12-13-17

 

605,198

 

1,308,789

 

1,913,987

 

514,418

 

1,112,471

 

1,626,889

 

1.062955

 

1.169250

Total

 

 

 

1,292,024

 

2,794,108

 

4,086,132

 

1,098,220

 

2,374,992

 

3,473,212

 

 

 

 

 

(1)  The amounts of IOE are calculated and stated net of Withholding Income Tax (IRRF). The immune shareholders received the full IOE amount, without withholding income tax at source.

 

(2)  The gross and net values for the preferred shares are 10% higher than those attributed to each common share, as per article 7 of the Company's Articles of Incorporation.

 

For the cash flow statement, interest on equity and dividends paid to shareholders are recognized in "Financing Activities".

 

Interest on equity and dividends not claimed by shareholders expire within three years from the initial payment date. Should dividends and interest on equity expire, these amounts are recorded in retained earnings for later distribution.

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

17) PROVISIONS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

The Company and its subsidiaries are parties to administrative and judicial proceedings and labor, tax and civil claims filed in different courts. The management of the Company and its subsidiaries, based on the opinion of its legal counsel, recognized provisions for proceedings for which an unfavorable outcome is considered probable.

 

Breakdown of changes in provisions for cases in which an unfavorable outcome is probable, in addition to contingent liabilities and provisions for decommissioning are as follows:

 

 

Company

 

Provisions for contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

Labor

 

Tax

 

Civil

 

Regulatory

 

Contingent liabilities (PPA) (1)

 

Provision for decommissioning (2)

 

Total

Balances at 12/31/15

1,140,492

 

2,684,924

 

965,730

 

595,028

 

286,983

 

298,751

 

5,971,908

Inflows (income)

242,533

 

77,775

 

324,621

 

60,190

 

7,357

 

-

 

712,476

Inflows (except income)

-

 

100,314

 

4,754

 

-

 

-

 

27,576

 

132,644

Write-offs due to payment

(190,696)

 

(135,348)

 

(192,283)

 

(352)

 

-

 

-

 

(518,679)

Write-offs due to reversal (income)

(35,259)

 

(41,175)

 

(141,557)

 

(5,355)

 

(3,637)

 

(1,348)

 

(228,331)

Monetary restatement

66,655

 

163,073

 

91,227

 

33,910

 

23,067

 

10,501

 

388,433

Merger (note 1d)

35,236

 

14,597

 

46,284

 

51,701

 

555,486

 

89,541

 

792,845

Balances at 06/30/16

1,258,961

 

2,864,160

 

1,098,776

 

735,122

 

869,256

 

425,021

 

7,251,296

Inflows (income)

345,571

 

48,663

 

350,112

 

63,342

 

(7,357)

 

-

 

800,331

Inflows (except income)

-

 

-

 

3,072

 

-

 

-

 

135,052

 

138,124

Write-offs due to payment

(203,777)

 

(11,280)

 

(334,570)

 

(2,209)

 

(11,240)

 

-

 

(563,076)

Write-offs due to reversal (income)

(112,814)

 

(10,666)

 

(199,733)

 

(5,196)

 

(4,412)

 

(19,203)

 

(352,024)

Monetary restatement

86,629

 

218,929

 

120,573

 

37,875

 

35,498

 

961

 

500,465

Balances at 12/31/16

1,374,570

 

3,109,806

 

1,038,230

 

828,934

 

881,745

 

541,831

 

7,775,116

Inflows (income)

519,784

 

112,441

 

345,268

 

38,825

 

-

 

-

 

1,016,318

Inflows (except income)

-

 

100,252

 

(450)

 

-

 

-

 

10,432

 

110,234

Write-offs due to payment

(366,992)

 

(286)

 

(253,946)

 

(2,142)

 

-

 

-

 

(623,366)

Write-offs due to reversal (income)

(350,269)

 

(10,214)

 

(132,523)

 

(3,906)

 

(70,901)

 

-

 

(567,813)

Monetary restatement

69,137

 

236,616

 

67,436

 

37,573

 

32,706

 

7,200

 

450,668

Balances at 06/30/17

1,246,230

 

3,548,615

 

1,064,015

 

899,284

 

843,550

 

559,463

 

8,161,157

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 12/31/16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

202,113

 

-

 

205,831

 

775,679

 

-

 

-

 

1,183,623

Non-current

1,172,457

 

3,109,806

 

832,399

 

53,255

 

881,745

 

541,831

 

6,591,493

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 06/30/17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

240,438

 

-

 

221,037

 

826,860

 

-

 

-

 

1,288,335

Non-current

1,005,792

 

3,548,615

 

842,978

 

72,424

 

843,550

 

559,463

 

6,872,822

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

Provisions for contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

Labor

 

Tax

 

Civil

 

Regulatory

 

Contingent liabilities (PPA) (1)

 

Provision for decommissioning (2)

 

Total

Balances at 12/31/15

1,166,151

 

2,736,191

 

1,010,356

 

642,695

 

843,882

 

405,421

 

6,804,696

Inflows (income)

261,157

 

77,775

 

340,238

 

63,172

 

12,685

 

-

 

755,027

Inflows (except income)

-

 

100,314

 

4,754

 

-

 

-

 

30,758

 

135,826

Write-offs due to payment

(192,680)

 

(147,743)

 

(203,766)

 

(360)

 

-

 

-

 

(544,549)

Write-offs due to reversal (income)

(40,141)

 

(42,950)

 

(143,283)

 

(5,355)

 

(10,006)

 

(19,370)

 

(261,105)

Monetary restatement

67,022

 

160,182

 

91,360

 

34,970

 

22,695

 

12,968

 

389,197

Balances at 06/30/16

1,261,509

 

2,883,769

 

1,099,659

 

735,122

 

869,256

 

429,777

 

7,279,092

Inflows (income)

350,619

 

48,671

 

350,232

 

63,342

 

(12,685)

 

-

 

800,179

Inflows (except income)

958

 

-

 

3,143

 

-

 

-

 

131,870

 

135,971

Write-offs due to payment

(204,214)

 

(11,296)

 

(334,543)

 

(2,220)

 

(11,240)

 

-

 

(563,513)

Write-offs due to reversal (income)

(113,617)

 

(10,666)

 

(199,733)

 

(5,197)

 

918

 

(13,554)

 

(341,849)

Monetary restatement

87,702

 

219,203

 

120,599

 

37,887

 

35,496

 

(1,506)

 

499,381

Balances at 12/31/16

1,382,957

 

3,129,681

 

1,039,357

 

828,934

 

881,745

 

546,587

 

7,809,261

Inflows (income)

521,324

 

122,586

 

346,887

 

38,825

 

-

 

-

 

1,029,622

Inflows (except income)

492

 

100,252

 

(450)

 

-

 

-

 

10,432

 

110,726

Write-offs due to payment

(368,529)

 

(286)

 

(254,247)

 

(2,142)

 

-

 

-

 

(625,204)

Write-offs due to reversal (income)

(350,688)

 

(10,214)

 

(133,419)

 

(3,906)

 

(70,901)

 

-

 

(569,128)

Monetary restatement

69,775

 

247,249

 

67,739

 

37,573

 

32,706

 

7,200

 

462,242

Balances at 06/30/17

1,255,331

 

3,589,268

 

1,065,867

 

899,284

 

843,550

 

564,219

 

8,217,519

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 12/31/16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

202,113

 

-

 

205,831

 

775,679

 

-

 

-

 

1,183,623

Non-current

1,180,844

 

3,129,681

 

833,526

 

53,255

 

881,745

 

546,587

 

6,625,638

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 06/30/17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

240,438

 

-

 

221,037

 

826,860

 

-

 

-

 

1,288,335

Non-current

1,014,893

 

3,589,268

 

844,830

 

72,424

 

843,550

 

564,219

 

6,929,184

 

 

(1) This refers to contingent liabilities arising from Purchase Price Allocation (PPA) generated on acquisition of the controlling interest of Vivo Participações in 2011 and GVTPart. in 2015 (Note 1c).

 

(2) These refer to costs to be incurred to return the sites (locations for installation of base radio, equipment and real estate) to their respective owners in the same conditions as at the time of execution of the initial lease agreement.

 

a) Provisions and labor contingencies

 

 

Amounts involved

 

Company

 

Consolidated

Nature / Level of Risk

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

Provisions - probable losses

1,246,230

 

1,374,570

 

1,255,331

 

1,382,957

Possible losses

253,861

 

275,483

 

265,190

 

293,146

 

 

Labor provisions and contingencies involve labor claims filed by former employees and outsourced employees (the latter alleging subsidiary or joint liability) claiming for, among other issues, overtime, salary equalization, post-retirement benefits, allowance for health hazard and risk premium, and matters relating to outsourcing.

 

The Company is also a defendant in labor claims filed by retired former employees who are covered by the Retired Employees Medical Assistance Plan ("PAMA"), who, among other issues, are demanding the cancellation of amendments to this plan. Most of these claims await a decision by the Regional Labor Court of São Paulo and the Superior Labor Court. Based on the opinion of its legal counsel and recent decisions of the courts, management considers the risk of loss in these cases as possible. No amount has been specified for these claims, since is not possible to estimate the cost to the Company in the event of loss.

 

In addition, the Company is party to Public Civil Actions filed by the Labor Public Prosecutor's Office, mainly in relation to the determination that the Company must cease the engagement of intermediaries to carry out its core activities. No amounts were allocated to the possible degree of risk in these Public Civil Actions in the above table, since at this stage of the proceedings it is not possible to estimate the cost to the Company in the event of loss.

 


 

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Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

b) Provisions and tax contingencies

 

 

Amounts involved

 

Company

 

Consolidated

Nature / Level of Risk

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

Provisions - probable losses

3,548,615

 

3,109,806

 

3,589,268

 

3,129,681

Federal

490,904

 

343,353

 

490,904

 

343,353

State

311,690

 

226,571

 

330,961

 

226,571

Municipal

31,742

 

30,519

 

31,742

 

30,519

FUST, FISTEL and EBC

2,714,279

 

2,509,363

 

2,735,661

 

2,529,238

Possible losses

29,948,662

 

29,539,669

 

30,464,281

 

30,050,578

Federal

6,181,947

 

5,917,148

 

6,198,113

 

5,931,022

State

15,772,382

 

14,999,333

 

16,161,885

 

15,389,802

Municipal

537,231

 

852,926

 

537,813

 

853,244

FUST, FUNTTEL, FISTEL and EBC

7,457,102

 

7,770,262

 

7,566,470

 

7,876,510

 

b.1) Probable tax contingencies

 

Federal Taxes

 

The Company and/or its subsidiaries are parties to administrative and legal proceedings relating to: (i) claims resulting from the non-ratification of compensation and refund requests formulated; (ii) CIDE levied on the remittance of amounts abroad related to technical and administrative assistance and similar services, as well as royalties; (iii) IRRF on interest on equity; (iv) Social Investment Fund (Finsocial) offset amounts; and (v) additional charges to the PIS and COFINS tax base, as well as additional charges to COFINS required by Law No. 9,718/98.

 

At June 30, 2017, consolidated provisions totaled R$490,904 (R$343,353 at December 31, 2016).

 

State taxes

 

The Company and/or its subsidiaries are parties to administrative and judicial proceedings relating to: (i) disallowance of ICMS credits; (ii) telecommunications services not subject to ICMS; (iii) tax credit for challenges / disputes over telecommunication services not provided or wrongly charged (Agreement 39/01); (iv) rate difference of ICMS; (v) ICMS on rent of infrastructure necessary for internet (data) services; and (vi) ICMS on services of the same nature.

 

At June 30, 2017, consolidated provisions totaled R$330,961 (R$226,571 at December 31, 2016).

 

Municipal taxes

 

The Company and/or its subsidiaries are parties to various municipal tax proceedings, at the judicial level, relating to: (i) Property tax (IPTU); (ii) Services tax (ISS) on equipment leasing services, non-core activities and supplementary activities; and (iii) withholding of ISS on contractors' services.

 

At June 30, 2017, consolidated provisions totaled R$31,742 (R$30,519 at December 31, 2016).

 

FUST, FISTEL and EBC


The Company and/or subsidiaries have administrative and judicial discussions related to: (i) the non-inclusion of interconnection expenses and industrial exploitation of a dedicated line in the calculation basis of FUST; (Ii) exclusion of the calculation basis of the Installation Inspection Fee ("TFI") and Inspection and Operation Fee ("TFF") of the mobile stations that are not owned by it; and (iii) Contribution to the Promotion of Public Broadcasting of EBC.

 

At June 30, 2017, consolidated provisions totaled R$2,735,661 (R$2,529,238 at December 31, 2016).

 

 

 


 

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Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

 

 

b.2) Possible tax contingencies

 

Management and its legal counsel understand that losses are possible in the following federal, state, municipal and ANATEL proceedings:

 

Federal taxes

 

The Company and/or its subsidiaries are parties to various administrative and judicial proceedings, at the federal level, which are awaiting decisions in different court levels.

 

The most important of these proceedings are: (i) statements of dissatisfaction resulting from failure to approve requests for compensation submitted by the Company; (ii) INSS (social security contribution) (a) on compensation payment for salary losses arising from the "Plano Verão" and the "Plano Bresser"; (b) SAT, social security amounts owed to third parties (INCRA and SEBRAE) and (c) supply of meals to employees, withholding of 11% (assignment of workforce); (iii) IRRF/CIDE on the funds remitted abroad related to technical services and to administrative support and similar services, etc., and royalties; (iv) IRPJ and CSLL - disallowance of costs and sundry expenses not evidenced; (v) deduction of COFINS on swap operation losses; (vi) PIS and COFINS accrual basis versus cash basis; (vii) IRPJ FINOR, FINAN and FUNRES; (viii) IRPJ and CSLL, disallowance of expenses on goodwill of the corporate restructuring of Vivo S.A., and for the takeovers of Navytree, TDBH, VivoPart. and GVTPart.; (ix) ex-tariff, cancellation of the benefits under CAMEX Resolution No. 6, increase in the import duty from 4% to 28%; (x) IPI levied on shipment of fixed access units from the Company's establishment; (xi) PIS and COFINS levied on value-added services and monthly subscription services; (xii) INSS on Stock Options - requirement of social security contributions on amounts paid to employees under the stock option plan; and (xiii) IOF - required on loan transactions, intercompany loans and credit transactions.

 

At June 30, 2017, consolidated amounts involved totaled R$6,198,113 (R$5,931,022 at December 31, 2016).

 

State taxes

 

The Company and/or its subsidiaries are parties to various administrative and judicial proceedings, at the state level, which are awaiting decisions in different court levels.

 

Among these lawsuits, the following are highlighted: (i) provision of facility, utility and convenience services and rental of the "Speedy" service modem; (ii) international calls (DDI); (iii) reversal of ICMS credit related to the acquisition of items of property, plant and equipment and payment of ICMS in interstate transfers of property, plant and equipment between branches; (iv) reversal of previously unused ICMS credits; (v) service provided outside São Paulo state with ICMS paid to São Paulo State; (vi) co-billing; (vii) tax substitution with a fictitious tax base (tax guideline); (viii) use of credits related to acquisition of electric power; (ix) secondary activities, value added and supplementary services; (x) tax credits related to opposition/challenges regarding telecommunications services not provided or mistakenly charged (Agreement 39/01); (xi) shipment of goods with prices lower than acquisition prices (unconditional discounts); (xii) deferred collection of ICMS - interconnection (DETRAF - Traffic and Service Provision Document); (xiii) credits derived from tax benefits granted by other states; (xiv) disallowance of tax incentives related to cultural projects; (xv) transfers of assets among business units owned by the Company; (xvi) communications service tax credits used in provision of services of the same nature; (xvii) card donation for prepaid service activation; (xviii) reversal of credit from return and free lease in connection with assignment of networks (used by the Company itself and exemption of public bodies); (xix) DETRAF fine; (xx) ICMS on own consumption; (xxi) ICMS on exemption of public bodies; (xxii) ICMS on amounts given by way of discounts; (xxiii) new tax register bookkeeping without prior authorization by tax authorities; (xxiv) ICMS on monthly subscription; and(xxv) tax on unmeasured services.

 

At June 30, 2017, consolidated amounts involved totaled R$16,161,885 (R$15,389,802 at December 31, 2016).

 

Municipal taxes

 

 


 

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Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

The Company and/or its subsidiaries are parties to various administrative and judicial proceedings, at the municipal level, which are awaiting decisions in different court levels.

 

The most important of these proceedings are: (i) ISS on non-core activity, value-added and supplementary services; (ii) ISS withholding at source; (iii) IPTU; (iv) land use tax; (v) various municipal charges; (vi) charge for use of mobile network and lease of infrastructure; (vii) advertising services; (viii) services provided by third parties; (ix) advisory services in corporate management provided by Telefónica International; (x) ISS on call identification and mobile phone licensing services; and (xi) ISS on full-time services, provisions, returns and cancelled tax receipts.

 

At June 30, 2017, consolidated amounts involved totaled R$537,813 (R$853,244 at December 31, 2016).

 

FUST, FUNTTEL, FISTEL and EBC

 

Universal Telecommunications Services Fund ("FUST")

 

Writs of mandamus were filed seeking the right to not include expenses with interconnection and Industrial Use of Dedicated Line (EILD) in FUST tax base, according to Abridgment No. 7 of December 15, 2005, as it does not comply with the provisions contained in sole paragraph of article 6 of Law No. 9,998/00, which are awaiting a decision from Higher Courts.

 

Various delinquency notices were issued by ANATEL in the administrative level to collect charges on interconnections, EILD and other revenues not earned from the provision of telecommunication services.

 

At June 30, 2017, consolidated amounts involved totaled R$4,124,804 (R$4,089,065 at December 31, 2016).

 

Fund for Technological Development of Telecommunications ("FUNTTEL")

 

Proceedings filed for recognition of the right not to include interconnection revenues and any others arising from the use of resources that are part of the networks in FUNTTEL calculation basis, as determined by Law 10,052/00 and Decree No. 3,737/01, thus avoiding the improper application of Article 4, paragraph 5, of Resolution 95/13.


Several notifications of debits drawn up by the Ministry of Communications in administrative actions for constitution of the tax credit related to the interconnection, network resources and other revenues that do not originate from the provision of telecommunication services.

 

At June 30, 2017, consolidated amounts involved totaled R$467,154 (R$1,190,637 at December 31, 2016).

 

Telecommunications Inspection Fund ("FISTEL")

 

Judicial actions for the collection of TFI on: (a) extensions of the term of validity of the licenses for use of telephone exchanges associated with the operation of the fixed switched telephone service; and (b) extensions of the period of validity of the right to use radiofrequency associated with the operation of the telephone service personal mobile service.

 

At June 30, 2017, consolidated amounts involved totaled R$2,492,114 (R$2,352,000 at December 31, 2016).

 

Contribution to Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC)

 

The Union of Telephony and Cellular and Personal Mobile Service Companies ("Sinditelebrasil") judicially discusses, on behalf of the associates, the Contribution to the Promotion of Public Broadcasting to EBC, created by Law 11,652/08.

 

At June 30, 2017, consolidated amounts involved totaled R$482,398 (R$244,808 at December 31, 2016).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

c) Provisions and civil contingencies

 

 

Amounts involved

 

Company

 

Consolidated

Nature / Level of Risk

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

Provisions - probable losses

1,064,015

 

1,038,230

 

1,065,867

 

1,039,357

Possible losses

2,764,577

 

2,573,459

 

2,765,234

 

2,574,836

 

 

Provisions for probable civil losses

 

·       The Company and/or its subsidiaries are parties to proceedings involving rights to the supplementary amounts from shares calculated on network expansion plans since 1996 (supplement of share proceedings). These proceedings are at different stages: lower courts, court of justice and high court of justice. At June 30, 2017, consolidated provisions totaled R$302,382 (R$256,276 at December 31, 2016).

 

·       The Company and/or its subsidiaries are parties to various civil proceedings related to consumers at the administrative and judicial level, relating to the non-provision of services and/or products sold. At June 30, 2017, consolidated provisions totaled R$367,174 (R$386,699 at December 31, 2016).

 

·       The Company and/or its subsidiaries are parties to various civil proceedings of a non-consumer nature at administrative and judicial levels, all arising in the ordinary course of business. At June 30, 2017, consolidated provisions totaled R$396,311 (R$396,382 at December 31, 2016).

 

Civil contingencies assessed as possible losses

 

Management and its legal counsel understand that losses are possible in the following civil proceedings:

 

·       Collective Action filed by SISTEL Participants' Association (ASTEL) in the state of São Paulo, in which SISTEL associates in the state of São Paulo challenge the changes made in the health insurance plan for retired employees ("PAMA") and claim for the reestablishment of the prior "status quo".  This proceeding is still in the appeal phase, and awaits a decision on the Interlocutory Appeal filed by the Company against the decision on possible admission of the appeal to higher and supreme courts filed in connection with the Court of Appeals' decision, which changed the decision rendering the matter groundless. The amount cannot be estimated, and the claims cannot be settled due to their unenforceability because it entails the return to the prior plan conditions.

 

·       Civil Class Actions filed by ASTEL, in the state of São Paulo, and by the Brazilian National Federation of Associations of Retirees, Pensioners and Pension Fund Members of the Telecommunications Industry (FENAPAS), both against SISTEL, the Company and other carriers, in order to annul the spin-off of the PBS private pension plan, alleging, in short, the "windup of the supplementary private pension plan of the SISTEL Foundation", which led to various specific mirror PBS plans, and corresponding allocation of funds from technical surplus and tax contingencies existing at the time of the spin-off.  The amount cannot be estimated, and the claims cannot be settled due to their unenforceability because this involves the return of the spun-off assets of SISTEL relating to telecommunication carriers of the former Telebrás System.

 

·       The Company is party to other civil claims, at several levels, related to service rendering rights. Such claims have been filed by individual consumers, civil associations representing consumer rights or by the Bureau of Consumer Protection (PROCON), as well as by the Federal and State Public Prosecutor's Office. The Company is also party to other claims of several types related to the ordinary course of business. At June 30, 2017, the consolidated amount totaled R$2,750,859 (R$2,559,252 at December 31, 2016).

 

 


 

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Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

·       TGLog (company controlled by TData) is a party to the civil enforcement action process in the 3rd Civil Court of Barueri - SP for the allegation of contractual noncompliance with the transportation of goods. At June 30, 2017, the amount was R$168 (R$1,377 at December 31, 2016).

 

·       The Company has received notices regarding noncompliance with the Customer Service (SAC) Decree. The Company is currently party to various lawsuits (administrative and legal proceedings). At June 30, 2017 and at December 31, 2016 , the amount was R$14,207.

 

·       Intelectual Property: Lune Projetos Especiais Telecomunicação Comércio e Ind. Ltda. (Lune), a Brazilian company, filed an action on November 20, 2001 against 23 wireless carriers claiming to own the patent for caller ID and the trademark "Bina".  The purpose of that lawsuit was to interrupt provision of such service by carriers and to seek indemnification equivalent to the amount paid by consumers for using the service. An unfavorable decision was handed down determining that the Company should refrain from selling mobile phones with Caller ID service ("Bina"), subject to a daily fine of R$10,000 (Ten thousand reais) in case of noncompliance. Furthermore, according to that decision, the Company must pay indemnification for royalties, to be calculated in settlement. Motions for Clarification were proposed by all parties and Lune's motions for clarification were accepted since an injunctive relief in this stage of the proceedings was deemed applicable. A bill of review appeal was filed in view of the current decision which granted a stay of execution suspending that unfavorable decision until final judgment of the review. A bill of review was filed in view of the sentence handed down on June 30, 2016, by the 4th Chamber of the Court of Justice of the Federal District, in order to annul the lower court sentence and remit the proceedings back to the lower court for a new examination. At the present time, we await the judgment of the regimental grievance filed against a decision prior to the judgment, which rejected the application of the former lawyers of Lune as assistants of the author.  There is no way to determine the extent of potential liabilities with respect to this claim.

 

·       The Company and other wireless carriers figure as defendants in several lawsuits filed by the Public Prosecutor's Office and consumer associations to challenge imposition of a period to use prepaid minutes. The plaintiffs allege that the prepaid minutes should not expire after a specific period. Conflicting decisions were handed down by courts on the matter, even though the Company understands that its criteria for the period determination comply with ANATEL standards.

d) Provisions and regulatory contingencies

 

 

Amounts involved

 

Company

 

Consolidated

Nature / Level of Risk

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

Provisions - probable losses

899,284

 

828,934

 

899,284

 

828,934

Possible losses

5,035,111

 

5,018,205

 

5,035,111

 

5,018,205

 

 

Provisions for regulatory contingencies assessed as probable losses

 

The Company is party to administrative proceedings against ANATEL, filed based on an alleged failure to meet sector regulations, and to judicial proceedings to contest sanctions applied by ANATEL at the administrative level. At June 30, 2017, consolidated provisions totaled R$899,284 (R$828,934 at December 31, 2016).

 

Regulatory contingencies assessed as possible losses

 

According to the Company's management and legal counsel, the likelihood of loss of the following regulatory civil proceedings is possible:

 

·       The Company is party to administrative proceedings filed by ANATEL alleging noncompliance with the obligations set forth in industry regulations, as well as legal claims which discuss the sanctions applied by ANATEL at the administrative level. At June 30, 2017, the consolidated amount was R$5,035,111 (R$5,018,205 at December 31, 2016).

 


 

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Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

 

·       Administrative and judicial proceedings discussing payment of a 2% charge on interconnection services revenue arising from the extension of right of use of SMP related radio frequencies. Under clause 1.7 of the authorization term that grants right of use of SMP related radio frequencies, the extension of right of use of such frequencies entails payment every two years, during the extension period (15 years) of a 2% charge calculated on net revenues from the service provider's Basic and Alternative Plans of the service company, determined in the year before that of payment.

 

However, ANATEL determined that in addition to revenues from Service Plans, the charge corresponding to 2% should also be levied on interconnection revenues and other operating revenues, which is not stipulated in clause 1.7 of referred Authorization Term.

 

Considering, based on the provisions of the Authorization Terms, that revenue from interconnection services should not be included in the calculation of the 2% charge for radiofrequency use right extension, the Company filed administrative and legal proceedings challenging these charges, based on ANATEL's position.

 

Term of Conduct Adjustment ("TAC")

 

The Board of Directors of ANATEL approved, on October 27, 2016, the Company's TAC. On June 30, 2017, this instrument is still being analyzed by the Brazilian Court of Audit ("TCU"), which will review the bases for ANATEL's decision.

 

e) Guarantees

 

The Company and its subsidiaries granted guarantees for tax, civil and labor proceedings, as follows:

 

 

Consolidated

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

 

Property and equipment

 

Judicial deposits and garnishments

 

Letters of guarantee

 

Property and equipment

 

Judicial deposits and garnishments

 

Letters of guarantee

Civil, labor and tax

172,658

 

6,578,208

 

1,919,168

 

203,600

 

6,351,566

 

1,948,088

Total

172,658

 

6,578,208

 

1,919,168

 

203,600

 

6,351,566

 

1,948,088

 

At June 30, 2017, in addition to the guarantees presented above, the Company and its subsidiaries had amounts under short-term investment frozen by courts (except for loan-related investments) in the consolidated amount of R$70,648 (R$67,393 at December 31, 2016).

 

 


 

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Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

18)  DEFERRED REVENUE

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

Services (1)

335,907

 

389,706

 

335,907

 

389,706

Disposal of PP&E (2)

284,707

 

227,397

 

284,707

 

227,397

Activation revenue (3)

21,629

 

44,117

 

22,189

 

44,914

Customer loyalty program (4)

62,416

 

56,210

 

62,416

 

56,210

Government grants (5)

122,886

 

133,300

 

122,886

 

133,300

Donations of equipment (6)

7,970

 

8,044

 

7,970

 

8,044

Other revenues (7)

78,754

 

81,500

 

78,754

 

82,068

Total

914,269

 

940,274

 

914,829

 

941,639

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

467,676

 

428,488

 

468,236

 

429,853

Non-current

446,593

 

511,786

 

446,593

 

511,786

 

(1)  This refers mainly to the balances of revenues from recharging prepaid services, which are recognized in income as services are provided to customers. It includes the amount of the agreement the Company entered into for industrial use of its mobile network by a different SMP operator in Regions I, II and III of the general authorizations plan, which is intended solely for the rendering of SMP services by the operator for its customers.

 

(2)  Includes the net balances of the residual values from sale of non-strategic towers and rooftops, which are transferred to income as the conditions for recognition are fulfilled.

 

(3)  This refers to the deferred activation revenue (fixed) recognized in income over the estimated period in which a customer remains in the base.

 

(4)  This refers to points earned under the Company's loyalty program, which enables customers to accumulate points by paying bills relating to use of services offered. The balance represents the Company's estimate of customers exchanging points for goods and / or services in the future.

 

(5)  This refers to: i) government subsidy arising from funds obtained from BNDES credit lines to be used in the acquisition of domestic equipment, which  have been amortized over the useful life cycle of the equipment; and ii) subsidies arising from projects related to state taxes, which are being amortized over the contractual period.

 

(6)  This refers to the balances of network equipment donated by suppliers, which are amortized over their useful life cycles

 

(7)  Includes amounts of the reimbursement for costs for leaving radio frequency sub-bands 2,500MHz to 2,690MHz due to cancellation of the Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS).

 

19) LOANS, FINANCING AND DEBENTURES

 

a) Breakdown

 

On June 30, 2017, the contractual terms of the loans and financing are the same as in Note 21) Loans, Financing and Debentures, as disclosed in the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016, except for funding obtained in the six-month period ended June 30, 2017, described in item a.1).

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

 

Company / Consolidated

 

Information as of June 30, 2017

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

 

Currency

 

Annual interest rate

 

Maturity

 

Garantees

 

Current

 

Non-current

 

Total

 

Current

 

Non-current

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Local currency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,298,317

 

2,593,439

 

3,891,756

 

1,480,382

 

2,901,521

 

4,381,903

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Institutions (a.1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

752,894

 

1,828,519

 

2,581,413

 

711,848

 

2,158,303

 

2,870,151

BNDES FINEM - Contract 11.2.0814.1

URTJLP

 

TJLP+ 0 to 4.08%

 

7-15-2019

 

(1)

 

367,849

 

394,634

 

762,483

 

363,734

 

567,110

 

930,844

BNDES FINEM - Contract 08.2.1073.1

URTJLP

 

TJLP+ 2.05% to 2.95%

 

6-15-2017

 

(3)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

29,319

 

-

 

29,319

BNDES FINEM - Contract 11.2.0963.1

URTJLP

 

TJLP+ 0 to 3.38%

 

8-15-2020

 

(3)

 

183,196

 

392,734

 

575,930

 

182,737

 

480,510

 

663,247

BNDES FINEM - Contract 11.2.0963.1

R$

 

5.00%

 

11-15-2019

 

(3)

 

14,661

 

20,674

 

35,335

 

14,686

 

27,971

 

42,657

BNDES FINEM - Contract 14.2.1192.1

URTJLP

 

TJLP+ 0 to 3.12%

 

1-15-2023

 

(3)

 

50,622

 

460,553

 

511,175

 

7,596

 

499,442

 

507,038

BNDES FINEM - Contract 14.2.1192.1

R$

 

4.00% to 6.00%

 

1-15-2023

 

(3)

 

27,341

 

139,079

 

166,420

 

12,320

 

163,222

 

175,542

BNDES FINEM - Contract 14.2.1192.1

R$

 

Selic Acum. D-2 + 2.32%

 

1-15-2023

 

(3)

 

31,670

 

329,952

 

361,622

 

1,408

 

340,600

 

342,008

BNDES PSI

R$

 

2.5% to 5.5%

 

1-15-2023

 

(2)

 

62,476

 

28,712

 

91,188

 

92,508

 

44,698

 

137,206

BNB

R$

 

7.06% to 10.00%

 

8-18-2022

 

(4)

 

15,079

 

62,181

 

77,260

 

7,540

 

34,750

 

42,290

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suppliers (a.2)

R$

 

105.7% a 113.7% of CDI

 

4-30-2018

 

 

 

504,872

 

-

 

504,872

 

722,591

 

-

 

722,591

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance lease (a.3)

R$

 

IPCA and IGP-M

 

8-31-2033

 

 

 

40,551

 

332,012

 

372,563

 

45,943

 

328,485

 

374,428

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contingent Consideration (a.4)

R$

 

Selic

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

432,908

 

432,908

 

-

 

414,733

 

414,733

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign Currency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

754,749

 

154,980

 

909,729

 

1,062,593

 

225,271

 

1,287,864

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Institutions (a.1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

754,749

 

154,980

 

909,729

 

1,062,593

 

225,271

 

1,287,864

BNDES FINEM - Contract 11.2.0814.1

UMBND

 

ECM + 2.38%

 

7-15-2019

 

(1)

 

141,301

 

154,980

 

296,281

 

136,850

 

225,271

 

362,121

Resolution 4131 - Scotiabank and Bank of America

US$

 

2.05% and Libor + 2.00%

 

12-18-2017

 

 

 

613,448

 

-

 

613,448

 

925,743

 

-

 

925,743

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,053,066

 

2,748,419

 

4,801,485

 

2,542,975

 

3,126,792

 

5,669,767

 

 

Garantees

 

(1)  Guarantee in receivables relating to 15% of the outstanding debt balance or four times the largest installment, whichever is higher.

 

(2)  Pledge of financed assets.

 

(3)  Assignment of receivables corresponding to 20% of outstanding debt balance or 1 time the last installment of sub-credit facility "A" (UMIPCA) plus 5 times the last installment of each of the other sub-credit facilities, whichever is greater.

 

(4)  Bank guarantee provided by Banco Safra in an amount equivalent to 100% of the outstanding financing debt balance. Setting up a liquidity fund represented by financial investments in the amount equivalent to three installments of repayment referenced to the average post-grace period performance. Balances were R$11,376 and R$10,773 at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

 

a.1)  Financial Insituitions

 

Banco do Nordeste ("BNB")

 

On May 12, 2017, draw-downs were made related to the agreement signed on August 18, 2014 in the total amount of R$39,878. The rates of this contract are 7.06% p.a. to 10.0% p.a., total term of 8 years, with interest payments and principal repayments in 72 monthly and successive installments. These resources were destined to investment and expansion projects for the Brazil's Northeast region.

 

a.2) Financing - Suppliers

 

Under bilateral agreements with suppliers, the Company obtained extension of the terms for payment of trade accounts payable at a cost based on fixed CDI rate for the corresponding periods, with the net cost equivalent to between 105.7% and 113.7% of CDI (108.4% of CDI as of December 31, 2016).

 

a.3) Finance leasing

 

The Company is lessee in contracts classified as financial leasing, related to: (i) lease of towers and rooftops arising from sale and finance leaseback transactions; (ii) lease of Built to Suit ("BTS") sites to install antennas and other equipment and transmission facilities; (iii) lease of information technology equipment and; (iv) lease of infrastructure and transmission facilities. The net carrying amount of the assets has remained unchanged until sale thereof, and a liability is recognized corresponding to the present value of mandatory minimum installments of the agreement.

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

The amounts recorded in property, plant and equipment are depreciated over the estimated useful lives of the assets or the lease term, whichever is shorter.

 

The balance of amounts payable relating to those transactions comprises the following:

 

 

 

 

Company / Consolidated

 

 

 

 

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

Nominal value payable

 

 

 

 

803,587

 

831,479

Unrealized financial expenses

 

 

 

 

(431,024)

 

(457,051)

Present value payable

 

 

 

 

372,563

 

374,428

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

 

 

 

40,551

 

45,943

Non-current

 

 

 

 

332,012

 

328,485

 

 

Aging of finance lease payables at June 30, 2017 is as follows:

 

 

 

 

Company / Consolidated

 

 

 

 

 

Nominal value payable

 

Present value payable

Up to 1 year

 

 

 

 

47,224

 

40,551

From 1 to 5 years

 

 

 

 

199,371

 

141,820

Over five years

 

 

 

 

556,992

 

190,192

Total

 

 

 

 

803,587

 

372,563

 

 

There are no unsecured residual values resulting in benefits to the lessor nor in contingent payments recognized as revenue at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

 

a.4) Contingent Consideration

 

As part of the Purchase and Sale Agreement and Other Covenants executed by and between the Company and Vivendi to acquire all shares in GVTPart  (Note 1c), a contingent consideration relating to the judicial deposit made by GVT for the monthly installments of deferred income tax and social contribution on goodwill amortization was agreed, arising from the corporate restructuring process completed by GVT in 2013. If these funds are realized (being reimbursed, refunded, or via netting), they will be returned to Vivendi, as long as they are obtained in a final unappeasable decision. Reimbursement will be made within 15 years and this amount is subject to monthly restatement at the SELIC rate.

 

b)  Debentures

 

On June 30, 2017, the contractual terms of the debentures are the same as in Note 21) Loans, Financing and Debentures, as disclosed in the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016, except for the new issue described below.

 

5th Issue

 

At a meeting held on January 26, 2017, the Company's Board of Directors approved the 5th issue of simple debentures, non-convertible into shares of the Company, in a single series, unsecured, in the total amount of R$2,000,000, which were subject to public placement with restricted efforts, under a firm guarantee regime, in the terms of ICVM 476/09.

 

On February 8, 2017, the Company issued 200,000 debentures, with a par value equivalent to R$10,000 (Ten thousand reais). The debentures have a maturity of five years and the nominal unit value of each of the debentures will not be monetarily restated.

 

Remuneration interest corresponds to 108.25% of the accumulated variation of the average daily rates of one-day Interbank Deposits ("DI").

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

The net proceeds obtained by the Company with this issuance will be fully used for reprofiling the Company's financial liabilities, taking into consideration the Company's ongoing operations.

 

The following discloses some information on the debentures in effect on June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

 

 

 

Company / Consolidated

 

 

Information as of June 30, 2017

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

 

 

Issue date

 

 

Amounts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue

 

 

Maturity

Issued

 

Outstanding

 

Issue value

Remuneration p.a.

 

Current

 

Non-current

 

Total

 

Current

 

Non-current

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4th issue – Series 3

 

10-15-2009

 

10-15-2019

810,000

 

23,557

 

810,000

IPCA+4,00%

 

1,052

 

38,497

 

39,549

 

307

 

36,990

 

37,297

1st issue – Minas Comunica

 

12-17-2007

 

7-5-2021

5,550

 

5,550

 

55,500

IPCA+0,50%

 

-

 

99,139

 

99,139

 

-

 

97,308

 

97,308

3rd issue

 

9-10-2012

 

9-10-2017

200,000

 

200,000

 

2,000,000

100% do CDI + 0,75%

 

2,069,525

 

-

 

2,069,525

 

2,086,763

 

-

 

2,086,763

4th issue

 

4-25-2013

 

4-25-2018

130,000

 

130,000

 

1,300,000

100% do CDI + 0,68%

 

1,325,842

 

-

 

1,325,842

 

33,434

 

1,299,505

 

1,332,939

5th issue

 

2-8-2017

 

2-8-2022

200,000

 

200,000

 

2,000,000

108,25% do CDI

 

90,689

 

1,995,787

 

2,086,476

 

-

 

-

 

-

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,487,108

 

2,133,423

 

5,620,531

 

2,120,504

 

1,433,803

 

3,554,307

 

Transaction costs in connection with the 3rd, 4th and 5th issues, totaling R$5,320 at June 30, 2017 (R$495 at December 31, 2016), were allocated as a reduction of liabilities as costs to be incurred and are recognized as financial expenses, according to the contractual terms of each issue.

 

c) Repayment schedule

 

At June 30, 2017, breakdown of non-current loans, financing, finance leasing, debentures and contingent consideration by year of maturity is as follows:

 

 

Company / Consolidated

Year

Loans and financing

 

Debentures

 

Finance lease

 

Contingent consideration

 

Total

2018

471,005

 

57,514

 

42,327

 

-

 

570,846

2019

730,413

 

52,372

 

39,307

 

-

 

822,092

2020

346,698

 

13,875

 

30,853

 

-

 

391,426

2021

219,938

 

1,009,446

 

29,332

 

-

 

1,258,716

2022 onwards

215,445

 

1,000,216

 

190,193

 

432,908

 

1,838,762

Total

1,983,499

 

2,133,423

 

332,012

 

432,908

 

4,881,842

 

d)  Covenants

 

There are loans and financing with BNDES (Note 19.a) and debentures (Note 19.b) with specific covenants involving a penalty in the event of breach of contract. A breach of contract provided for in the agreements with the institutions listed above is characterized as noncompliance with covenants (analyzed on a quarterly, half-yearly or yearly basis), being a breach of a contractual clause, resulting in the early maturity of the contract.

 

At June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 all economic and financial ratios established in existing contracts have been achieved.

 

e)  Changes

 

Changes in loans and financing, debentures, finance lease agreements and contingent consideration are as follows:

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

 

 

Company

 

 

Loans and financing - Financial Institutions

 

Debentures

 

Finance lease

 

Financing - Suppliers

 

Contingent consideration

 

Total

Balance at 12/31/15

 

3,190,529

 

3,544,714

 

271,530

 

1,113,244

 

377,721

 

8,497,738

Inflows

 

-

 

-

 

2,675

 

172,933

 

-

 

175,608

Financial charges (Note 25)

 

196,549

 

239,993

 

37,892

 

16,744

 

16,227

 

507,405

Issue costs

 

-

 

247

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

247

Foreign exchange variation (Note 25)

 

(289,009)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(289,009)

Write-offs (payments)

 

(519,024)

 

(232,402)

 

(14,689)

 

(1,053,283)

 

-

 

(1,819,398)

Merger (note 1d)

 

1,532,666

 

-

 

22,075

 

-

 

-

 

1,554,741

Balance at 06/30/16

 

4,111,711

 

3,552,552

 

319,483

 

249,638

 

393,948

 

8,627,332

Inflows

 

466,629

 

-

 

59,191

 

493,152

 

-

 

1,018,972

Government grants (Note 18)

 

(12,040)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(12,040)

Financial charges

 

188,691

 

246,185

 

24,350

 

33,189

 

20,785

 

513,200

Issue costs

 

-

 

248

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

248

Foreign exchange variation

 

16,214

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

16,214

Write-offs (payments)

 

(613,190)

 

(244,678)

 

(28,596)

 

(53,388)

 

-

 

(939,852)

Balance at 12/31/16

 

4,158,015

 

3,554,307

 

374,428

 

722,591

 

414,733

 

9,224,074

Inflows

 

39,878

 

2,000,000

 

5,190

 

227,465

 

-

 

2,272,533

Financial charges (Note 25)

 

170,108

 

292,555

 

18,617

 

35,246

 

18,175

 

534,701

Issue costs

 

-

 

(4,825)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(4,825)

Foreign exchange variation (Note 25)

 

17,054

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

17,054

Write-offs (payments)

 

(893,913)

 

(221,506)

 

(25,672)

 

(480,430)

 

-

 

(1,621,521)

Balance at 06/30/17

 

3,491,142

 

5,620,531

 

372,563

 

504,872

 

432,908

 

10,422,016

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

Loans and financing - Financial Institutions

 

Debentures

 

Finance lease

 

Financing - Suppliers

 

Contingent consideration

 

Total

Balance at 12.31.15

 

4,773,489

 

3,544,714

 

296,684

 

1,228,682

 

377,721

 

10,221,290

Inflows

 

-

 

-

 

2,675

 

172,933

 

-

 

175,608

Financial charges (Note 25)

 

236,176

 

239,993

 

38,653

 

16,849

 

16,227

 

547,898

Issue costs

 

-

 

247

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

247

Foreign exchange variation (Note 25)

 

(289,009)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(289,009)

Write-offs (payments)

 

(608,945)

 

(232,402)

 

(18,529)

 

(1,168,826)

 

-

 

(2,028,702)

Balance at 06/30/16

 

4,111,711

 

3,552,552

 

319,483

 

249,638

 

393,948

 

8,627,332

Inflows

 

466,629

 

-

 

59,191

 

493,152

 

-

 

1,018,972

Government grants (Note 18)

 

(12,040)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(12,040)

Financial charges

 

188,691

 

246,185

 

24,350

 

33,189

 

20,785

 

513,200

Issue costs

 

-

 

248

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

248

Foreign exchange variation

 

16,214

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

16,214

Write-offs (payments)

 

(613,190)

 

(244,678)

 

(28,596)

 

(53,388)

 

-

 

(939,852)

Balance at 12.31.16

 

4,158,015

 

3,554,307

 

374,428

 

722,591

 

414,733

 

9,224,074

Inflows

 

39,878

 

2,000,000

 

5,190

 

227,465

 

-

 

2,272,533

Financial charges (Note 25)

 

170,108

 

292,555

 

18,617

 

35,246

 

18,175

 

534,701

Issue costs

 

-

 

(4,825)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(4,825)

Foreign exchange variation (Note 25)

 

17,054

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

17,054

Write-offs (payments)

 

(893,913)

 

(221,506)

 

(25,672)

 

(480,430)

 

-

 

(1,621,521)

Balance at 06/30/17

 

3,491,142

 

5,620,531

 

372,563

 

504,872

 

432,908

 

10,422,016

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

20) OTHER LIABILITIES

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

 

06/30/17

 

12/31/16

Authorization licenses (1)

248,131

 

1,048,523

 

248,131

 

1,048,523

Liabilities with related parties (Note 27)

15,278

 

145,332

 

9,931

 

112,358

Payment for license renewal (2)

158,094

 

215,154

 

158,094

 

215,154

Third-party withholdings (3)

119,275

 

222,696

 

122,897

 

227,685

Surplus from post-employment benefit plans (Note 29)

343,482

 

327,670

 

343,482

 

327,670

Amounts to be refunded to subscribers

173,837

 

166,644

 

175,506

 

168,708

Other liabilities

95,380

 

90,815

 

93,475

 

92,447

Total

1,153,477

 

2,216,834

 

1,151,516

 

2,192,545

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

562,664

 

1,641,926

 

562,990

 

1,640,757

Non-current

590,813

 

574,908

 

588,526

 

551,788

 

(1)  Includes a portion of the Company's liability arising from an agreement entered into with ANATEL, whereby the operators that won the auction of the 4G licences organized Entidade Administradora do Processo de Redistribuição e Digitalização de Canais de TV e RTV ("EAD"), which will be responsible for equally performing all TV and RTV channel redistribution procedures and solutions to harmful interference in radio communication systems, in addition to other operations in which the winning operators have obligations, as defined in the agreement. On January 31, 2017, the Company paid R$858,991 to EAD, referring to the 2nd and 3rd installments of the auction of 700 MHz national frequency bands for the provision of SMP, performed by ANATEL on September 30, 2014.

(2)  This refers to the cost of renewing STFC and SMP licenses. See Note 1.b).

(3)  This refers to payroll withholdings and taxes withheld from pay-outs of interest on equity and on provision of services.

 

21)  EQUITY

 

a) Capital

 

According to its Articles of Incorporation, the Company is authorized to increase its share capital up to 1,850,000,000 shares. The Board of Directors is the competent body to decide on any increase and consequent issue of new shares within the authorized capital limit.

 

Nevertheless, Brazil's Corporation Law (Law no. 6,404/76, Article 166, item IV) establishes that capital may be increased by means of a Special Shareholders' Meeting resolution to decide about amendments to the Articles of Incorporation, if the authorized capital limit has been reached.

 

Capital increases do not necessarily require the proportion between the number of shares of each class to be maintained, however the number of non-voting or restricted-voting preferred shares must not exceed 2/3 of total shares issued.

 

Preferred shares are non-voting, except for cases set forth in Articles 9 and 10 of the Articles of Incorporation, but have priority in the event of reimbursement of capital, without premium, and are entitled to dividends 10% higher than those paid on common shares, as per article 7 of the Company's Articles of Incorporation and item II, paragraph 1, article 17 of Law No. 6,404/76.

 

Preferred shares also acquire full voting rights if the Company fails to pay the minimum dividend to which they are entitled for three consecutive financial years and this right will continue until payment of said dividend.

 

Paid-in capital at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 amounted to R$63,571,416. After all the events described above, subscribed and paid-in capital is divided into shares without par value, held as follows:

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

 

Common Shares

 

Preferred Shares

 

Grand Total

Shareholders

Number

 

%

 

Number

 

%

 

Number

 

%, including treasury shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Controlling Group

540,033,264

 

94.47%

 

704,207,855

 

62.91%

 

1,244,241,119

 

73.58%

Telefónica Latinoamérica Holding, S.L.

46,746,635

 

8.18%

 

360,532,578

 

32.21%

 

407,279,213

 

24.09%

Telefónica S.A.

198,207,608

 

34.67%

 

305,122,195

 

27.26%

 

503,329,803

 

29.76%

SP Telecomunicações Participações Ltda

294,158,155

 

51.46%

 

38,537,435

 

3.44%

 

332,695,590

 

19.67%

Telefónica Chile S.A.

920,866

 

0.16%

 

15,647

 

0.00%

 

936,513

 

0.06%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-controlling shareholders

29,320,789

 

5.13%

 

415,132,512

 

37.09%

 

444,453,301

 

26.28%

Other shareholders

29,320,789

 

5.13%

 

415,132,512

 

37.09%

 

444,453,301

 

26.28%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total shares (not including outstanding shares)

569,354,053

 

99.60%

 

1,119,340,367

 

100.00%

 

1,688,694,420

 

99.86%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Treasury Shares

2,290,164

 

0.40%

 

339

 

0.00%

 

2,290,503

 

0.14%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total shares

571,644,217

 

100.00%

 

1,119,340,706

 

100.00%

 

1,690,984,923

 

100.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Book value per share (not including outstanding shares):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 06/30/17 (in R$)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40.66

At 12/31/16 (in R$)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

41.00

 

b) Capital reserves

 

b.1) Treasury shares

 

The Company's shares held in treasury are the result of: (i) the acquisition and merger of GVTPart shares, in which the Company's common and preferred shareholders expressed their dissent regarding the acquisition of GVTPart; (ii) the acquisition in the market of 45 preferred shares under the share buyback program of the Company (note 21.f); and (iii) the transfer of 440 preferred shares held in treasury in compliance with decisions of lawsuits related to rights to receive complementary actions calculated in relation to network expansion plans after 1996 (see note 17.c).

 

The table below shows the changes for the six-month period ended June 30, 2017.

 

 

 

Shares

 

In thousands of reais

 

 

Common shares

 

Preferred shares

 

Total

 

At 12.31.16

 

2,290,164

 

339

 

2,290,503

 

(87,790)

Acquisition of shares in the financial market (1)

 

-

 

45

 

45

 

2

Transfer of lawsuits concerning judicial proceedings (2)

 

-

 

(45)

 

(45)

 

(2)

At 06.30.17

 

2,290,164

 

339

 

2,290,503

 

(87,790)

 

1)   On June 1, 2017, the Company acquired 45 preferred shares issued by the Company at a price of R$47.31, totaling R$2.

 

2)   On June 8, 2017, the Company transferred the 45 preferred shares acquired on June 1, 2017, in order to comply with the judicial process decisions in which the Company is involved in rights to the complementary receipt of shares calculated in relation to network expansion plans after 1996, occurred in December 2016 (see Note 17.c), at an average price of R$46.62, totaling R$2.

 

b.2) Other capital reserves

 

The breakdown as of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 is as follows.

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

Excess of the value in the issue or capitalization, in relation to the basic value of the share on the issue date (1)

 

2,799,004

Cancelation of treasury shares according to the Special Shareholders' Meeting (SGM) of 3/12/15 (2)

 

(112,107)

Direct costs of capital increases (3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(62,433)

Incorporation of shares of GVTPart. (4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,188,707)

Reclassification premium in the acquisition of equity interest in TData (5)

 

 

 

 

 

(75,388)

Transfer of lawsuits concerning judicial proceedings (6)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,360,371

 

(1)  Includes (i) R$63,074 in tax benefit arising from the absorption of Telefônica Data do Brasil Ltda., which will be capitalized in favor of the controlling shareholder (SP Telecomunicações Participações Ltda.) once the tax credit has been recognized in accordance with CVM Instruction 319/99; and (ii) R$2,735,930 related to the excess of the value in the issue or capitalization, in relation to the basic value of the share on the issue date.

 

(2)  The cancellation of 2,332,686 shares issued by the Company, held in treasury, approved at the Special Shareholders' Meeting held on March 12, 2015.

 

(3)  Refers to direct costs (net of taxes) of Company capital increases on April 28, 2015 and April 30, 2015, arising from the Primary Offering of Shares.

 

(4)  Refers to the difference between the economic values of the merger of shares of GVTPart. and market value of shares, issued on the transaction closing date.

 

(5)  Regarding the effects of the acquisition of shares of non-controlling shareholders that, with the adoption of IFRS 10 / CPCs 35 and 36, would be recorded in equity when there is no change in the shareholding control.

 

(6)  Refers to the transfer of 395 preferred shares in treasury to outstanding shares, equivalent to the amount of R$15, related to compliance with judicial process decisions in which the Company is involved, regarding rights to the complementary receipt of shares calculated in relation to network expansion plans after 1996, occurred in December 2016 (Note 17.c).

 

c) Revenue reserves

 

c.1) Legal reserve

 

This reserve is constituted by allocation of 5% of the year's net income within a maximum of 20% of paid-up capital. The legal reserve may only be used to increase capital and offset accumulated losses.

 

The balance of this item was R$1,907,905 at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

 

c.2) Special Reserve for Expansion and Modernization

 

In accordance with Article 196 of Law 6,404/76, based on the capital budget submitted to and approved by the General Meeting of Shareholders of April 26, 2017, the Company established a special reserve of R$550,000 for expansion and modernization, which will be used to partially fund capital expenditure for the 2017 financial year.

 

The balance of this item at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 was R$550,000.

 

c.3) Tax Incentives Reserve

 

In relation to ICMS tax paid in the states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo, the Company has tax benefits in the form of credits granted by the applicable bodies for investments it made to install supporting equipment for SMP services, which is fully functioning and operating in accordance with current regulations, thus ensuring that the localities listed in the procurement notice will be included in the SMP coverage area.

 

These tax benefits was excluded from calculations of dividends and may be used only in cases of capital increase or absorption of losses.

 

The balance of this caption at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 was R$22,427 and R$17,069, respectively.

 

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

d) Dividends and interest on equity

 

d.1) Additional dividends proposed for 2016

 

On April 26, 2017, the Company's Ordinary General Meeting approved the allocation of proposed additional dividends for 2016, not yet distributed, amounting of R$1,913,987, equivalent to R$1.06295487664 and R$1.16925036430 for common and preferred shares, respectively, to the holders of common and preferred shares that were registered in the Company's records at the end of the day of the Ordinary General Meeting. The amount will be paid as of December 13, 2017 (Note 16).

 

The balance of this item was R$1,913,987 at December 31, 2016.

 

d.2) Interim payments of interest on equity for 2017

 

At meetings of the Company's Board of Directors, the directors approved the allocations of interest on shareholders' equity, related to the 2017 fiscal year, pursuant to Article 28 of the Company's Bylaws, Article 9 of Law 9,249/95 and CVM Deliberation 638/12, which will be allocated to the mandatory minimum dividend for the fiscal year of 2017, as follows:

 

Dates

 

Gross Amount

 

Net Value

 

Amount per Share (1)

Approval

 

Credit

 

Beginning of Payment

 

Common

 

Preferred (2)

 

Total

 

Common

 

Preferred (2)

 

Total

 

Common

 

Preferred (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

02-13-17

 

02-24-17

 

Until 12/31/18

 

56,916

 

123,084

 

180,000

 

48,379

 

104,621

 

153,000

 

0.084970

 

0.093467

03-20-17

 

03-31-17

 

Until 12/31/18

 

110,669

 

239,331

 

350,000

 

94,069

 

203,431

 

297,500

 

0.165220

 

0.181742

06-19-17

 

06-30-17

 

Until 12/31/18

 

30,039

 

64,961

 

95,000

 

25,533

 

55,217

 

80,750

 

0.044845

 

0.049330

Total

 

197,624

 

427,376

 

625,000

 

167,980

 

363,270

 

531,250

 

 

 

 

 

(1)    The amounts of IOE are calculated and stated net of Withholding Income Tax (IRRF). The immune shareholders received the full IOE amount, without withholding income tax at source.

 

(2)    The gross and net values for the preferred shares are 10% higher than those attributed to each common share, as per article 7 of the Company's Articles of Incorporation.

 

d.3) Unclaimed dividends and interest on equity

 

Pursuant to article 287, paragraph II, item "a" of Law No. 6,404, of December 15, 1976, the dividends and interest on equity unclaimed by shareholders expire in 3 (three) years, as from the initial payment date. The Company reverses the amount of unclaimed dividends and IOE to equity upon expiry.

 

In the six-month period ended June 30, 2017, the Company reversed expired dividends in the amount of R$72,840.

 

e) Other comprehensive income

 

Financial instruments available for sale: These refer to changes in fair value of financial assets available for sale.

 

Derivative financial instruments: These refer to the effective part of cash flow hedges up to the balance sheet date.

 

Currency translation effects for foreign investments: This refers to currency translation differences arising from the translation of financial statements of Aliança (jointly-controlled entity).

 

Changes in other comprehensive income are as follows:

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

Financial instruments available for sale

 

Derivative transactions

 

Currency translation effects - foreign investments

 

Total

Balances at 12/31/15

(8,936)

 

379

 

34,025

 

25,468

Exchange variation

-

 

-

 

(14,522)

 

(14,522)

Losses from future contracts

-

 

(11,403)

 

-

 

(11,403)

Losses on financial assets available for sale

(114)

 

-

 

-

 

(114)

Balances at 06/30/16

(9,050)

 

(11,024)

 

19,503

 

(571)

Exchange variation

-

 

-

 

(2,710)

 

(2,710)

Gains from future contracts

-

 

11,445

 

-

 

11,445

Reclassification of gains cash flow hedge for capex

-

 

3,128

 

-

 

3,128

Gains on financial assets available for sale

169

 

-

 

-

 

169

Balances at 12/31/16

(8,881)

 

3,549

 

16,793

 

11,461

Exchange variation

-

 

-

 

7,130

 

7,130

Gains from future contracts

-

 

2,619

 

-

 

2,619

Gains on financial assets available for sale

220

 

-

 

-

 

220

Balances at 06/30/17

(8,661)

 

6,168

 

23,923

 

21,430

 

 

f) Company Share Repurchase Program

 

In a meeting held on June 9, 2017, the Company's Board of Directors, in accordance with article 17, item XV, of the Articles of Incorporation, approved the repurchase of common and preferred shares issued by the Company, under CVM Ruling No. 567, of September 17, 2015, for acquisition of common and preferred shares issued by the Company for subsequent cancellation, disposal or to be held in treasury, without decreasing capital, to increase shareholder value through the efficient application of available cash resources and optimize the Company's capital allocation.

 

The repurchase shall be made through the use of the capital reserve balance included in the balance sheet as of March 31, 2017, excluding the reserves referred to in article 7, paragraph 1, of CVM Instruction 567, of September 17, 2015.


This program is effective until December 8, 2018, with the acquisitions made at B3, at market prices, observing the legal and regulatory limits, being the maximum amounts to be acquired of 870,781 common shares and 41,510,761 preferred shares.

 

g) Earnings per share

 

Basic and diluted earnings per share were calculated by dividing profit attributed to the Company's shareholders by the weighted average number of outstanding common and preferred shares for the period.

 

The following table shows the calculation of earnings per share in the six-month ended June 30, 2017 and 2016:

 

 

Company

 

Three-month periods ended

 

Six-month periods ended

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

Net income for the year attributable to shareholders:

872,922

 

699,496

 

1,869,119

 

1,917,726

Common shares

276,016

 

221,179

 

591,011

 

606,380

Preferred shares

596,906

 

478,317

 

1,278,108

 

1,311,346

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of shares:

1,688,694

 

1,688,694

 

1,688,694

 

1,688,694

Weighted average number of outstanding common shares for the year

569,354

 

569,354

 

569,354

 

569,354

Weighted average number of outstanding preferred shares for the year

1,119,340

 

1,119,340

 

1,119,340

 

1,119,340

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common shares (R$)

0.48

 

0.39

 

1.04

 

1.07

Preferred shares (R$)

0.53

 

0.43

 

1.14

 

1.17

 

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

22)  NET OPERATING REVENUE

 

 

Company

 

Three-month periods ended

 

Six-month periods ended

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

Gross operating revenue (1)

15,825,170

 

15,373,234

 

31,804,312

 

28,046,982

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deductions from gross operating revenue

(5,770,590)

 

(5,460,593)

 

(11,670,086)

 

(9,776,228)

Taxes

(4,081,692)

 

(3,757,148)

 

(8,200,912)

 

(7,020,817)

Discounts granted and return of goods

(1,688,898)

 

(1,703,445)

 

(3,469,174)

 

(2,755,411)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net operating revenue

10,054,580

 

9,912,641

 

20,134,226

 

18,270,754

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

Three-month periods ended

 

Six-month periods ended

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

Gross operating revenue (1)

16,553,192

 

16,036,408

 

33,123,586

 

32,035,053

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deductions from gross operating revenue

(5,855,999)

 

(5,526,359)

 

(11,836,243)

 

(11,093,608)

Taxes

(4,164,490)

 

(3,822,976)

 

(8,362,465)

 

(7,659,855)

Discounts granted and return of goods

(1,691,509)

 

(1,703,383)

 

(3,473,778)

 

(3,433,753)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net operating revenue

10,697,193

 

10,510,049

 

21,287,343

 

20,941,445

 

(1)  These include telephone services, use of interconnection network, data and SVA services, cable TV and other services. For the quarters ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 respectively, the amounts relating to infrastructure-related swap contracts, for which the Company acts as an agent under IAS 18, totaled R$221,931 and R$163,854, respectively (Note 23).

 

No one customer accounted for more than 10% of gross operating revenues in the six-month ended June 30, 2017 and 2016.

 

All amounts in net income are included in the income tax and social contribution bases.

 

23) OPERATING COSTS AND EXPENSES

 

 

Company

 

Three-month periods ended

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

 

Cost of sales and services

 

Selling expenses

 

General and administrative expenses

 

Total

 

Cost of sales and services

 

Selling expenses

 

General and administrative expenses

 

Total

Personnel

(199,973)

 

(587,295)

 

(116,002)

 

(903,270)

 

(260,587)

 

(535,083)

 

(194,371)

 

(990,041)

Third-party services

(1,223,975)

 

(1,635,336)

 

(307,585)

 

(3,166,896)

 

(1,234,947)

 

(1,528,849)

 

(282,430)

 

(3,046,226)

Interconnection and network use

(324,670)

 

-

 

-

 

(324,670)

 

(446,048)

 

-

 

-

 

(446,048)

Advertising and publicity

-

 

(250,792)

 

-

 

(250,792)

 

-

 

(290,610)

 

-

 

(290,610)

Rental, insurance, condominium and connection means (1)

(671,847)

 

(40,504)

 

(41,038)

 

(753,389)

 

(582,074)

 

(29,020)

 

(54,765)

 

(665,859)

Taxes, charges and contributions

(442,892)

 

(9,900)

 

(6,855)

 

(459,647)

 

(474,483)

 

(1,556)

 

(17,924)

 

(493,963)

Estimated impairment losses on accounts receivable (Note 4)

-

 

(355,552)

 

-

 

(355,552)

 

-

 

(300,963)

 

-

 

(300,963)

Depreciation and amortization (2)

(1,479,166)

 

(359,316)

 

(112,492)

 

(1,950,974)

 

(1,475,397)

 

(360,586)

 

(111,161)

 

(1,947,144)

Cost of goods sold

(428,747)

 

-

 

-

 

(428,747)

 

(505,068)

 

-

 

-

 

(505,068)

Materials and other operating costs and expenses

(25,045)

 

(49,510)

 

(4,275)

 

(78,830)

 

(28,546)

 

(46,149)

 

(19,577)

 

(94,272)

Total

(4,796,315)

 

(3,288,205)

 

(588,247)

 

(8,672,767)

 

(5,007,150)

 

(3,092,816)

 

(680,228)

 

(8,780,194)

 

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

 

Company

 

Six-month periods ended

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

 

Cost of sales and services

 

Selling expenses

 

General and administrative expenses

 

Total

 

Cost of sales and services

 

Selling expenses

 

General and administrative expenses

 

Total

Personnel

(396,248)

 

(1,160,710)

 

(244,953)

 

(1,801,911)

 

(395,002)

 

(958,434)

 

(305,903)

 

(1,659,339)

Third-party services

(2,420,320)

 

(3,243,655)

 

(612,882)

 

(6,276,857)

 

(2,210,812)

 

(2,938,365)

 

(564,918)

 

(5,714,095)

Interconnection and network use

(717,648)

 

-

 

-

 

(717,648)

 

(976,514)

 

-

 

-

 

(976,514)

Advertising and publicity

-

 

(457,962)

 

-

 

(457,962)

 

-

 

(459,554)

 

-

 

(459,554)

Rental, insurance, condominium and connection means (1)

(1,292,134)

 

(76,373)

 

(90,635)

 

(1,459,142)

 

(1,053,846)

 

(69,413)

 

(92,140)

 

(1,215,399)

Taxes, charges and contributions

(886,556)

 

(20,908)

 

(20,673)

 

(928,137)

 

(892,887)

 

(2,691)

 

(31,731)

 

(927,309)

Estimated impairment losses on accounts receivable (Note 4)

-

 

(682,800)

 

-

 

(682,800)

 

-

 

(577,628)

 

-

 

(577,628)

Depreciation and amortization (2)

(2,942,207)

 

(720,221)

 

(224,678)

 

(3,887,106)

 

(2,596,780)

 

(588,970)

 

(203,842)

 

(3,389,592)

Cost of goods sold

(875,593)

 

-

 

-

 

(875,593)

 

(999,666)

 

-

 

-

 

(999,666)

Materials and other operating costs and expenses

(45,007)

 

(81,564)

 

(10,656)

 

(137,227)

 

(38,894)

 

(80,121)

 

(20,345)

 

(139,360)

Total

(9,575,713)

 

(6,444,193)

 

(1,204,477)

 

(17,224,383)

 

(9,164,401)

 

(5,675,176)

 

(1,218,879)

 

(16,058,456)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

Three-month periods ended

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

 

Cost of sales and services

 

Selling expenses

 

General and administrative expenses

 

Total

 

Cost of sales and services

 

Selling expenses

 

General and administrative expenses

 

Total

Personnel

(207,491)

 

(589,581)

 

(118,993)

 

(916,065)

 

(271,761)

 

(542,089)

 

(198,312)

 

(1,012,162)

Third-party services

(1,388,172)

 

(1,633,407)

 

(312,104)

 

(3,333,683)

 

(1,464,710)

 

(1,517,469)

 

(294,542)

 

(3,276,721)

Interconnection and network use

(324,670)

 

-

 

-

 

(324,670)

 

(451,247)

 

-

 

-

 

(451,247)

Advertising and publicity

-

 

(250,792)

 

-

 

(250,792)

 

-

 

(290,610)

 

-

 

(290,610)

Rental, insurance, condominium and connection means (1)

(673,449)

 

(40,894)

 

(41,086)

 

(755,429)

 

(584,769)

 

(29,243)

 

(54,970)

 

(668,982)

Taxes, charges and contributions

(449,540)

 

(9,900)

 

(6,904)

 

(466,344)

 

(478,897)

 

(1,556)

 

(20,386)

 

(500,839)

Estimated impairment losses on accounts receivable (Note 4)

-

 

(370,782)

 

-

 

(370,782)

 

-

 

(317,043)

 

-

 

(317,043)

Depreciation and amortization (2)

(1,484,414)

 

(359,325)

 

(113,485)

 

(1,957,224)

 

(1,481,798)

 

(360,597)

 

(110,956)

 

(1,953,351)

Cost of goods sold

(464,679)

 

-

 

-

 

(464,679)

 

(533,602)

 

-

 

-

 

(533,602)

Materials and other operating costs and expenses

(25,983)

 

(51,030)

 

(4,384)

 

(81,397)

 

(33,477)

 

(46,529)

 

(20,201)

 

(100,207)

Total

(5,018,398)

 

(3,305,711)

 

(596,956)

 

(8,921,065)

 

(5,300,261)

 

(3,105,136)

 

(699,367)

 

(9,104,764)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

Six-month periods ended

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

 

Cost of sales and services

 

Selling expenses

 

General and administrative expenses

 

Total

 

Cost of sales and services

 

Selling expenses

 

General and administrative expenses

 

Total

Personnel

(411,556)

 

(1,165,415)

 

(251,008)

 

(1,827,979)

 

(554,031)

 

(1,043,661)

 

(334,935)

 

(1,932,627)

Third-party services

(2,803,913)

 

(3,232,568)

 

(608,863)

 

(6,645,344)

 

(2,920,646)

 

(3,019,056)

 

(616,417)

 

(6,556,119)

Interconnection and network use

(717,648)

 

-

 

-

 

(717,648)

 

(1,007,628)

 

-

 

-

 

(1,007,628)

Advertising and publicity

-

 

(457,962)

 

-

 

(457,962)

 

-

 

(511,316)

 

-

 

(511,316)

Rental, insurance, condominium and connection means (1)

(1,297,143)

 

(77,003)

 

(90,740)

 

(1,464,886)

 

(1,155,610)

 

(78,883)

 

(92,911)

 

(1,327,404)

Taxes, charges and contributions

(906,993)

 

(20,908)

 

(21,657)

 

(949,558)

 

(934,111)

 

(3,924)

 

(36,379)

 

(974,414)

Estimated impairment losses on accounts receivable (Note 4)

-

 

(728,525)

 

-

 

(728,525)

 

-

 

(661,433)

 

-

 

(661,433)

Depreciation and amortization (2)

(2,954,804)

 

(720,240)

 

(225,790)

 

(3,900,834)

 

(2,977,826)

 

(685,000)

 

(203,780)

 

(3,866,606)

Cost of goods sold

(937,426)

 

-

 

-

 

(937,426)

 

(1,051,568)

 

-

 

-

 

(1,051,568)

Materials and other operating costs and expenses

(47,346)

 

(85,228)

 

(10,899)

 

(143,473)

 

(55,483)

 

(87,392)

 

(30,032)

 

(172,907)

Total

(10,076,829)

 

(6,487,849)

 

(1,208,957)

 

(17,773,635)

 

(10,656,903)

 

(6,090,665)

 

(1,314,454)

 

(18,062,022)

 

(1)  The amounts relating to infrastructure-related swap contracts, under the concept of agent under CPC 30/IAS 18, which were not recognized as costs and revenues in the six-month ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 respectively, totaled R$221,931 and R$163,854, respectively (Note 22).

 

(2) Includes R$1,266 and R$5,774, related to non-cumulative PIS and COFINS tax credits in the six-month ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

 

 

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

24)  OTHER OPERATING INCOME (EXPENSES), NET

 

 

Company

 

Three-month periods ended

 

Six-month periods ended

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

Recovered expenses and fines

65,366

 

110,861

 

179,557

 

239,266

Provisions for labor, tax, civil, regulatory and contingent liabilities (Note 17)

(191,429)

 

(249,125)

 

(448,505)

 

(485,493)

Net gain (loss) on asset disposal/loss (1)

(16,388)

 

(14,289)

 

(16,937)

 

465,647

Other operating income (expenses) (2)

(52,111)

 

(5,964)

 

(89,298)

 

18,367

Total

(194,562)

 

(158,517)

 

(375,183)

 

237,787

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other operating income

65,366

 

89,265

 

179,557

 

721,937

Other operating expenses

(259,928)

 

(247,782)

 

(554,740)

 

(484,150)

Total

(194,562)

 

(158,517)

 

(375,183)

 

237,787

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

Three-month periods ended

 

Six-month periods ended

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

Recovered expenses and fines

66,497

 

111,190

 

182,122

 

259,853

Provisions for labor, tax, civil, regulatory and PPA (Note 17)

(201,888)

 

(250,090)

 

(460,494)

 

(513,292)

Net gain (loss) on asset disposal/loss (1)

(13,839)

 

(13,831)

 

(19,590)

 

471,271

Other operating income (expenses) (2)

(55,704)

 

(5,544)

 

(74,270)

 

24,988

Total

(204,934)

 

(158,275)

 

(372,232)

 

242,820

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other operating income

66,497

 

90,473

 

182,122

 

754,770

Other operating expenses

(271,431)

 

(248,748)

 

(554,354)

 

(511,950)

Total

(204,934)

 

(158,275)

 

(372,232)

 

242,820

 

(1)  The amount shown for 2016 includes R$476,371 (net of residual values) from the Company's sale of 1,655 transmission towers to Telxius Torres Brasil (company of the Telefónica Group, Note 27). After the sale of these assets, a lease agreement for part of the towers sold was entered into, thus ensuring continued transmission of data for mobile services.

 

The transaction was recognized as sale and leaseback as provided under IAS 17. Management analyzed each asset leased back and classified them as operating or finance leases in accordance with IAS 17 qualitative and quantitative criteria.

 

Risks and benefits relating to these towers have been transferred to their purchasers, with the exception of several towers for which transfer of risks and benefits was not possible. For these items, the amount was recognized as deferred revenue (Note 18).

 

(2)  In the same transaction described in item (1), the Company transferred assignment of current lease agreements for sites and sold sharing agreements (customer portfolio) for R$40,899.

 

 

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

25) FINANCIAL INCOME (EXPENSES)

 

 

Company

 

Three-month periods ended

 

Six-month periods ended

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

Financial Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

158,790

 

143,255

 

331,065

 

257,414

Interest receivable (customers, taxes and other)

34,488

 

17,648

 

71,361

 

35,007

Gain on derivative transactions (Note 30)

114,567

 

273,505

 

209,009

 

618,697

Foreign exchange variations on loans and financing (Note 19)

247

 

203,383

 

62,924

 

403,915

Other revenues from foreign exchange and monetary variation

108,215

 

60,739

 

226,974

 

124,020

Other financial income

35,136

 

579

 

75,734

 

7,657

Total

451,443

 

699,109

 

977,067

 

1,446,710

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loan, financing, debenture, finance lease charges and contingent consideration (Note 19)

(240,650)

 

(253,956)

 

(534,701)

 

(507,405)

Foreign exchange variation on loans and financing (Note 19)

(57,525)

 

(54,619)

 

(79,978)

 

(114,906)

Loss on derivative transactions (Note 30)

(102,544)

 

(468,319)

 

(246,241)

 

(921,442)

Interest payable (financial institutions, provisions, trade accounts payable, taxes and other)

(40,350)

 

(54,951)

 

(76,036)

 

(164,214)

Other expenses with foreign exchange and monetary variation

(252,264)

 

(152,880)

 

(536,731)

 

(296,546)

IOF, Pis, Cofins and other financial expenses

(38,833)

 

(42,643)

 

(97,733)

 

(66,903)

Total

(732,166)

 

(1,027,368)

 

(1,571,420)

 

(2,071,416)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

Three-month periods ended

 

Six-month periods ended

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

Financial Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

179,961

 

157,745

 

370,154

 

297,630

Interest receivable (customers, taxes and other)

34,694

 

18,711

 

72,040

 

57,099

Gain on derivative transactions (Note 30)

114,567

 

273,505

 

209,009

 

618,697

Foreign exchange variations on loans and financing (Note 19)

247

 

203,383

 

62,924

 

403,915

Other revenues from foreign exchange and monetary variation

109,521

 

63,193

 

231,336

 

122,463

Other financial income

42,008

 

5,896

 

89,449

 

20,829

Total

480,998

 

722,433

 

1,034,912

 

1,520,633

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loan, financing, debenture, finance lease charges and indemnification liability (Note 19)

(240,650)

 

(253,955)

 

(534,701)

 

(547,898)

Foreign exchange variation on loans and financing (Note 19)

(57,525)

 

(54,619)

 

(79,978)

 

(114,906)

Loss on derivative transactions (Note 30)

(102,544)

 

(468,319)

 

(246,241)

 

(921,442)

Interest payable (financial institutions, provisions, trade accounts payable, taxes and other)

(40,844)

 

(54,877)

 

(77,417)

 

(169,690)

Other expenses with foreign exchange and monetary variation

(263,760)

 

(152,649)

 

(551,263)

 

(294,854)

IOF, Pis, Cofins and other financial expenses

(39,961)

 

(44,073)

 

(99,970)

 

(94,695)

Total

(745,284)

 

(1,028,492)

 

(1,589,570)

 

(2,143,485)

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

26) INCOME TAX AND SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION

 

The Company and its subsidiaries recognize income tax and social contribution on a monthly accrual basis, and pay the taxes based on estimates, in accordance with the trial balances for tax-reduction/tax-suspension purposes. Taxes calculated on profits until the month of the financial statements are recorded in liabilities or assets, as applicable.

 

Reconciliation of the reported tax expense and the amounts calculated by applying the statutory tax rate of 34% (income tax of 25% and social contribution of 9%).

 

 

Company

 

Three-month periods ended

 

Six-month periods ended

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

Income before taxes

1,169,454

 

840,040

 

2,365,091

 

2,275,759

Income and social contribution tax expenses, at the tax rate of 34%

(397,614)

 

(285,614)

 

(804,131)

 

(773,758)

Permanent and temporary differences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity pickup, net of effects from interest on equity received and surplus value of the assets purchased attributed to the Company (Note 10)

89,395

 

43,087

 

144,427

 

153,129

Unclaimed interest on equity

-

 

-

 

(10,319)

 

-

Diferenças temporárias de subsidiárias

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

Non-deductible expenses, gifts, incentives

(19,362)

 

(29,111)

 

(38,234)

 

(59,682)

Tax benefit related to interest on equity allocated

32,300

 

129,540

 

212,500

 

312,120

Other (additions) exclusions

(1,251)

 

1,554

 

(215)

 

10,158

Tax debits

(296,532)

 

(140,544)

 

(495,972)

 

(358,033)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effective rate

25.4%

 

16.7%

 

21.0%

 

15.7%

Current income and social contribution taxes

38,428

 

6,149

 

(2,163)

 

(260,057)

Deferred income and social contribution taxes

(334,960)

 

(146,693)

 

(493,809)

 

(97,976)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

Three-month periods ended

 

Six-month periods ended

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

 

06.30.17

 

06.30.16

Income before taxes

1,307,452

 

941,427

 

2,588,167

 

2,500,115

Income and social contribution tax expenses, at the tax rate of 34%

(444,534)

 

(320,085)

 

(879,977)

 

(850,039)

Permanent and temporary differences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity pickup, net of effects from interest on equity received and surplus value of the assets purchased attributed to the Company (Note 10)

185

 

163

 

459

 

247

Unclaimed interest on equity

-

 

-

 

(10,319)

 

-

Diferenças temporárias de subsidiárias

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

Non-deductible expenses, gifts, incentives

(19,892)

 

(29,370)

 

(40,168)

 

(61,555)

Tax benefit related to interest on equity allocated

32,300

 

129,540

 

212,500

 

312,120

Other (additions) exclusions

(2,589)

 

(22,179)

 

(1,543)

 

16,838

Tax debits

(434,530)

 

(241,931)

 

(719,048)

 

(582,389)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effective rate

33.2%

 

25.7%

 

27.8%

 

23.3%

Current income and social contribution taxes

(100,781)

 

(61,359)

 

(243,696)

 

(474,455)

Deferred income and social contribution taxes

(333,749)

 

(180,572)

 

(475,352)

 

(107,934)

 

Breakdown of gains and losses of deferred income tax and social contribution on temporary differences is shown in Note 6.b).

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

27) BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES

 

Balances and transactions with related parties

 

The main balances of assets and liabilities with related parties arise from transactions with companies related to the controlling group carried out at the prices and other commercial conditions agreed in contracts between the parties as follows:

 

a)   Fixed and mobile telephony services provided by Telefónica Group companies;

 

b)   Digital TV services provided by Media Networks Latino America;

 

c)   Lease and maintenance of safety equipment provided by Telefônica Inteligência e Segurança Brasil;

 

d)   Corporate services passed through at the cost effectively incurred for these services;

 

e)   Systems development and maintenance services provided by Telefónica Global Technology;

 

f)    International transmission infrastructure for several data circuits and roaming services provided by Telxius Cable Brasil (former Telefónica International Wholesale Brasil), Telefónica International Wholesale Services Espanha, Telefónica USA; and Media Net Br;

 

g)   Digital media; marketing and sales, in-store and outdoor digital marketing services provided by Telefônica On The Spot Soluções Digitais Brasil;

 

h)   Tower operations between the Company and Telxius Torres Brasil (sale and leaseback operation, Note 24);

 

i)    Content-related services provided by Terra Networks Brasil;

 

j)    Data communication services and integrated solutions provided by Telefónica International Wholesale Services Espanha and Telefónica USA

 

k)   Long distance call and international roaming services provided by companies of Telefónica Group;

 

l)    Sundry expenses and costs to be reimbursed by companies of Telefónica Group;

 

m)  Brand Fee for assignment of rights to use the brand paid to Telefónica;

 

n)   Stock option plan for employees of the Company and its subsidiaries related to acquisition of Telefónica shares;

 

o)   Cost Sharing Agreement (CSA) for digital-business related expenses reimbursed to Telefónica Latino América Holding S.L. (former Telefónica Internacional) and Telefónica Digital;

 

p)   Leases/rentals of Telefónica Group companies' buildings;

 

q)   Financial Clearing House roaming, inflows of funds for payments and receipts arising from roaming operation between group companies operated by Telfisa;

 

r)    Integrated e-learning, online education and training solutions provided by T.learning Services Brasil;

 

s)   Factoring transactions, credit facilities for services provided by the Group's suppliers;

 

t)    Social investment in Fundação Telefônica, innovative use of technology to enhance learning and knowledge, contributing to personal and social development;

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

u)   Contracts or agreements assigning user rights for cable ducts, optical fiber duct rental services, and right-of-way related occupancy agreements with several highway concessionaires provided by Companhia AIX; and

 

v)   Adquira Sourcing platform - online solution provided by Telefónica Compras Electrónicas to transact purchase and sale of all types of goods and services.

 

As described in Note 29, the Company and its subsidiaries sponsor pension plans and other post-employment benefits to its employees with Visão Prev and Sistel.

 

The following table summarizes the consolidated balances with related parties:

 

 

 

 

Balance Sheet - Assets

 

 

 

At 06/30/17

 

At 12/31/16

 

 

 

Current assets

 

Non-current assets

 

Current assets

 

Non-current assets

Companies

Type of transaction

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

Other assets

 

Other assets

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

Other assets

 

Other assets

Parent Companies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SP Telecomunicações Participações

d) / l)

 

-

 

21

 

5,065

 

17

 

-

 

94

 

9,607

 

11

Telefónica LatinoAmerica Holding

d) / l)

 

-

 

-

 

115,660

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

206,619

 

-

Telefónica

l)

 

-

 

-

 

559

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

633

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

21

 

121,284

 

17

 

-

 

94

 

216,859

 

11

Other Group companies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telefônica Learning Services Brasil

a)

 

-

 

56

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

64

 

-

 

-

Companhia AIX de Participações

a)

 

-

 

26

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

37

 

-

 

-

Telefônica On The Spot Soluções Digitais Brasil

a) / d)

 

-

 

482

 

29

 

-

 

-

 

370

 

6

 

-

Media Networks Brasil Soluções Digitais

a) / d)

 

-

 

611

 

19

 

40

 

-

 

81

 

19

 

40

Telefônica Factoring do Brasil

a) / d)

 

-

 

3,907

 

6

 

12

 

-

 

4,927

 

6

 

16

Telxius Cable Brasil

a) / d) / k / l) / p)

 

-

 

9,023

 

825

 

76

 

-

 

11,513

 

2,602

 

76

Telefônica Inteligência e Segurança Brasil

a) / d) / l)

 

-

 

329

 

595

 

350

 

-

 

868

 

595

 

350

Terra Networks Brasil

a) / d) / l)

 

-

 

3,377

 

3,733

 

46

 

-

 

5,499

 

7,550

 

46

Telefônica Serviços Empresariais do Brasil

a) / d) / l) / p)

 

-

 

2,844

 

27

 

2,339

 

-

 

2,518

 

343

 

2,067

Telxius Torres Brasil

d) / p) / h)

 

-

 

12,562

 

5,523

 

-

 

-

 

13,842

 

3,709

 

-

Telefónica USA

j)

 

-

 

5,488

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

3,550

 

-

 

-

Telefónica International Wholesale Services Espanha

j) / k)

 

-

 

74,135

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

82,613

 

-

 

-

Telefónica Moviles Del Espanha

k)

 

-

 

8,687

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

9,220

 

-

 

-

Colombia Telecomunicaciones ESP

k)

 

-

 

2,879

 

4,284

 

-

 

-

 

2,641

 

3,900

 

-

Telefónica Moviles Argentina

k)

 

-

 

3,096

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

6,288

 

-

 

-

Telefónica Moviles Del Chile

k)

 

-

 

8,936

 

370

 

-

 

-

 

10,207

 

337

 

-

Pegaso PCS

k)

 

-

 

7,030

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

6,163

 

-

 

-

Telefónica Moviles Del Uruguay

k)

 

-

 

979

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

761

 

-

 

-

Telefonica UK LTD.(O2 UK LTD)

k)

 

-

 

8,563

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

8,809

 

-

 

-

T.O2 Germany GMBH CO. OHG

k)

 

-

 

15,438

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

9,849

 

-

 

-

Telcel Telecom. Celulares C. A.

k)

 

-

 

5,992

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

6,180

 

-

 

-

Telefónica Moviles Panama

k)

 

-

 

297

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

1,260

 

-

 

-

Telefónica Global Technology

l)

 

-

 

-

 

16,837

 

-

 

-

 

1,614

 

11,244

 

-

Telfisa

q)

 

16,853

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

78,070

 

-

 

-

 

-

Other

a) / d) / k) / l) / p)

 

-

 

2,074

 

766

 

215

 

-

 

1,938

 

693

 

210

 

 

 

16,853

 

176,811

 

33,014

 

3,078

 

78,070

 

190,812

 

31,004

 

2,805

Total

 

 

16,853

 

176,832

 

154,298

 

3,095

 

78,070

 

190,906

 

247,863

 

2,816

 


 

 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

 

 

 

Balance Sheet - Liabilities

 

 

 

At 06/30/17

 

At 12//31/16

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

Non-current liabilities

 

Current liabilities

 

Non-current liabilities

Companies

Type of transaction

 

Trade accounts payable and other payables

 

Other liabilities

 

Other liabilities

 

Trade accounts payable and other payables

 

Other liabilities

 

Other liabilities

Parent Companies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SP Telecomunicações Participações

l)

 

-

 

533

 

-

 

-

 

533

 

-

Telefónica LatinoAmerica Holding

l)

 

82

 

-

 

-

 

109

 

-

 

-

Telefónica

l) / m) / n)

 

1,383

 

258

 

-

 

2,236

 

84,759

 

-

 

 

 

1,465

 

791

 

-

 

2,345

 

85,292

 

-

Other Group companies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media Networks Latina America SAC

b)

 

27,576

 

-

 

-

 

32,398

 

-

 

-

Telefônica Inteligência e Segurança Brasil

c)

 

16,425

 

19

 

8

 

26,516

 

19

 

8

Telxius Torres Brasil

d ) / h)

 

33,071

 

4,445

 

-

 

33,178

 

15,991

 

-

Telxius Cable Brasil

d) / f) / l)

 

45,672

 

1,690

 

378

 

52,210

 

1,690

 

378

Telefónica Global Technology

e)

 

14,588

 

-

 

-

 

15,169

 

-

 

-

Telefónica USA

f)

 

22,306

 

-

 

171

 

14,283

 

-

 

168

Media Networks Brasil Soluções Digitais

f)

 

24,274

 

-

 

318

 

11,821

 

-

 

318

Telefónica International Wholesale Services Espanha

f) / k)

 

23,484

 

8

 

-

 

50,121

 

8

 

-

Telefônica Serviços Empresariais do Brasil

l)

 

-

 

51

 

531

 

112

 

803

 

239

Terra Networks Brasil

i)

 

6,480

 

440

 

769

 

3,360

 

440

 

769

Telefónica Moviles Del Espanha

k)

 

3,457

 

-

 

-

 

4,671

 

-

 

-

Colombia Telecomunicaciones S.A. ESP

k)

 

1,270

 

-

 

-

 

2,675

 

-

 

-

Telefónica Moviles Argentina

k)

 

4,113

 

-

 

-

 

13,997

 

-

 

-

Telefónica Moviles Del Chile

k)

 

9,128

 

-

 

-

 

10,673

 

-

 

-

Pegaso PCS

k)

 

730

 

-

 

-

 

2,452

 

-

 

-

Telefónica Moviles Del Uruguay

k)

 

1,091

 

-

 

-

 

2,059

 

-

 

-

Telefonica UK LTD.(O2 UK LTD)

k)

 

3,599

 

-

 

-

 

3,868

 

-

 

-

T.O2 Germany GMBH CO. OHG

k)

 

5,715

 

-

 

-

 

4,409

 

-

 

-

Telcel Telecom. Celulares C. A.

k)

 

5,558

 

-

 

-

 

4,721

 

-

 

-

Telefónica Moviles Panama

k)

 

168

 

-

 

-

 

737

 

-

 

-

Telefonica Global Roaming

k)

 

883

 

-

 

-

 

1,009

 

-

 

-

Telefônica Digital España

o)

 

40,792

 

-

 

-

 

35,347

 

-

 

-

Telefônica Learning Services Brasil

r)

 

15,846

 

-

 

-

 

16,328

 

-

 

-

Telefônica Factoring do Brasil

s)

 

267

 

232

 

-

 

-

 

6,154

 

-

Fundação Telefônica

t)

 

-

 

51

 

-

 

-

 

52

 

-

Companhia AIX de Participações

u)

 

1,915

 

-

 

-

 

1,835

 

-

 

-

Telefónica Compras Electrónicas

v)

 

23,798

 

-

 

-

 

24,196

 

-

 

-

Telefônica On The Spot Soluções Digitais Brasil

g)

 

2,799

 

-

 

-

 

2,950

 

-

 

-

Other

h) / k)

 

1,920

 

-

 

29

 

7,800

 

-

 

29

 

 

 

336,925

 

6,936

 

2,204

 

378,895

 

25,157

 

1,909

Total

 

 

338,390

 

7,727

 

2,204

 

381,240

 

110,449

 

1,909

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income statement

Companies

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type of transaction

 

06/30/17

 

06/30/16

Parent Companies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SP Telecomunicações Participações

 

 

 

 

 

 

d) / l)

 

134

 

27

Telefónica LatinoAmerica Holding

 

 

 

 

 

 

d) / l) / o)

 

27,732

 

50,361

Telefónica

 

 

 

 

 

 

l) / m) / n)

 

(168,012)

 

(155,102)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(140,146)

 

(104,714)

Other Group companies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telefónica Global Technology, S.A.U.

 

 

 

 

e) / l)

 

(16,345)

 

(14,779)

Telefónica International Wholesale Services Espanha

 

 

 

 

f) / j) / k)

 

10,523

 

(9,066)

Telefônica Inteligência e Segurança Brasil

 

 

 

 

a) / c) / d) / l)

 

(11,567)

 

(16,772)

Media Networks Brasil Soluções Digitais

 

 

 

 

a) / d) / f)

 

(29,858)

 

(18)

Telxius Cable Brasil

 

 

 

 

a) / d) / f) / k / l) / p)

 

(93,381)

 

(129,031)

Telefônica Serviços Empresariais do Brasil

 

 

 

 

a) / d) / / l) / p)

 

(1,187)

 

1,031

Terra Networks Brasil

 

 

 

 

a) / d) / i) / l)

 

(8,234)

 

(7,708)

Fundação Telefônica

 

 

 

 

a) / d) / l) t)

 

(6,716)

 

(5,160)

Telefônica Factoring do Brasil

 

 

 

 

a) / d) / s)

 

793

 

105

Telefônica On The Spot Soluções Digitais Brasil

 

 

 

 

a) / d) / g)

 

(3,171)

 

(1,286)

T. Learning Services Brasil

 

 

 

 

a) / r)

 

(24,137)

 

(21,419)

Companhia AIX de Participações

 

 

 

 

a) / u)

 

(9,307)

 

(10,288)

Media Networks Latina America SAC

 

 

 

 

b)

 

(15,496)

 

623

Telxius Torres Brasil

 

 

 

 

d) / p) / h)

 

(52,052)

 

(23,315)

Telefónica USA

 

 

 

 

f) / j)

 

(8,592)

 

(3,931)

Telefónica Moviles Del Espanha

 

 

 

 

k)

 

88

 

(2,223)

Telefónica Moviles Argentina

 

 

 

 

k)

 

6,045

 

(1,975)

Telefónica Moviles Del Chile

 

 

 

 

k)

 

414

 

87

Pegaso PCS

 

 

 

 

k)

 

1,215

 

(3,877)

Telefonica Global Roaming

 

 

 

 

k)

 

(1,668)

 

(2,005)

Telefónica Moviles Del Uruguay

 

 

 

 

k)

 

1,613

 

(1,104)

Telefonica UK LTD.(O2 UK LTD)

 

 

 

 

k)

 

265

 

(1,041)

T.O2 Germany GMBH CO. OHG

 

 

 

 

k)

 

927

 

(5,305)

Telcel Telecom. Celulares C. A.

 

 

 

 

k)

 

(996)

 

(4,976)

Telefónica Moviles Panama

 

 

 

 

k)

 

55

 

(641)

Colombia Telecomunicaciones S.A. ESP

 

 

 

 

k)

 

1,347

 

(2,421)

Telefônica Digital España

 

 

 

 

l) / o)

 

(37,880)

 

(15,535)

Telefónica Compras Electrónicas

 

 

 

 

v)

 

(11,828)

 

(31,323)

Other

 

 

 

 

a) / d) / k) / l) / p)

 

(297)

 

(845)

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(309,427)

 

(314,198)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(449,573)

 

(418,912)

 

Management compensation

 

Consolidated key management personnel compensation paid by the Company to its Board of Directors and Statutory Officers were R$10,617 and R$32,826 for the quarters ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 respectively. Of this amount, R$6,774 (R$13,978 on June 30, 2016) corresponds to salaries, benefits and social charges and R$3,843 (R$18,848 on June 30, 2016) to variable compensation.

 

These amounts were recorded as expenses with personnel under the General and administrative expenses group of accounts (Note 23).

 

For the quarters ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, our Directors and Officers did not receive any pension, retirement or similar benefits.

 

28)  SHARE-BASED PAYMENT PLANS

 

Telefónica, as the Company's parent company, has different share-based payment plans based on the share quotes, which were also offered to management and employees of its subsidiaries, including Telefônica Brasil and the latter's subsidiaries.

 

The fair value of these options is estimated on the grant date, based on a binomial pricing model reflecting terms and conditions of instruments granted.

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

The Company and its subsidiaries reimburse Telefónica for the amount of the fair value of the benefits granted to management and employees on the grant date.

 

The main plans in force on June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 were: (i) Performance & Investment Plan ("PIP") to reward senior management's global commitment; (ii) Talent for the Future Share Plan ("TFSP") to reward the global commitment,; and (iii) Global Employee Share Plan ("GESP") for employees.

 

The details of these plans are the same as in Note 31) Share-Based Payment Plans, as disclosed in the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016.

 

At June 30, 2017, the share price of Telefónica shares was 9.0380 euros and the plans were positioned as follows:

 

Plans

 

Cycles

 

Number of shares (1)

 

Final Date

PIP

 

4th cycle - October 1, 2014

 

337,479

 

September 30, 2017

PIP

 

5th cycle - October 1, 2015

 

497,528

 

September 30, 2018

TFSP

 

1st cycle - October 1, 2014

 

55,500

 

September 30, 2017

TFSP

 

2nd cycle - October 1, 2015

 

86,000

 

September 30, 2018

 

(1)   For the PIP, it includes the initial quantities and co-investment and for the TFSP only the initial quantities.

 

The expenses of the Company and its subsidiaries with the compensation plans based on actions described above, where applicable, are recorded as personnel expenses, divided between Cost of Services, Selling and General and Administrative Expenses (Note 23), corresponding to R$8,057 and R$7,639 for the quarters ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 respectively.

 

29)  PENSION PLANS AND OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

 

The plans sponsored by the Company and related benefit types are as follows:

 

Plan

 

Type

 

Entity

 

Sponsor

PBS-A

 

Defined benefit (DB)

 

Sistel

 

Telefônica Brasil, jointly with other telecoms resulting from privatization of the Sistema Telebrás

PAMA / PCE

 

Defined benefit (DB)

 

Sistel

 

Telefônica Brasil, jointly with other telecoms resulting from privatization of the Sistema Telebrás

Healthcare - Law No. 9656/98

 

Defined benefit (DB)

 

Telefônica Brasil

 

Telefônica Brasil

CTB

 

Defined benefit (DB)

 

Telefônica Brasil

 

Telefônica Brasil

Telefônica BD

 

Defined benefit (DB)

 

VisãoPrev

 

Telefônica Brasil

PREV

 

Hybrid

 

VisãoPrev

 

Telefônica Brasil

VISÃO

 

Defined contribution (DC) / Hybrid

 

VisãoPrev

 

Telefônica Brasil, TData and TGLog

 

 

The details of these plans are the same as in Note 32) Pension Plans and Other Post-Employment Benefits, as disclosed in the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016, except for the plans Vivo Prev, Visão TGestiona and Visão Telefônica, as described below.

 

On December 9, 2016, Visão Prev obtained approvals from the National Supplementary Pension Authority ("PREVIC") for the incorporation of Vivo Prev and Visão TGestiona plans to the Visão Telefônica plan. In this way, as of January 1, 2017, all participants in Vivo Prev and Visão TGestiona plans became participants in the Visão Telefônica plan. This unification preserves all vested rights, and gives participants of the incorporated plans access to the benefits of the Visão Telefônica plan.


The main purpose of the mergers is to create greater synergy of the benefits offered to the participants, as well as to reduce administrative and operational costs of the plans, as well as to improve administrative efficiency.

 

Consolidated balances of both underfunded and surplus plans are shown below:

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

Plans with surplus

 

Plans with deficit

 

Total

Balances at 12/31/15

8,724

 

(85,343)

 

(76,619)

Current service cost

(1,437)

 

(1,350)

 

(2,787)

Net interest on net defined benefit liabilities/assets

651

 

(4,782)

 

(4,131)

Contributions and benefits paid by the employers

1,452

 

11,010

 

12,462

Balances at 06/30/16

9,390

 

(80,465)

 

(71,075)

Current service cost

(1,437)

 

(1,348)

 

(2,785)

Net interest on net defined benefit liabilities/assets

651

 

(4,784)

 

(4,133)

Contributions and benefits paid by the employers

606

 

(4,475)

 

(3,869)

Effects on comprehensive income

(169)

 

(236,598)

 

(236,767)

Balances at 12/31/16

9,041

 

(327,670)

 

(318,629)

Current service cost

(1,533)

 

(3,475)

 

(5,008)

Net interest on net defined benefit liabilities/assets

568

 

(17,831)

 

(17,263)

Contributions and benefits paid by the employers

1,377

 

5,494

 

6,871

Balances at 06/30/17

9,453

 

(343,482)

 

(334,029)

 

Of the surplus amounts shown in the table above, the Company recognized consolidated amounts of R$9,240 and R$8,838 at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively (Note 9).

 

30)  FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK AND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

 

a) Derivative transactions

 

The derivative financial instruments contracted by the Company are mainly intended to hedge against foreign exchange risk arising from assets and liabilities in foreign currency, risk of inflation on its debentures and leases indexed to the IPCA and against the risk of changes in TJLP of a portion of debt with BNDES. There are no, derivative financial instruments for speculative purposes and possible currency risks are hedged.

 

Management understands that the Company's internal controls for its derivatives are adequate to control risks associated with each strategy for the market. Gains/losses obtained or sustained by the Company in relation to its derivatives show that its risk management has been appropriate.

The Company calculates the effectiveness of the derivative contracts to hedge its financial liabilities and cash flows in foreign currency at the beginning of the operation and on an ongoing basis. At June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the derivative instruments were effective for the hedged items.

As long as these derivatives contracts qualify for hedge accounting, the heged item may also be adjusted to fair value, offsetting the result of the derivatives, according to the rules of hedge accounting. This hedge accounting applies both to financial liabilities and probable cash flows in foreign currency.

At June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company held no embedded derivatives contracts.

 

Derivatives contracts include specific penalties for breach of contract. Breach of contract provided for in agreements made with financial institutions leads to the early maturity thereof.

 

a.1) Fair value of derivative financial instruments

The valuation method used to calculate the fair value of financial liabilities (if applicable) and derivative financial instruments was the discounted cash flow method, based on expected settlements or realization of liabilities and assets at market rates prevailing at the balance sheet date.

 

The fair values of positions in Reais are calculated by projecting future inflows from transactions using B3 yield curves discounting these flows to present value using market DI rates for swaps announced by B3.

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

The market values of foreign-exchange derivatives were obtained using the market exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date and projected market rates obtained from the currency's coupon-rate yield curves. The linear convention of 360 calendar days was used to determine coupon rates of positions indexed in foreign currencies, while the exponential convention of 252 business days was used to determine coupon rates for positions indexed to CDI rates.

 

Consolidated derivatives financial instruments shown below are registered with B3 and classified as swaps, usually, that do not require margin deposits.

 

 

 

 

Company / Consolidated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated effects from fair value

 

 

Notional Value

 

Net position at fair value

 

Amount receivable (payable)

Description

 

06-30-17

 

03-31-16

 

06-30-17

 

03-31-16

 

06-30-17

 

03-31-16

Long position

 

1,998,716

 

2,739,524

 

2,157,426

 

2,836,207

 

186,376

 

212,993

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign Currency

 

1,093,670

 

1,522,598

 

1,125,480

 

1,599,378

 

139,366

 

158,762

US$ (1) (2)

 

503,836

 

742,137

 

519,253

 

730,490

 

62,808

 

73,833

EUR (2)

 

25,157

 

70,064

 

25,532

 

66,959

 

254

 

-

LIBOR US$ (1)

 

480,091

 

710,397

 

576,586

 

801,929

 

72,195

 

84,929

Options US$ (7)

 

84,586

 

-

 

4,109

 

-

 

4,109

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating rate

 

696,451

 

898,324

 

721,448

 

800,097

 

31,490

 

31,987

CDI (1) (2)

 

177,556

 

254,883

 

177,830

 

138,710

 

422

 

3,979

TJLP (4)

 

518,895

 

643,441

 

543,618

 

661,387

 

31,068

 

28,008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inflation rates

 

208,595

 

318,602

 

310,498

 

436,732

 

15,520

 

22,244

IPCA (3) (5)

 

178,331

 

192,318

 

269,951

 

269,817

 

15,520

 

17,998

IGPM (6)

 

30,264

 

126,284

 

40,547

 

166,915

 

-

 

4,246

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short position

 

(2,179,327)

 

(2,573,351)

 

(2,080,228)

 

(2,807,830)

 

(109,178)

 

(184,616)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating rate

 

(84,586)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

Options US$ (7)

 

(84,586)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating rate

 

(1,753,367)

 

(2,391,882)

 

(1,850,543)

 

(2,541,822)

 

(107,210)

 

(184,545)

CDI (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

 

(1,753,367)

 

(2,391,882)

 

(1,850,543)

 

(2,541,822)

 

(107,210)

 

(184,545)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign Currency

 

(341,374)

 

(181,469)

 

(229,685)

 

(266,008)

 

(1,968)

 

(71)

US$ (2)

 

(266,569)

 

(88,710)

 

(82,632)

 

(85,356)

 

(1,968)

 

(71)

LIBOR US$ (1)

 

(74,805)

 

(92,759)

 

(147,053)

 

(180,652)

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long position

 

 

 

 

186,376

 

212,993

 

 

 

 

Current

 

 

 

 

 

86,191

 

68,943

 

 

 

 

Non Current

 

 

 

 

100,185

 

144,050

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short position

 

 

 

(109,178)

 

(184,616)

 

 

 

 

Current

 

 

 

 

 

(107,026)

 

(183,212)

 

 

 

 

Non Current

 

 

 

 

(2,152)

 

(1,404)

 

 

 

 

Amounts receivable, net

 

 

 

77,198

 

28,377

 

 

(1) Foreign currency swaps (US$ and LIBOR) x CDI (R$882,523) - swap transactions for varying debt repayment dates held to hedge currency risk affecting the Company's loans in US$ (carrying amount R$909,729).

(2) Foreign currency swaps (Euro and CDI x Euro ) (R$71,240) and (US$ and CDI x US$) (R$56,074) - maturing through July 11, 2017 to hedge currency risk affecting net amounts payable (carrying amount R$71,239 in euros) and receivables (carrying amount R$56,090 in US$).

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

(3) IPCA x CDI rate swaps (R$39,461) - maturing through 2019 to hedge the same flow as the debentures (4th issue - 3rd series) indexed to the IPCA (carrying amount R$39,548).

 

(4) TJLP x CDI swaps (R$518,895) - maturing through 2019 to hedge the risk of TJLP variation on loan with BNDES (carrying amount R$574,922).

 

(5) IPCA x CDI swaps (R$231,431) - maturing in 2033 to hedge risk of change in finance lease rate pegged to IPCA (carrying amount R$233,676).

 

(6) IGPM x CDI swaps (R$40,547) - maturing 2016 through 2018 to hedge IGP-DI variation risk affecting regulatory commitments related to 4G license.

 

(7)  Options US$ - term transactions and options contracted with the purpose of protecting the US$ exposure of service contracts.

 

The table below shows the breakdown of swaps maturing after June 30, 2017:

 

 

 

Company/Consolidated

 

 

Maturing in

 

 

Swap contract

 

2018

 

2019

 

2020

 

2021 onwards

 

Amount receivable (payable) at 06/30/17

Foreign currency x CDI

 

(70,530)

 

64,413

 

38,533

 

-

 

32,416

CDI x Foreign Currency

 

(1,575)

 

(132)

 

(61)

 

-

 

(1,768)

TJLP x CDI

 

8,188

 

15,663

 

7,217

 

-

 

31,068

IPCA x CDI

 

(1,265)

 

2

 

8,414

 

4,844

 

11,995

IGPM x CDI

 

-

 

(622)

 

-

 

-

 

(622)

Options

 

4,109

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

4,109

Total

 

(61,073)

 

79,324

 

54,103

 

4,844

 

77,198

 

 

For the purposes of preparing its financial statements, the Company adopted the fair value hedge accounting methodology for its foreign currency swaps x CDI, IPCA x CDI, IGPM x CDI and TJLP x CDI for hedging or financial debt. Under this arrangement, both derivatives and hedged risk are recognized at fair value.

 

The ineffective portion at June 30, 2017 was R$317 (R$2,091 at December 31, 2016).

 

At June 30, 2017 and 2016, the transactions with derivatives generated consolidated negative (net) result of R$37,232 and R$302,745, respectively (Note 25).

 

a.2) Sensitivity analysis to the Company's risk variables

CVM Resolution 604/09 requires listed companies to comply with CPC 40 Financial Instruments: Disclosures (IFRS 7) by disclosing sensitivity analyses for each type of market risk that management understands to be significant when originated by financial instruments to which the entity is exposed at the end of each period, including all derivatives financial instrument transactions.

 

In making the above analysis, each of the transactions with derivative financial instruments was assessed and assumptions included a probable scenario and two others that could adversely impact the Company.

 

In the probable scenario the assumption is to use, on the maturity dates of each of the transactions, what the market had been showing through B3 yield curves (currencies and interest rates), as well as data available at IBGE, Central Bank, FGV, among others. In the probable scenario, there is no impact on the fair value of the above-mentioned derivatives. However, for scenarios II and III, as per CVM ruling, risk variables were considered to deteriorate by 25% and 50% respectively.

 

Since the Company only holds derivatives to hedge its foreign-currency assets and liabilities, changing scenarios are tracked by the corresponding hedged items, thus showing that effects are almost non-existent. For these transactions, the Company reported the consolidated net exposure in each of the above-mentioned three scenarios at June 30, 2017.

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

Sensitivity analysis - net exposure

 

Company / Consolidated

Transaction

Risk

 

Probable

 

25% depreciation

 

50% depreciation

Hedge (long position)

Derivatives (depreciation risk US$)

 

613,448

 

764,671

 

915,074

Debt in US$

Debt (appreciation risk US$)

 

(613,448)

 

(764,671)

 

(915,074)

 

Net Exposure

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedge (short position)

Derivatives (depreciation risk EUR)

 

(71,240)

 

(89,050)

 

(106,860)

Payables in EUR

Debt (appreciation risk EUR)

 

(38,163)

 

(47,704)

 

(57,245)

Receivables in EUR

Debt (depreciation risk EUR)

 

109,402

 

136,753

 

164,104

 

Net Exposure

 

(1)

 

(1)

 

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedge (short position)

Derivatives (depreciation risk US$)

 

(56,074)

 

(70,092)

 

(84,111)

Payables in US$

Debt (appreciation risk US$)

 

84,286

 

105,357

 

126,428

Receivables in US$

Debt (depreciation risk US$)

 

(28,195)

 

(35,244)

 

(42,293)

 

Net Exposure

 

17

 

21

 

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedge (long position)

Derivatives (risk of decrease in IPCA)

 

271,407

 

249,512

 

230,506

Debt in IPCA

Debt (risk of increase in IPCA)

 

(381,454)

 

(359,544)

 

(340,526)

 

Net Exposure

 

(110,047)

 

(110,032)

 

(110,020)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedge (long position)

Derivatives (risk of decrease in IGP-DI)

 

40,547

 

40,253

 

39,964

Debt in IGP-DI

Debt (risk of increase in IGP-DI)

 

(134,658)

 

(134,658)

 

(134,658)

 

Net Exposure

 

(94,111)

 

(94,405)

 

(94,694)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedge (long position)

Derivatives (risk of decrease in UMBND)

 

293,884

 

365,708

 

436,904

Debt in UMBND

Debt (risk of increase in UMBND)

 

(296,578)

 

(369,739)

 

(442,454)

 

Net Exposure

 

(2,694)

 

(4,031)

 

(5,550)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedge (long position)

Derivatives (risk of decrease in TJLP)

 

543,618

 

534,537

 

525,807

Debt in TJLP

Debt (risk of increase in TJLP)

 

(1,848,217)

 

(1,838,646)

 

(1,829,444)

 

Net Exposure

 

(1,304,599)

 

(1,304,109)

 

(1,303,637)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedge (long position)

Derivatives (risk of decrease in US$)

 

84,586

 

97,161

 

97,160

OPex in US$

OPex (risk of increase in US$)

 

(84,586)

 

(105,732)

 

(126,879)

 

Net Exposure

 

-

 

(8,571)

 

(29,719)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedge (CDI position)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedge US$ and EUR (short and long position)

Derivatives (risk of decrease in CDI)

 

(55,984)

 

(76,622)

 

(97,250)

Hedge IPCA (short position)

Derivatives (risk of increase in CDI)

 

(271,407)

 

(249,512)

 

(230,506)

Hedge IGPM (short position)

Derivatives (risk of increase in CDI)

 

(40,547)

 

(40,253)

 

(39,964)

Hedge UMBND (short position)

Derivatives (risk of increase in CDI)

 

(293,884)

 

(365,708)

 

(436,904)

Hedge TJLP (short position)

Derivatives (risk of increase in CDI)

 

(543,618)

 

(534,537)

 

(525,807)

Hedge US$ (short position)

Derivatives (risk of increase in CDI)

 

(613,448)

 

(764,671)

 

(915,074)

 

Net Exposure

 

(1,818,888)

 

(2,031,303)

 

(2,245,505)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total net exposure in each scenario

 

 

(3,330,323)

 

(3,552,431)

 

(3,789,102)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net effect on changes in current fair value

 

 

-

 

(222,108)

 

(458,779)

 

 

 

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

The assumptions used by the Company for the sensitivity analysis at June 30, 2017 were as follows:

Sensitivity analysis assumptions

 

Risk Variable

 

Probable

 

25% depreciation

 

50% depreciation

US$

 

3.3082

 

4.1353

 

4.9623

EUR

 

3.7728

 

4.7160

 

5.6593

JPY

 

0.0294

 

0.0368

 

0.0442

IPCA

 

2.96%

 

3.70%

 

4.44%

IGPM

 

-0.78%

 

-0.97%

 

-1.17%

IGP-DI

 

-1.22%

 

-1.53%

 

-1.83%

UMBND

 

0.0643

 

0.0804

 

0.0965

URTJLP

 

2.0216

 

2.5270

 

3.0324

CDI

 

10.14%

 

12.68%

 

15.21%

 

For calculation of the net exposure for the sensitivity analysis, all derivatives were considered at market value and hedged items designated for hedge accounting purposes were also considered at fair value.

 

The fair values shown in the table above are based on the portfolio position at June 30, 2017, but do not reflect an estimate for realization due to the dynamism of the market, which is constantly monitored by the Company. The use of different assumptions could significantly affect the estimates.

 

b) Fair value

 

The Company and its subsidiaries assessed their financial assets and liabilities in relation to market values using available information and appropriate valuation methodologies. However, both the interpretation of market data and the selection of valuation methods require considerable judgment and reasonable estimates to produce the most adequate realization value. As a result, the estimates shown do not necessarily indicate amounts that could be realized in the current market. The use of different assumptions for the market and/or methodologies may have a material effect on estimated realization values. At June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, neither the Company not its subsidiaries detected any significant and enduring impairment of their financial instruments.

 

The fair value of all assets and liabilities are classified within the fair value hierarchy described below, based on the level of information that is significant to the fair value measurement as a whole:


Level 1: quoted market prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;


Level 2: valuation techniques where the significant lowest level of information available to measure the fair value is directly or indirectly observable; and


Level 3: valuation techniques where the lowest and significant level of information to measure the fair value is not available.

 

The following tables show the composition of financial assets and liabilities at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016. During the periods shown in the tables below, there were no transfers between fair value measurements of level 3 and level 1 and 2.

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

Company

 

 

 

 

Fair value hierarchy

 

Book value

 

Fair value

 

 

Classification by category

 

 

06/30/17

 

03/31/16

 

06/30/17

 

03/31/16

Financial Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents (Note 3)

 

Amortized cost

 

 

 

6,564,821

 

4,675,627

 

6,564,821

 

4,675,627

Trade accounts receivable, net (Note 4)

 

Loans and receivables

 

 

 

8,386,679

 

8,282,685

 

8,386,679

 

8,282,685

Derivative transactions (Note 30)

 

Measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

Level 2

 

2,630

 

3,979

 

2,630

 

3,979

Derivative transactions (Note 30)

 

Hedges (economic)

 

Level 2

 

83,561

 

64,964

 

83,561

 

64,964

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term investments pledged as collateral

 

Amortized cost

 

 

 

82,002

 

78,153

 

82,002

 

78,153

Trade accounts receivable, net (Note 4)

 

Loans and receivables

 

 

 

172,151

 

200,537

 

172,151

 

200,537

Derivative transactions (Note 30)

 

Hedges (economic)

 

Level 2

 

100,185

 

144,050

 

100,185

 

144,050

Total financial assets

 

 

 

 

 

15,392,029

 

13,449,995

 

15,392,029

 

13,449,995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade accounts payable, net (Note 14)

 

Amortized cost

 

 

 

7,157,834

 

7,539,395

 

7,157,834

 

7,539,395

Loans, financing and finance lease (Note 19)

 

Amortized cost

 

 

 

1,159,632

 

1,256,147

 

1,269,707

 

1,363,539

Loans, financing and finance lease (Note 19)

 

Measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

Level 2

 

893,434

 

1,286,828

 

874,257

 

1,307,310

Debentures (Note 19)

 

Amortized cost

 

 

 

3,486,056

 

2,120,197

 

3,398,684

 

2,242,291

Debentures (Note 19)

 

Measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

Level 2

 

1,052

 

307

 

1,482

 

1,412

Derivative transactions (Note 30)

 

Measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

Level 2

 

2,678

 

4,111

 

2,678

 

4,111

Derivative transactions (Note 30)

 

Hedges (economic)

 

Level 2

 

104,348

 

179,101

 

104,348

 

179,101

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade accounts payable, net (Note 14)

 

Amortized cost

 

 

 

-

 

71,907

 

-

 

71,907

Loans, financing and finance lease (Note 19)

 

Amortized cost

 

 

 

1,603,874

 

1,837,077

 

1,500,130

 

1,668,524

Loans, financing and finance lease (Note 19)

 

Measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

Level 2

 

711,637

 

874,982

 

679,200

 

822,818

Contingent consideration (Note 19)

 

Measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

Level 2

 

432,908

 

414,733

 

432,908

 

414,733

Debentures (Note 19)

 

Amortized cost

 

 

 

2,094,926

 

1,396,813

 

1,993,938

 

1,260,814

Debentures (Note 19)

 

Measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

Level 2

 

38,497

 

36,990

 

36,624

 

34,124

Derivative transactions (Note 30)

 

Hedges (economic)

 

Level 2

 

2,152

 

1,404

 

2,152

 

1,404

Total financial liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

17,689,028

 

17,019,992

 

17,453,942

 

16,911,483

 

 

 

 

 


 

(A free translation of the original in Portuguese)

 

 

Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

 

Fair value hierarchy

 

Book value

 

Fair value

 

 

Classification by category

 

 

06/30/17

 

03/31/16

 

06/30/17

 

03/31/16

Financial Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents (Note 3)

 

Amortized cost

 

 

 

7,447,061

 

5,105,110

 

7,447,061

 

5,105,110

Trade accounts receivable, net (Note 4)

 

Loans and receivables

 

 

 

8,773,857

 

8,701,688

 

8,773,857

 

8,701,688

Derivative transactions (Note 30)

 

Measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

Level 2

 

2,630

 

3,979

 

2,630

 

3,979

Derivative transactions (Note 30)

 

Hedges (economic)

 

Level 2

 

83,561

 

64,964

 

83,561

 

64,964

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term investments pledged as collateral

 

Amortized cost

 

 

 

82,024

 

78,166

 

82,024

 

78,166

Trade accounts receivable, net (Note 4)

 

Loans and receivables

 

 

 

278,311

 

305,411

 

278,311

 

305,411

Derivative transactions (Note 30)

 

Hedges (economic)

 

Level 2

 

100,185

 

144,050

 

100,185

 

144,050

Total financial assets

 

 

 

 

 

16,767,629

 

14,403,368

 

16,767,629

 

14,403,368

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade accounts payable (Note 14)

 

Amortized cost

 

 

 

7,107,223

 

7,611,246

 

7,107,223

 

7,611,246

Loans, financing and finance lease (Note 19)

 

Amortized cost

 

 

 

1,159,632

 

1,256,147

 

1,269,707

 

1,363,539

Loans, financing and finance lease (Note 19)

 

Measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

Level 2

 

893,434

 

1,286,828

 

874,257

 

1,307,310

Debentures (Note 19)

 

Amortized cost

 

 

 

3,486,056

 

2,120,197

 

3,398,684

 

2,242,291

Debentures (Note 19)

 

Measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

Level 2

 

1,052

 

307

 

1,482

 

1,412

Derivative transactions (Note 30)

 

Measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

Level 2

 

2,678

 

4,111

 

2,678

 

4,111

Derivative transactions (Note 30)

 

Hedges (economic)

 

Level 2

 

104,348

 

179,101

 

104,348

 

179,101

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade accounts payable (Note 14)

 

Amortized cost

 

 

 

-

 

71,907

 

-

 

71,907

Loans, financing and finance lease (Note 19)

 

Amortized cost

 

 

 

1,603,874

 

1,837,077

 

1,500,130

 

1,668,524

Loans, financing and finance lease (Note 19)

 

Measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

Level 2

 

711,637

 

874,982

 

679,200

 

822,818

Debentures (Note 19)

 

Amortized cost

 

 

 

2,094,926

 

1,396,813

 

1,993,938

 

1,260,814

Debentures (Note 19)

 

Measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

Level 2

 

38,497

 

36,990

 

36,624

 

34,124

Contingent consideration (Note 19)

 

Measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

Level 2

 

432,908

 

414,733

 

432,908

 

414,733

Derivative transactions (Note 30)

 

Hedges (economic)

 

Level 2

 

2,152

 

1,404

 

2,152

 

1,404

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,638,417

 

17,091,843

 

17,403,331

 

16,983,334

 

c) Capital management

 

The purpose of the Company's capital management is to ensure maintenance of a high credit rating with institutions and an optimal capital ratio in order to support the Company's business and maximize shareholder value.

 

The Company manages its capital structure by making adjustments and adapting to current economic conditions. For this purpose, the Company may pay dividends, raise new loans, issue debentures and contract derivatives. For the quarter ended June 30, 2017, there were no changes in capital structure objectives, policies or processes.

 

In its net debt structure, the Company includes balances referring to loans, financing, debentures, finance leasing, contingent consideration and transactions with derivatives, less cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments to secure BNB financing.

 

 


 

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Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

The Company's ratio of consolidated debt to shareholders' equity consists of the following:

 

 

Consolidated

 

06.30.17

 

12.31.16

Cash and cash equivalents

7,447,061

 

5,105,110

Loans, financing, debentures, financial lease and contingent consideration

(10,422,016)

 

(9,224,074)

Derivative transactions, net

77,198

 

28,377

Short-term investment pledged as collateral

11,376

 

10,773

Net debt

2,886,381

 

4,079,814

Net equity

68,657,360

 

69,244,419

Net debt-to-equity ratio

4.20%

 

5.89%

 

d) Risk management policy

 

The Company and its subsidiaries are exposed to several market risks as a result of its commercial operations, debts contracted to finance its activities and debt-related financial instruments.

 

d.1) Currency Risk

 

This is risk arising from the possibility that the Company may incur losses due to fluctuating exchange rates, which increase the costs arising from loans denominated in foreign currencies.

 

At June 30, 2017, 8.7% of financial debt was foreign-currency denominated (14.0% at December 31, 2016). The Company enters into derivative transactions (currency hedge) with financial institutions to hedge against exchange rate variation affecting its total indebtedness in foreign currency (R$909,729 and R$1,287,864 at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively). Its total debt on these dates was covered by asset positions in currency-exchange hedge transactions with CDI-rate swaps.

 

There is also foreign exchange risk for non-financial assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, which may generate a smaller amount receivable or larger amount payable depending on the exchange rate in the period.

 

Hedging transactions were contracted to minimize the risks associated with exchange-rate variation of non-financial assets and liabilities in foreign currencies. This balance is subject to daily changes due to the dynamics of the business. However, the Company intends to cover the net balance of these rights and obligations (US$16,955 thousand receivable and €18,882 thousand payable at June 30, 2017 and US$17,293 thousand and €5,695 thousand payable at December 31, 2016) to mitigate its foreign exchange risks.

 

d.2) Interest and Inflation Risk

 

This risk arises because the Company may incur losses in the event of an unfavorable change in the domestic interest rate, which may adversely affect financial expenses resulting from the portion of debentures referenced to the CDI and liability positions in derivatives (currency hedge, IPCA and TJLP) pegged to floating interest rates (CDI).

 

The debt with BNDES is indexed to the Long-Term Interest Rate (TJLP) which is set on a quarterly basis by the National Monetary Council. During the year 2016 and for the quarter ended March 30, 2017, the TJLP was 7.5%. In the second quarter of 2017, the TJLP was 7.0%.

 

Inflation risk arises from the Minas Comunica debentures of the 1st issue, which are tied to the IPCA and thus may adversely affect financial expenses in the event of an unfavorable change in this index.

 

To reduce exposure to the variable interest rate (CDI), the Company and its subsidiaries invested their cash equivalents of R$7,375,219 at June 30, 2017 (R$4,906,741 at December 31, 2016), mostly in short-term CDI-based financial investments (Bank Deposit Certificates). The carrying amounts of these instruments approximate their fair values, since they may be redeemed in the short term.

 

 

 

 


 

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Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

 

d.3) Liquidity Risk

 

Liquidity risk is the possibility of the Company or its subsidiaries not holding sufficient funds to meet their commitments due to different currencies and dates of realization of rights and settlement of obligations.

 

The Company and its subsidiaries structure the maturity dates of non-derivative financial contracts, as shown in Note 19, and their respective derivatives, as shown in the schedule of payments disclosed in this note, to avoid affecting their liquidity.

 

The Company's cash flow and liquidity and those of its subsidiaries are managed on a daily basis by the departments in charge of ensuring that operating cash flows and prior funding, when necessary, will be sufficient to meet their schedule of commitments in order to avoid liquidity risk.

 

Below, we summarize the maturity profile of our consolidated financial liabilities as set forth in the related agreements:

 

At 06.30.17

 

Less than one year

 

From 1 to 2 years

 

From 2 to 5 years

 

Over 5 years

 

Total

Trade accounts payable (Note 14)

 

7,107,223

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

7,107,223

Loans, financing and finance lease (Note 19)

 

2,053,066

 

1,024,355

 

989,782

 

301,374

 

4,368,577

Contingent consideration (Note 19)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

432,908

 

432,908

Debentures (Note 19)

 

3,487,108

 

57,514

 

2,075,909

 

-

 

5,620,531

Derivative transactions (Note 30)

 

107,026

 

694

 

2

 

1,456

 

109,178

Total

 

12,754,423

 

1,082,563

 

3,065,693

 

735,738

 

17,638,417

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 12.31.16

 

Less than one year

 

From 1 to 2 years

 

From 2 to 5 years

 

Over 5 years

 

Total

Trade accounts payable (Note 14)

 

7,611,246

 

-

 

-

 

71,907

 

7,683,153

Loans, financing and finance lease (Note 19)

 

2,542,975

 

1,129,939

 

1,326,269

 

255,851

 

5,255,034

Contingent consideration (Note 19)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

414,733

 

414,733

Debentures (Note 19)

 

2,120,504

 

1,355,683

 

78,120

 

-

 

3,554,307

Derivative transactions (Note 30)

 

183,212

 

1,185

 

97

 

122

 

184,616

Total

 

12,457,937

 

2,486,807

 

1,404,486

 

742,613

 

17,091,843

 

d.4) Credit Risk

 

The risk arises from the possibility of the Company and its subsidiaries incurring losses due to difficulty in receiving amounts billed to their customers and sales of prepaid handsets and cards that have been pre-activated for the distribution network.

 

The credit risk on accounts receivable is diversified and mitigated by strict control of the customer base. The Company constantly monitors the level of accounts receivable from postpaid services, and limits bad-debt risk by cutting off access to telephone lines if bills are past due. The mobile customer base predominantly uses the prepaid system, which requires purchase of credits beforehand and therefore does not pose credit risk. Exceptions are made for telecommunications services that must be maintained for security or national defense reasons.

 

Credit risk on sales of pre-activated prepaid handsets and cards is managed by a conservative policy for granting credit, using modern credit scoring methods, analyzing financial statements and consultations to commercial databases, in addition to requesting guarantees.

 

The Company and its subsidiaries are also subject to credit risk arising from their investments, letters of guarantee received as collateral for certain transactions and receivables from derivative transactions. The Company and its subsidiaries control the credit limits granted to each counterparty and diversify this exposure across first tier financial institutions in accordance with the current credit policies of financial counterparties.

 


 

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Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

d.5) Social and Environmental Risks

 

Our operations and properties are subject to various environmental laws and regulations that, among others, govern environmental licenses and records, protection of fauna and flora, air emissions, waste management and remediation of contaminated sites. If we fail to meet present and future requirements, or to identify and manage new or existing contamination, we will incur significant costs, which include clean-up costs, damages, compensation, fines, activities suspension and other penalties, investments to improve our facilities or change our processes, or interruption of operations. The identification of environmental conditions not currently known, more stringent inspections by regulatory agencies, the entry into force of more stringent laws and regulations or other unanticipated events may occur and, ultimately, result in significant environmental liabilities and their costs. The occurrence of any of the above factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial position. According to Article 75 of Law No. 9,605 of 1998, the maximum fine per breach of environmental law is R$50,000,000 (fifty million reais).

 

From the social point of view, we are exposed to contingent liabilities due to the fact that our structure provides for the hiring of outsourced service providers. These potential liabilities may involve labor claims by service providers which are treated as direct employees and claim joint liability resulting from overtime and occupational accidents. If we obtain unfavorable decisions with respect to a significant portion of these contingencies and if we have not recognized a provision for these risks, our financial position and results of operations may be adversely affected. In addition, if the labor authorities consider that outsourcing services involves core activities of the Company, this may be considered an employment relationship, which would significantly increase our costs and therefore subject the Company administrative and judicial proceedings and payment of fines to third parties.

 

d.6) Insurance Coverage

 

The policy of the Company and its subsidiaries, as well as the Telefónica Group, includes contracting insurance coverage for all assets and liabilities involving significant and high-risk amounts, based on management's judgment and following Telefónica corporate program guidelines.

 

At June 30, 2017, maximum limits of claims (established pursuant to the agreements of each entity consolidated by the Company) for significant assets, liabilities or interests covered by insurance and their respective amounts were R$1,033,944 for operational risks (with loss of profit) and R$75,000 for general civil liability.

 

d.7) Other Risks

 

The Company is required to comply with Brazilian anti-corruption laws and regulations, as well as laws and regulations on the same subject in jurisdictions where it has its securities traded. In particular, the Company is subject, in Brazil, to the Law no. 12846 and, in the United States, to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977.

 

Although the Company has internal policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with the aforementioned anti-corruption laws and regulations, there can be no assurance that such policies and procedures will be sufficient or that the Company's employees, directors, officers, partners, agents and service providers will not take actions in violation of the Company's policies and procedures (or otherwise in violation of the relevant anti-corruption laws and regulations) for which the Company or they may be ultimately held responsible. Violations of anti-corruption laws and regulations could lead to financial penalties, damage to the Company's reputation or other legal consequences that could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

In connection with the above-mentioned policies, the Company is currently conducting an internal investigation - which is part of a broader investigation being conducted by the controlling shareholder of the Company (Telefónica, S.A.) - regarding possible violations of the abovementioned laws and regulations.  The Company is in contact with governmental authorities about this matter and intends to cooperate with those authorities as the investigation continues.  It is not possible at this time to predict the scope or duration of this matter or its likely outcome.

 


 

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Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

31)  COMMITMENTS AND GUARANTEES (RENTALS)

 

The Company and its subsidiaries lease equipment, facilities, and several stores, administrative buildings, and sites (containing radio-base stations and towers), through various non-cancellable operating agreements maturing on different dates, with monthly payments.

 

At June 30, 2017, the total amounts corresponding to the full period of the contracts were as follows:  

 

 

 

Company

 

Consolidated

Up to 1 year

 

2,172,009

 

2,172,583

From 1 to 5 years

 

7,457,224

 

7,459,936

Over five years

 

5,882,429

 

5,882,816

Total

 

15,511,662

 

15,515,335

 

32) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CASH FLOWS

 

The main financing transactions that do not involve cash of the Company refer to the acquisition of assets through finance leases. At June 30, 2017 and 2016, these transactions totaled R$5,190 and R$2,675, respectively.

 

33) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

Acquisition of Terra Networks by Wholly-Owned Subsidiary

 

On July 3, 2017, the Company informed that its wholly-owned subsidiary Telefônica Data S.A. ("TData") has acquired all the shares representing the capital stock of Terra Networks Brasil S.A. ("Terra Networks"), owned by SP Telecomunicações Participações S.A. ("SPTE"), one of the controlling shareholders of the Company ("Transaction").

 

Terra Networks is a provider of digital services (own and third-party value-added services ("VAS") and carrier billing, as well as mobile channels for sales and relationships) and advertising.

 

TData is a company dedicated to the exploration of VAS, as well as integrated business solutions in telecommunications, technical assistance of telecommunications equipment and networks, maintenance of equipment and networks and development of projects.

 

The purpose of the Transaction is to expand and integrate the commercial offer of digital services that can add immediate value to the customer base of TData and of the Company; as well as generating TData service offers to Terra Networks' customer base and subscribers and, thanks to the national presence of Terra Networks' operation and expertise, generate leverage for TData advertising business. In addition, since the Company has the skills to create new digital media products for mobile and advertising and Terra Networks has know-how in selling, attending and operating digital services for specific customers, the acquisition by TData will also facilitate the exchange of know-how between the companies involved, in addition to maximize the unification of the commercial conditions maintained with suppliers of both TData and Terra Networks, as well as with common suppliers.

 

The total price paid by TData as consideration for the acquisition of shares issued by Terra Networks was  R$ 250,000, in a single installment, with no need for any financing, using only the cash available of TData. Such value was calculated based on the economic value of the company, according to the discounted cash flow criterion, based on an appraisal report contracted by TData Board of Directors.

 

The Transaction is subject to conditions usually applicable to this type of deal, and was preceded by a legal and financial audit in relation to Terra Networks and valuation by an independent company. In addition, the respective sale and purchase agreement contains terms and provisions common to this type of transaction.

 

The Transaction is not subject to obtaining any regulatory authorizations or approvals by the Company's regulators and the way it was structured does not change the Company's shareholding structure or cause any dilution to its shareholders, generating value to them through accelerated growth of digital services and increased operational efficiency. There are no significant costs related to the Transaction.

 

 


 

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Telefônica Brasil S. A.

NOTES TO THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017

(In thousands of Reais, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

Company Share Repurchase Program

 

As reported in Note 21, in a meeting held on June 30, 2017, the Company's Board of Directors, in accordance with article 17, item XV, of the Articles of Incorporation, approved the repurchase of common and preferred shares issued by the Company, under CVM Ruling No. 567, of September 17, 2015, for acquisition of common and preferred shares issued by the Company for subsequent cancellation, disposal or to be held in treasury, without decreasing capital, to increase shareholder value through the efficient application of available cash resources and optimize the Company's capital allocation.

 

On July 5, 2017, the Company acquired 661 preferred shares issued by the Company at an average unit price of R$45.26, totaling R$30. With this acquisition, the Company's total treasury shares total 2,291,164, of which 2,290,164 are common shares and 1,000 are preferred shares.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

TELEFÔNICA BRASIL S.A.

Date:

July 31, 2017

 

By:

/s/ Luis Carlos da Costa Plaster

 

 

 

 

Name:

Luis Carlos da Costa Plaster

 

 

 

 

Title:

Investor Relations Director