Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8011O

Vodafone Group Plc

05 July 2010

 



Vodafone Group Plc ("the Company")

In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4R (1), the Company gives notice of the following changes in share interests of directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") of the Company:

	Number of ordinary shares of US$0.113/7
	in the capital of Vodafone Group Plc
	A	B	C
	Vesting of long term incentive award (1)	No. of shares sold (2)	No. of shares transferred(3)
Matthew Kirk	132,184	69,474	62,710

(1)        This share award which was granted on 2 July 2007 has vested following assessment of the performance and employment conditions to which the award was subject.  The award was granted in accordance with the rules of the Vodafone Global Incentive Plan.  Based on the performance achieved, 100% of the shares comprised in the award have vested.

(2)        The figure in column B is  the number of shares of those listed in column A that the Company has been advised by UBS Corporate Employee Financial Services International (CEFS) were sold on behalf of the PDMR on 2 July 2010.  This sale was made at 136.52 pence per share, inter alia, to satisfy the tax liability arising on the vesting of the award.

(3)        The figure in column C is the number of shares that the Company has been advised by UBS CEFS were on 2 July 2010 transferred to the PDMR in satisfaction of the vesting of the award  disclosed in column A.

On 1 July 2010, the AllShares award granted on 1 July 2008 vested.  The awards were granted under the Vodafone Global Incentive Plan.  The following directors and PDMRs received and retained 290 ordinary shares of US$0.11 ³/₇ each on the vesting of these awards: Vittorio Colao*, Andy Halford*, Stephen Pusey*, Warren Finegold, Terry Kramer, Nick Read and Matthew Kirk.

* Denotes Director of the Company

As a result of the above, the interests in shares (excluding share options and unvested incentive shares) of the following Directors are as follows:

Vittorio Colao                                         2,116,914

Andrew Halford                                      2,187,181

Stephen Pusey                                         484,579

The Company was notified of these changes on 2 July 2010.

 

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