STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT
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 ("PDMRs") of the Company:
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Number of ordinary shares of US$0.113/7 |
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in the capital of Vodafone Group Plc |
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A |
B |
C |
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Vesting of long term incentive award (1) |
No. of shares sold (2) |
No. of shares transferred (3) |
Vittorio Colao* |
389,352 |
198,603 |
190,749 |
Andy Halford* |
297,576 |
151,797 |
145,779 |
Stephen Pusey* |
122,831 |
62,677 |
60,154 |
Warren Finegold |
149,193 |
76,122 |
73,071 |
Terry Kramer |
109,505 |
40,090 |
69,415 |
Nick Read |
120,224 |
61,348 |
58,876 |
(1) These share awards which were granted on 24 July 2007 have vested following assessment of the performance and employment conditions to which the awards were subject. The awards were granted in accordance with the rules of the Vodafone Global Incentive Plan. Based on the performance achieved, 25% of the shares comprised in the awards have vested.
(2) The figures in column B are the number of shares of those listed in column A that the Company has been advised by UBS Corporate Employee Financial Services International (UBS CEFS) were sold on behalf of the PDMRs on 26 July 2010. These share sales were made at 151.47 pence per share, inter alia, to satisfy the tax liabilities arising on the vesting of the awards.
(3) The figures in column C are the number of shares that the Company has been advised by UBS CEFS were on 26 July 2010 transferred to the PDMRs in satisfaction of the vesting of the awards disclosed in column A.
* 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 |
2,307,663 |
Andrew Halford |
2,333,316 |
Stephen Pusey |
544,733 |
The Company was notified of these changes on 27 July 2010.