Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9343H

Vodafone Group Plc

20 November 2018

 

Vodafone Group Plc

(the "Company")

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

Acquisition of shares

The below individuals acquired shares under the Vodafone Global Incentive Plan. The awards are in connection with the conditional share awards granted on 18 November 2016 by the Company. The vesting of the award was conditional on continued employment with the Vodafone Group. For further details of the Plan, please see the Company's 2018 Annual Report, available at www.vodafone.com/investor.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Margherita Della Valle
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Vodafone Group Chief Financial Officer
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Vodafone Group Plc
b)	LEI	549300MSQV80HSATBG53
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument and identification code	Ordinary shares of US$0.20 20/21 each in Vodafone Group Plc (ISIN: GB00BH4HKS39)
b)	Nature of the transaction	Vesting of retention shares under the Global Incentive Plan. Sale of shares to satisfy tax withholding obligations.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) GBP 1.5589 219,580 GBP 1.5589 103,468
d)	Aggregated information:  volume, Price	Aggregated volume of shares acquired: 219,580 Ordinary shares Aggregated price of shares acquired: GBP 342,303.26 Aggregated volume of shares sold: 103,468 Ordinary shares Aggregated price of shares sold: GBP 161,296.27
e)	Date of the transaction	2018-11-19
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Nicholas Jeffery
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Vodafone UK Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Vodafone Group Plc
b)	LEI	549300MSQV80HSATBG53
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument and identification code	Ordinary shares of US$0.20 20/21 each in Vodafone Group Plc (ISIN: GB00BH4HKS39)
b)	Nature of the transaction	Vesting of retention shares under the Global Incentive Plan. Sale of shares to satisfy tax withholding obligations.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) GBP 1.5589 164,685 GBP 1.5589 77,601
d)	Aggregated information:  volume, Price	Aggregated volume of shares acquired: 164,685 Ordinary shares Aggregated price of shares acquired: GBP 256,727.45 Aggregated volume of shares sold: 77,601 Ordinary shares Aggregated price of shares sold: GBP 120,972.20
e)	Date of the transaction	2018-11-19
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

Conditional award of shares

Conditional awards of shares were granted to the below participant on 16 November 2018 by the Company. The awards have been granted in accordance with the Vodafone Global Incentive Plan. The vesting of these awards is conditional on continued employment with the Vodafone Group and will vest on 16 November 2020 and 16 November 2021 respectively. The awards also attract dividend equivalent awards.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Johan Wibergh
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Group Chief Technology Officer
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Vodafone Group Plc
b)	LEI	549300MSQV80HSATBG53
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument and identification code	Ordinary shares of US$0.20 20/21 each in Vodafone Group Plc (ISIN: GB00BH4HKS39)
b)	Nature of the transaction	Conditional award of shares (under the Global Incentive Plan) vesting on 16 November 2020 and 16 November 2021 respectively.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) GBP 1.5540 193,050 GBP 1.5540 193.050
d)	Aggregated information:  volume, Price	Aggregated volumes: 386,100 Ordinary shares Aggregated prices: GBP 599,999.40
e)	Date of the transaction	2018-11-16
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of trading venue

 

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