Director/PDMR Shareholding
Vodafone Group Plc
25 July 2006
25 July 2006
Vodafone Group Plc ('the Company')
In accordance with Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 and Disclosure Rule
3.1.4R(1) of the Disclosure Rules sourcebook, I have to inform you of the
following changes in share interests of directors and PDMRs of the Company as a
result of conditional awards of performance shares and the conditional grant of
share options. The vesting of the awards and grants is dependant upon the
achievement of performance conditions and continued employment:
Number of ordinary shares of US$0.10
in the capital of Vodafone Group Plc
Award of performance Grant of share
shares (1)(3) options (2)(3)
Arun Sarin* 2,508,380 8,115,350
Thomas Geitner* 1,227,587 3,971,607
Andrew Nigel Halford* 946,558 3,062,396
James Brian Clark 811,191 2,624,442
Paul Michael Donovan 621,179 2,009,697
Warren Finegold 492,999 1,594,998
Alan Paul Harper 603,213 1,951,573
Simon David Lewis 447,911 1,449,125
Timothy Marshall Miles 374,694 1,212,248
Frank Rovekamp 283,968 918,720
Stephen Roy Scott 477,127 1,543,649
* Denotes Director of the Company
(1) Conditional awards of shares were granted on 25 July 2006 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 on the satisfaction of a performance
condition approved by the Remuneration Committee. The performance measure is
comparative total shareholder return (TSR). The TSR of Vodafone Group Plc
over the three year performance period 2006-2009 is compared to that of
other constituent companies of the FTSE Global Telecommunications index and
companies are ranked by reference to their relative TSR performance. If
Vodafone's TSR performance is such as to position it in the top half of the
performance ranking of the constituent companies, all or some of the shares
comprised in the award will vest. The vesting schedule provides that 25% of
the award will vest for median performance, rising to full vesting if the
Company's performance is within the top 20% of companies in the index.
(2) The options were granted on 25 July 2006 by the Company in accordance with
the Vodafone Global Incentive Plan and with the Company's policy on
long-term incentives that has been approved by shareholders. The options
will be exercisable at a price per share of 115.25p which is the London
Stock Exchange closing price per share on 24 July 2006. The options will be
exercisable subject to continued employment with the Vodafone Group and the
satisfaction of a performance condition approved by the Remuneration
Committee. The performance condition is that compound growth in adjusted
earnings per share over the three-year performance period must exceed at
least 5% per annum. If the compound growth is 5% per annum, 25% of the
option will vest rising to full vesting if compound growth is 10% per annum.
In the event that full vesting is not achieved after three years, the
options will lapse. The options are normally exercisable at any time between
3 and 10 years from the date of grant.
(3) These awards are also conditional on the directors and other PDMRs being
compliant with the Company's share ownership guidelines, which provide that
they will acquire and maintain minimum levels of shareholding. The levels
are four times salary for the Chief Executive, three times salary for other
Board directors and two times salary for the other PDMRs, who are members of
the Executive Committee.
S R Scott
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
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