Re Sale of Interest in Atecs

Vodafone Group PLC
4 March 2002

4 March 2002



VODAFONE RECEIVES EUR 3.657bn FOR SALE OF INTEREST IN ATECS

Vodafone Group Plc ('Vodafone') announces today that its subsidiary Vodafone AG
has received EUR 3.657 billion (approximately £2.2 billion) from Siemens AG on
closure of the sale of its 50% less two shares interest in the Atecs Mannesmann
engineering and automotive businesses.



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