Transaction in Own Shares

Vodafone Group Plc
12 January 2004





                               VODAFONE GROUP PLC

                           PURCHASE OF OWN SECURITIES



Vodafone Group Plc ('Vodafone') announces today that it has purchased the
following number of its ordinary shares of U.S.$0.10 each on the London Stock
Exchange via Deutsche Bank AG London.


Ordinary Shares


Date of purchase:                        9 January 2004


Number of ordinary shares purchased:     11,000,000


Highest purchase price paid per share:   148.50p


Lowest purchase price paid per share:    147.00p


Volume weighted average price per share: 147.9091p



Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.



Following the purchase of these shares, Vodafone holds 235,750,000 of its
ordinary shares in treasury and has 68,003,480,900 ordinary shares in issue
(excluding treasury shares).





This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any
solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.


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