Transaction in Own Shares

Vodafone Group Plc
18 December 2003





                               VODAFONE GROUP PLC

                                 SHARE PURCHASE

Further to its announcement on 18 November 2003 in which Vodafone Group Plc 
('Vodafone') announced its allocation of £2.5 billion to a share repurchase
programme, 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 Lehman
Brothers International (Europe).


Ordinary Shares

Date of purchase:                        17 December 2003

Number of ordinary shares purchased:     17,000,000

Highest purchase price paid per share:   135p

Lowest purchase price paid per share:    134p

Volume weighted average price per share: 134.6199p

Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Following the purchase of these shares, Vodafone holds 134,000,000 of its
ordinary shares in treasury and has 68,095,887,964 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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