Transaction in Own Shares

Vodafone Group Plc
22 December 2003

                               VODAFONE GROUP PLC

                           PURCHASE OF OWN SECURITIES



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:                        19 December 2003


Number of ordinary shares purchased:     21,250,000


Highest purchase price paid per share:   137p


Lowest purchase price paid per share:    136p


Volume weighted average price per share: 136.7324p



Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.



Following the purchase of these shares, Vodafone holds 171,000,000 of its
ordinary shares in treasury and has 68,059,256,869 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.





Stephen Scott
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary


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