Transaction in Own Shares

Vodafone Group Plc
18 January 2006

STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

For release at 7.00 am on 18 January 2006

RNS No:



                               VODAFONE GROUP PLC

                         TRANSACTIONS IN 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 Lehman Brothers International (Europe).  Such purchase was effected
pursuant to irrevocable instruction given prior to, and as announced by Vodafone
on, 10 January 2006.


Ordinary Shares
Date of purchase:                                                17 January 2006
Number of ordinary shares purchased:                             50 million
Highest purchase price paid per share:                           126p
Lowest purchase price paid per share:                            124p
Volume weighted average price per share:                         124.8113p



Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Since 1 April 2005, Vodafone has purchased 3,752,500,000 shares at a cost
(including dealing and associated costs) of £5,171,941,504.



TRANSFER OF TREASURY SHARES

Vodafone also announces today that it has transferred to participants in its
employee share schemes the following number of its ordinary shares of U.S.$0.10
each, which were previously held as treasury shares.
Ordinary Shares
Date of transfer:                                             17 January 2006
Number of ordinary shares transferred:                        148,619
Highest transfer price per share:                             128.75p
Lowest transfer price per share:                              127.5p



Following both the above transactions, Vodafone holds 6,533,900,043 of its
ordinary shares in treasury and has 61,203,870,987 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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