Transaction in Own Shares

Vodafone Group Plc
24 January 2006

                               VODAFONE GROUP PLC

                         TRANSACTIONS IN OWN SECURITIES



CANCELLATION OF SHARES

Vodafone Group Plc ('Vodafone') announces today that as its holding of Vodafone
shares approaches 10% of the nominal value of the issued share capital
prescribed by the Companies Act 1985 as the maximum number of shares that a
company may hold in treasury it has cancelled the following number of its
ordinary shares of U.S.$0.10.


Ordinary Shares
Date of cancellation:                                           23 January 2006
Number of ordinary shares cancelled:                            750 million



This is in addition to the 750 million shares that were cancelled on 1 December
2005, bringing the total number of treasury shares cancelled to 1,500 million.







PURCHASE OF SHARES

Vodafone 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:                                               23 January 2006
Number of ordinary shares purchased:                            50 million
Highest purchase price paid per share:                          121.5p
Lowest purchase price paid per share:                           116.75p
Volume weighted average price per share:                        119.905p



Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Since 1 April 2005, Vodafone has purchased 3,952,500,000 shares at a cost
(including dealing and associated costs) of £5,416,044,078.



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:                                             23 January 2006
Number of ordinary shares transferred:                        51,272
Highest transfer price per share:                             123.25p
Lowest transfer price per share:                              121.25p



Following the cancellation, purchases and transfers referred to above, Vodafone
holds 5,983,575,450 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 61,004,240,025
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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