Transaction in Own Shares

Vodafone Group Plc
17 May 2006



                               VODAFONE GROUP PLC

                         TRANSACTION IN OWN SECURITIES



Vodafone Group Plc ('Vodafone') 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:                                             16 May 2006
Number of ordinary shares transferred:                        68,091
Highest transfer price per share:                             127.25 p
Lowest transfer price per share:                              92.99 p





Following the above transfer, Vodafone holds 6,113,124,998 of its ordinary
shares in treasury and has 60,146,901,822 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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