Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7497J

Vodafone Group Plc

05 July 2011

 



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.$0.11³/₇ each on the London Stock Exchange via J.P. Morgan Cazenove.  Such purchase was effected pursuant to irrevocable instructions issued by Vodafone on 17 June 2011, as announced by Vodafone on 20 June 2011.

Ordinary Shares
Date of purchase:	4 July 2011
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	7,800,000
Highest purchase price paid per share:	165.15p
Lowest purchase price paid per share:	164.3p
Volume weighted average price per share:	164.7653p

Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Since 20 June 2011, Vodafone has purchased 120,007,937 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of £197,302,011.

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.$0.11³/₇ each, which were previously held as treasury shares.

Ordinary Shares
Date of transfer:	4 July 2011
Number of ordinary shares transferred:	80,623,343
Highest transfer price per share:	165.3p
Lowest transfer price per share:	92.99p

Following both the above transactions, Vodafone holds 4,120,125,567 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 51,192,198,732 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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