Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8231V

Vodafone Group Plc

09 November 2010

 



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 30 September 2010, as announced by Vodafone on 1 October 2010.

Ordinary Shares
Date of purchase:	8 November 2010
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	6,500,000
Highest purchase price paid per share:	175p
Lowest purchase price paid per share:	172.55p
Volume weighted average price per share:	173.7297p

Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Since 16 September 2010, Vodafone has purchased 349,900,000 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of £578,563,142.

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:	8 November 2010
Number of ordinary shares transferred:	401,013
Highest transfer price per share:	173.15p
Lowest transfer price per share:	164.49p

Following both the above transactions, Vodafone holds 5,390,470,244 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 52,419,826,365 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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