Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8692X

Vodafone Group Plc

14 December 2010

 



VODAFONE GROUP PLC

TRANSACTIONS IN OWN SECURITIES

CANCELLATION OF TREASURY SHARES

Vodafone Group Plc ("Vodafone") announces today that it has cancelled the following number of its ordinary shares of U.S.$0.113/7.

Date of cancellation:	13 December 2010
Number of ordinary shares cancelled:	500 million

PURCHASE OF SHARES

Vodafone has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of U.S.$0.113/7.each on the London Stock Exchange via Deutsche Bank AG.

Date of purchase:	13 December 2010
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	7,750,000
Highest purchase price paid per share:	169p
Lowest purchase price paid per share:	165.4p
Volume weighted average price per share:	167.78p

Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Since 16 September 2010, Vodafone has purchased 619,600,000 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of £1,031,371,632.

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

Date of transfer:                               13 December 2010
Number of ordinary shares transferred:             291,426
Highest transfer price per share:                        164.65p
Lowest transfer price per share:                          92.99p

Following the cancellation, purchases and transfers referred to above, Vodafone holds 5,153,008,037 of  its ordinary shares in treasury and has 52,157,416,572 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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