VODAFONE GROUP PLC
SHARE PURCHASES
Further to its announcement on 20 June 2011 regarding the commencement of a £4bn share buyback programme, Vodafone Group Plc ('Vodafone') announces that it has today given irrevocable instructions to Deutsche Bank AG London, Citigroup Global Markets U.K. Equity Limited, UBS Limited and J.P. Morgan Cazenove to purchase Vodafone shares on Vodafone's behalf during the period from 4 January 2012 until the earlier of the completion of the £4bn share buyback programme or 23 July 2012 (the "Period"). The purchase of shares in the Period pursuant to the irrevocable instructions and the £4bn share buyback programme will be executed at all times only in accordance with Vodafone's authority to make market purchases of its shares.
This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.