Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8225T

Vodafone Group Plc

13 December 2011

 



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.$0.11 ³/₇.

Date of cancellation:	12 December 2011
Number of ordinary shares cancelled:	1,500,000,000

PURCHASE OF SHARES

Vodafone has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of U.S.$0.11 ³/₇ each on the London Stock Exchange via UBS Limited.  Such purchase was effected pursuant to irrevocable instructions issued by Vodafone on 17 June 2011, as announced by Vodafone on 20 June 2011.

Date of purchase:	12 December 2011
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	10,000,000
Highest purchase price paid per share:	175.8p
Lowest purchase price paid per share:	173.35p
Volume weighted average price per share:	174.4874p

Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Since 20 June 2011, Vodafone has purchased 1,101,699,938 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of £1,848,357,407.

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.$0.11 ³/₇ each, which were previously held as treasury shares.

Date of transfer:                                                                               12 December 2011

Number of ordinary shares transferred:                                          152,301

Highest transfer price per share:                                                     174.15p

Lowest transfer price per share:                                                      92.99p

Following the cancellation, purchases and transfer referred to above, Vodafone holds 3,574,951,171 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 50,239,819,218 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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