Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8491I

Vodafone Group Plc

31 July 2012

 



VODAFONE GROUP PLC

TRANSACTIONS IN OWN SECURITIES - Voting Rights and Capital

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 Citigroup Global Markets Limited.  Such purchase was effected pursuant to irrevocable instructions issued by Vodafone on 24 July 2012, as announced by Vodafone on 24 July 2012.

Ordinary Shares
Date of purchase:	30 July 2012
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	7,500,000
Highest purchase price paid per share:	182.75p
Lowest purchase price paid per share:	180.8p
Volume weighted average price per share:	181.672p

Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Since 20 June 2011, Vodafone has purchased 2,296,799,938 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of £3,937,246,683.

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:	30 July 2012
Number of ordinary shares transferred:	7,027
Highest transfer price per share:	181.4p
Lowest transfer price per share:	181.4p

Following both the above transactions, Vodafone holds 4,615,812,439 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 53,819,876,179 ordinary shares in issue (including treasury shares).  Each such ordinary share has one vote per share.  Vodafone has 49,204,063,740 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

The total number of voting rights in Vodafone is 49,204,063,740.  This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Vodafone under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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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