Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8508S

Vodafone Group Plc

17 September 2010

 



VODAFONE GROUP PLC

TRANSACTIONS IN OWN SECURITIES

Further to the announcement of Vodafone Group Plc ("Vodafone") on 7 September 2010 regarding the sale of Vodafone's 3.2% interest in China Mobile (the "transaction"), Vodafone announces today that it has commenced a £2.8bn share repurchase programme in order to return approximately 70% of the resulting net proceeds from the transaction to its shareholders.  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 London.

Ordinary Shares
Date of purchase:	16 September 2010
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	8,500,000
Highest purchase price paid per share:	160.3p
Lowest purchase price paid per share:	158.2p
Volume weighted average price per share:	159.13732p

Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

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:	16 September 2010
Number of ordinary shares transferred:	280,118
Highest transfer price per share:	159.95p
Lowest transfer price per share:	159.95p

Following both the above transactions, Vodafone holds 5,064,965,596 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 52,745,154,063 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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