Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7764I

Vodafone Group Plc

21 June 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:	20 June 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 Deutsche Bank AG London.  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:	20 June 2011
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	16,000,000
Highest purchase price paid per share:	162.8p
Lowest purchase price paid per share:	159.6p
Volume weighted average price per share:	161.3013p

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

Date of transfer:                                                                                                          20 June 2011

Number of ordinary shares transferred:                                                                     300,108

Highest transfer price per share:                                                                                160p

Lowest transfer price per share:                                                                                 92.99p

Following the cancellation, purchases and transfer referred to above, Vodafone holds 4,129,844,667 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 51,181,501,682 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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