Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8421F

Vodafone Group Plc

30 May 2013

 



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.

Ordinary Shares

Date of cancellation:	29 May 2013
Number of ordinary shares cancelled:	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 from Barclays Capital Securities Limited.

 Ordinary Shares

Date of purchase:	29 May 2013
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	17,000,000
Price per share:	193.9571p

Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Since 10 December 2012, Vodafone has purchased 491,400,720 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of £878,844,266.

Following the cancellation and purchase referred to above, Vodafone holds 4,615,663,197of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 48,705,008,072 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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