Transaction in Own Shares

Vodafone Group Plc
11 April 2005

                               VODAFONE GROUP PLC

                             PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES





Vodafone Group Plc ('Vodafone') announces today that it has purchased the
following number of its ordinary shares of U.S.$0.10 each on the London Stock
Exchange via Deutsche Bank AG London. Such purchase was effected by irrevocable
instruction given prior to 1 April 2005 as announced by Vodafone on 29 March
2005.


Ordinary Shares

Date of purchase:                                                   8 April 2005

Number of ordinary shares purchased:                                  16,000,000

Highest purchase price paid per share:                                   142.75p

Lowest purchase price paid per share:                                    141.25p

Volume weighted average price per share:                               141.9219p


Cumulative consideration (including costs) of ordinary 
shares purchased from and including 1 April 2005:                   £114,253,569




Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Following the purchase of these shares, Vodafone holds 3,865,500,000 of its
ordinary shares in treasury and has 64,517,758,799 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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