Director/PDMR Shareholding
Vodafone Group Plc
01 July 2005
Vodafone Group Plc ('the Company')
In accordance with Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 and Disclosure Rule
3.1.4R (i) of the Disclosure Rules sourcebook, I have to inform you of the
following changes in share interests of directors of the Company:
Number of ordinary shares of US$0.10
in the capital of Vodafone Group Plc
A B C D E F
Vesting of Vesting of No. of shares No. of shares Short term AllShares
long term short term sold transferred incentive new awards
incentive incentive awards
award award shares (4) (5) (7)
shares (6)
(2)
(1) (3)
Arun Sarin* - - - - 1,260,747 320
Peter Richard Bamford* 485,281 1,056,466 1,255,432 286,315 - 320
Thomas Geitner* 371,510 329,205 289,894 410,821 428,179 320
Sir Julian Horn-Smith* 633,837 1,324,070 802,743 1,155,164 - 320
Kenneth John Hydon* 485,281 1,081,324 642,309 924,296 - -
James Brian Clark 218,583 - 54,646 163,937 - 320
Paul Michael Donovan 142,171 319,932 189,464 272,639 - 320
Pietro Guindani - - - - - 320
Alan Paul Harper 244,290 653,208 367,975 529,523 514,603 320
Simon David Lewis - - - - - 320
Jurgen von Kuczkowski 213,565 - 101,807 111,758 - -
Timothy Marshall Miles - - - - - 320
William Thomas Morrow - - - - - 320
Stephen Roy Scott 183,401 490,396 276,258 397,539 - 320
Shiro Tsuda - - - - - 320
Philip Roy Williams 183,401 490,396 276,258 397,539 - -
* Denotes Main Board Director
1 The Trustees of the Vodafone Group Employee Trust have
resolved to release these shares to directors following assessment of the
performance, time and employment conditions to which the awards were subject.
Based on the performance achieved, 45.4% of the shares comprised in the original
award have vested and the remainder of the award has lapsed. The awards were
granted on 1 August 2002 in accordance with the Vodafone Group Plc 1999 Long
Term Stock Incentive Plan, with the exception of award to Paul Donovan, whose
award was granted on 1 July 2002 in accordance with the Vodafone Group Long Term
Incentive Plan.
2 The Trustees of the Vodafone Group Employee Trust have
resolved to release these shares to directors following assessment of the
performance, time and employment conditions to which the awards were subject.
Based on the performance achieved, 100% of the shares comprised in the original
award have vested. The awards were granted on 1 July 2003 in accordance with the
Vodafone Group Short Term Incentive Plan.
3 The figures in columns A and B are the number of shares
comprised in the vested percentage of the original award plus the number of
shares that represent the value of dividends declared and paid or payable in
respect of such shares since the date of award.
4 The figures in column C are the number of shares out of
those listed in columns A and B that the Company has been advised by Mourant &
Co were sold by the Trustees of the Vodafone Group Employee Trust on 1 July
2005. These share sales were made at 136.6332 pence per share on behalf of the
directors to satisfy the tax liabilities arising on the release of the shares to
directors. In addition, 623,314 shares were sold on behalf of Peter Bamford at
a price of 136.6332 pence per share.
5 The figures in column D are the net number of shares that
the Company has been advised by Mourant & Co were on 1 July 2005 transferred
from the Trustees to the directors in satisfaction of the vesting of the long
term and short term awards of shares disclosed in columns A and B.
6 The Company was advised by Mourant & Co on 1 July 2005
that, further to conditional awards made by the Trustees of the Vodafone Group
Employee Trust in accordance with the Vodafone Group Short Term Incentive Plan,
the number of shares in column E were on 1 July 2005 awarded at a price per
share of 136.6332 pence. The cash equivalent values of two thirds of these
awards were outlined in the Annual Report and Accounts and Form 20-F for the
year ended 31 March 2005. The shares will normally be transferred to
participants on or shortly after the second anniversary of the date of grant of
the award, subject to the continued employment of the participants. The vesting
of one third of the shares in each award is additionally conditional on the
achievement of a performance target approved by the Remuneration Committee. The
condition is dependent on growth in adjusted earnings per share over the two
year performance period. Seventy-five percent of the award subject to the
performance condition will be released for the achievement of EPS growth of
eleven percent over the two year period, rising on a straight line basis to one
hundred percent vesting for growth of sixteen percent over the two-year period.
7 An award of 320 shares was today granted on an all employee
basis by the Trustees of the Vodafone Global Employee Share Trust. The awards
have been made in accordance with the Vodafone Group Plc 1999 Long Term Stock
Incentive Plan. The shares were awarded at a price of 136 pence per share. The
vesting of these awards is conditional on continued employment with the Vodafone
Group until 1 July 2007.
As a result of the above, the interests in shares (excluding share options and
unvested incentive shares) of the following Directors have increased to the
following:
Mr A Sarin 4,844,000
Mr P R Bamford 533,591
Mr T Geitner 828,521
Sir Julian Horn-Smith 2,973,961
Mr K J Hydon 3,371,349
The Company was notified of these changes on 1 July 2005.
S R Scott
Company Secretary
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