Director Shareholding

Vodafone Group Plc
10 August 2004


Vodafone Group Plc ('the Company')

In accordance with Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985, I have to inform you
that:
     
1.   the Company was advised on 9 August 2004 by Computershare Investor Services
     Plc that on 6 August 2004, Mr P R Bamford, a director of the Company, 
     acquired 2,326 ordinary shares of US$0.10 each and that Lord Broers, a 
     non-executive director of the Company, acquired 175 ordinary shares of      
     US$0.10 each through their participation in the Company's Dividend 
     Reinvestment Plan, for which each share was valued at 117.7336p;

2.   the Company was advised on 9 August 2004 by Mourant ECS Trustees Limited
     that on 6 August 2004 the following directors acquired an interest in the
     following number of ordinary shares of US$0.10 each in the Company at the 
     price of 118p per share through reinvestment of dividend income pursuant to 
     the rules of the Vodafone Group Profit Sharing Scheme:

                               No. of shares

     Mr P R Bamford                      251
     Mr K J Hydon                      2,126

3.   the Company was advised on 9 August 2004 by Mourant ECS Trustees Limited
that on 6 August 2004 the following directors acquired an interest in the
following number of ordinary shares of US$0.10 each in the Company at the price
of 118p per share through reinvestment of dividend income pursuant to the rules
of the Vodafone Group Share Incentive Plan:

                               No. of shares

     Mr P R Bamford                       47
     Sir Julian Horn-Smith                50
     Mr K J Hydon                         50

4.   the Company has been advised that, on 9 August 2004, Professor Juergen
     Schrempp, a non-executive director of the Company, acquired 10,000 ordinary
     shares of US$0.10 each in the capital of the Company, at a price of 
     117.597p per share.


Philip Howie
Deputy Company Secretary


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