Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2121V

Vodafone Group Plc

29 October 2010

 



VODAFONE GROUP PLC

     TRANSACTIONS IN OWN SECURITIES - Voting Rights and Capital

Vodafone Group Plc ("Vodafone") announces today that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of U.S.$0.11³/₇ each on the London Stock Exchange via J.P. Morgan Cazenove. Such purchase was effected pursuant to irrevocable instructions issued by Vodafone on 30 September 2010, as announced by Vodafone on 1 October 2010.

Ordinary Shares
Date of purchase:	28 October 2010
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	19,000,000
Highest purchase price paid per share:	172.1p
Lowest purchase price paid per share:	167.85p
Volume weighted average price per share:	170.3381p

Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Since 23 July 2008, Vodafone has purchased 302,900,000 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of £497,016,301.

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.$0.11³/₇ each, which were previously held as treasury shares.

Ordinary Shares
Date of transfer:	28 October 2010
Number of ordinary shares transferred:	67,488
Highest transfer price per share:	167.4p
Lowest transfer price per share:	164.49p

Following the above transactions, Vodafone holds 5,349,447,638 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 57,810,246,609 ordinary shares in issue (including treasury shares).  Each such ordinary share has one vote per share.  Vodafone has 52,460,798,971 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

The total number of voting rights in Vodafone is 52,460,798,971.  This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Vodafone under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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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