Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3199Y

Vodafone Group Plc

21 December 2010

 



VODAFONE GROUP PLC

TRANSACTIONS IN OWN SECURITIES

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 Deutsche Bank AG.

Ordinary Shares
Date of purchase:	20 December 2010
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	9,400,000
Highest purchase price paid per share:	170.7p
Lowest purchase price paid per share:	169.85p
Volume weighted average price per share:	170.2784p

Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Since 16 September 2010, Vodafone has purchased 661,000,000 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of £1,101,845,380.

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:	20 December 2010
Number of ordinary shares transferred:	144,658
Highest transfer price per share:	167.7p
Lowest transfer price per share:	164.49p

Following both the above transactions, Vodafone holds 5,193,771,429 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 52,116,662,130 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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