Completion of Acquisition

Vodafone Group Plc
31 May 2005


31 May 2005


VODAFONE COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF CONTROL OF MOBIFON IN ROMANIA AND OSKAR IN THE
                                 CZECH REPUBLIC

Vodafone Group Plc today announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary Vodafone
International Holdings B.V. has completed the acquisition of approximately:

• 79% of the share capital of MobiFon S.A. in Romania to increase Vodafone
  and its subsidiaries' ownership in MobiFon S.A. to approximately 99%; and,

• 100% of the share capital of Oskar Mobil a.s. in the Czech Republic


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