Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 2162V

Vodafone Group Plc

06 July 2009

 



Vodafone Group Plc ('the Company')

In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4R(1), I have to inform you of the following changes in share interests of directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities ('PDMRs') of the Company:

	Number of ordinary shares of US$0.113/7
	in the capital of Vodafone Group Plc
	A	B	C
	Vesting of long term incentive award (1)	No. of shares sold (2)	No. of shares transferred(3)
Terry Kramer	245,570	103,749	141,821
Matthew Kirk	173,752	173,752	0

(1)    These share awards which were granted on 3 July 2006 have vested following assessment of the performance and employment conditions to which the awards were subject. The awards were granted in accordance with the rules of the Vodafone Global Incentive Plan.  Based on the performance achieved, 100% of the shares comprised in the awards have vested. 

(2)    The figures in column B are the number of shares of those listed in column A that the Company has been advised by UBS Corporate Employee Financial Services International (CEFS) were sold on behalf of PDMRs on 3 July 2009. These share sales were made at 114.44 pence per share, inter alia, to satisfy the tax liabilities arising on the vesting of the awards. 

(3)    The figures in column C are the number of shares that the Company has been advised by UBS CEFS were on 3 July 2009 transferred to the directors in satisfaction of the vesting of the awards disclosed in column A.

The Company was advised by UBS Trustees (Jersey) Limited that on 3 July 2009 Morten Lundal acquired an interest in 122,339 shares of US$0.11 3/7 in the Company at an average price of 114.39 pence per share.

On 2 July 2009, the AllShares award granted on 2 July 2007 vested. The awards were granted under the Vodafone Global Incentive Plan. The following directors and PDMRs received 320 ordinary shares of US$0.11 3/7 on the vesting of these awards: Vittorio Colao*, Andy Halford*, Steve Pusey*, Warren Finegold, Terry Kramer, Nick Read, Frank Rövekamp, Stephen Scott and Matthew Kirk.

* Denotes Director of the Company

As a result of the above, the interests in shares (excluding share options and unvested incentive shares) of the following Directors are as follows:

Vittorio Colao       1,575,567

Andrew Halford     1,698,187

Steve Pusey           402,599

The Company was notified of these changes on 3 and 6 July 2009.

S R Scott
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

 

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