Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0376X

Vodafone Group Plc

18 June 2008

 



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 Enhancement award shares (1)	No. of shares sold (2)	No. of shares transferred(3)
Arun Sarin*	619,304	253,915	365,389
Andrew Nigel Halford*	240,840	98,745	142,095
Paul Michael Donovan	253,100	103,772	149,328
Frank Rovekamp	51,225	20,491	30,734

• These share awards which were granted on 15 June 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 and the terms of the Vodafone Group Deferred Share Bonus Plan. Based on the performance achieved, 100% of the shares comprised in the Enhancement Awards have vested. 

• 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 directors/PDMRs on 16 June 2008. These share sales were made at 150.901p per share to satisfy the tax liabilities arising on the vesting of the Enhancement Awards. 

• The figures in column C are the net number of shares that the Company has been advised by CEFS were on 16 June 2008 transferred to the directors in satisfaction of the vesting of the awards  disclosed in column A.

In addition, on 17 June 2008 Computershare Trustees Limited advised the Company that on 11 June 2008 the following directors and PDMRs acquired an interest in the following number of shares of US$0.113/7 each in the Company at the price of 151.85p per share pursuant to the rules of the Vodafone Group Share Incentive Plan:

Andrew Nigel Halford*    166
Paul Michael Donovan     166
Terry Dean Kramer         164
Stephen Roy Scott           166

* 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 have increased to the following:

Arun Sarin                  8,142,018

Andrew Nigel Halford    910,598

The Company was notified of these changes on 17 June 2008.

P R S Howie
Deputy Group Company Secretary

 

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