Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9697T

Vodafone Group Plc

16 June 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 Enhancement award shares (1)	No. of shares sold (2)	No. of shares transferred(3)
Vittorio Colao*	153,671	63,049	90,622
Warren Finegold	218,133	89,479	128,654
Andrew Nigel Halford*	275,820	113,131	162,689
Terry Kramer	103,849	42,623	61,226
Steve Pusey*	93,670	38,449	55,221
Nick Read	100,450	41,229	59,221
Frank Rovekamp	142,984	57,238	85,746

(1)    These share awards which were granted on 15 June 2007 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 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. 

(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 directors/PDMRs on 15 June 2009. These share sales were made at 113.8117 pence per share to satisfy the tax liabilities arising on the vesting of the Enhancement Awards. 

(3)    The figures in column C are the net number of shares that the Company has been advised by UBS CEFS were on 15 June 2009 transferred to the directors in satisfaction of the vesting of the awards disclosed in column A.

* 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:

Mr V Colao    1,136,771

Mr A Halford    1,373,984

Mr S Pusey     309,514

The Company was notified of these changes on 15 June 2009.

Stephen Scott 
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

 

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