Director Shareholding

Vodafone Group Plc
16 August 2004


Vodafone Group Plc ('the Company')

In accordance with Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985, I have to inform you
that the Company was advised on 13 August 2004 by Mourant ECS Trustees Limited
that on 11 August 2004 the following directors acquired an interest in the
following number of ordinary shares of US$0.10 each in the Company at the price
of 118p per share pursuant to the rules of the Vodafone Group Share Incentive
Plan:

                                                        No. of shares
Mr P R Bamford                                          212
Sir Julian Horn-Smith                                   210
Mr K J Hydon                                            210

Further, the Company was advised on 16 August 2004 by Barclays Private Banking
Limited that on 13 August 2004, Mr K J Hydon, a director of the Company,
acquired 18,129 ordinary shares of US$0.10 each at a price of 118.910936p per
share, through his participation in the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan.

Stephen Scott
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary


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