Exchange Note Offer Period

Vodafone Group PLC
11 December 2000

                              
         VODAFONE EXTENDS EXCHANGE NOTE OFFER PERIOD
                              
                              
Vodafone  Group  Plc  ('Vodafone')  announces  that  it  has
extended the expiration of its exchange offer to holders  of
its existing:

*   $1,750,000,00  in principal amount of 7.625%  notes  due
    2005;
*   $2,750,000,000 in principal amount of 7.750%  notes  due
    2010;
*   $750,000,000 in principal amount of 7.875% notes due 2030.

for  substantially similar notes registered under  the  U.S.
Securities  Act  of 1933. The offer has been extended  until
5:00  p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 14 December  2000.
As  of  8 December 2000, the previously scheduled expiration
date,  Vodafone  had  received  tenders  of  notes  in   the
principal amount of:

*  $1,728,393,000 with respect to the 7.625% notes due 2005;
*  $2,705,159,000 with respect to the 7.750% notes due 2010;
*  $741,100,000 with respect to the 7.875% notes due 2030.

Vodafone will not extend the exchange offer beyond 5:00 p.m.
EST  time  on  14 December 2000. In addition,  in  order  to
permit  the  exchange offer to be completed by  18  December
2000,  no tenders using guaranteed delivery procedures  will
be   accepted  following  the  expiration  of  the  original
exchange offer period on 8 December 2000.


For Further Information:
Tim Brown, Corporate Affairs Director
Melissa Stimpson, Senior Investor Relations Manager
Jon Earl, Investor Relations Manager
Vodafone Group Plc
Telephone:  [phone]