Re Directorate

Vodafone Group PLC
12 January 2001

Vodafone Group Plc (the 'Company')



MANNESMANN COMPLETES TERMINATION ARRANGEMENTS FOR DR KLAUS ESSER

The Company hereby announces that Dr Klaus Esser, former chairman of
Mannesmann AG and a Non Executive Director of Vodafone Group Plc from 5 June
2000 to 30 September 2000, has now relinquished all of his remaining
activities within Mannesmann with effect from 31 December 2000.

Payments totalling DM29.4m(£9.1m) as agreed by the Mannesmann Supervisory
Board prior to the acquisition by Vodafone have now been made to Dr Esser. The
payments are a termination payment of DM25.5m (£7.9m) made on 23 June 2000 and
a lifetime benefits final settlement payment of Euro 2m (£1.2m) on 11 January
2001 to Dr Esser who is aged 53.

S R Scott

Company Secretary