Transaction in Own Shares & Total Voting Rights

RNS Number : 0697I

Vodafone Group Plc

28 June 2013

 



VODAFONE GROUP PLC

TRANSACTION IN OWN SECURITIES - Voting Rights and Capital

Vodafone Group Plc ("Vodafone") announces today that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of U.S.$0.11 ³/₇ each on the London Stock Exchange from Barclays Capital Securities Limited.

Ordinary Shares

Date of purchase:	27 June 2013
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	24,300,114
Price per share:	185.403p

Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Since 10 December 2012, Vodafone has purchased 823,700,834 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of £1,482,412,253.

These purchases are the last purchases to be made under the irrevocable programme between Vodafone, on the one hand, and Barclays Bank PLC and Barclays Capital Securities Limited, on the other hand, announced on 12 February 2013 as that irrevocable programme has been completed in accordance with its terms.

Following the above transaction, as at close of business on 27 June 2013, Vodafone held 4,446,896,598 of its ordinary shares in treasury and had 52,820,927,349 ordinary shares in issue (including treasury shares).  Each such ordinary share has one vote per share.  Vodafone had 48,374,030,751 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

The total number of voting rights in Vodafone is 48,374,030,751.  This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Vodafone under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.

 

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