Transaction in Own Shares

Vodafone Group Plc
13 January 2006

                               VODAFONE GROUP PLC
                         TRANSACTIONS IN OWN SECURITIES

Vodafone Group Plc ('Vodafone') announces today that it has purchased the
following number of its ordinary shares of U.S.$0.10 each on the London Stock
Exchange via Goldman Sachs International.  Such purchase was effected pursuant
to irrevocable instruction given prior to, and as announced by Vodafone on, 10
January 2006.

Ordinary Shares

Date of purchase:                                              12 January 2006
Number of ordinary shares purchased:                           50 million
Highest purchase price paid per share:                         129.25p
Lowest purchase price paid per share:                          128p
Volume weighted average price per share:                       128.553p


Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Since 1 April 2005, Vodafone has purchased 3,617,500,000 shares at a cost
(including dealing and associated costs) of £5,001,337,394.

Following the above transaction, Vodafone holds 6,400,012,999 of its ordinary
shares in treasury and has 61,337,299,501 ordinary shares in issue (excluding
treasury shares).

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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