Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7023D

Vodafone Group Plc

18 September 2008

 



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.$0.113/7 each on the London Stock Exchange via Deutsche Bank AG.

Ordinary Shares
Date of purchase:	17 September 2008
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	39,500,000
Highest purchase price paid per share:	129.75p
Lowest purchase price paid per share:	123.3p
Volume weighted average price per share:	128.6910p

Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Since 23 July 2008, Vodafone has purchased 727,000,000 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of £988,676,820. 

TRANSFER OF TREASURY SHARES

Vodafone also announces today that it has transferred to participants in its employee share schemes the following number of its ordinary shares of U.S.$0.113/7 each, which were previously held as treasury shares.

Ordinary Shares
Date of transfer:	17 September 2008
Number of ordinary shares transferred:	320
Highest transfer price per share:	130.8p
Lowest transfer price per share:	130.8p

Following both the above transactions, Vodafone holds 5,327,536,964 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 52,476,590,530 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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