Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5254D

Vodafone Group Plc

30 April 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:	29 April 2013
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	3,000,000
Price per share:	196.3799p

Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Since 10 December 2012, Vodafone has purchased 311,150,720 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of £524,692,361.

Following the above transaction, as at close of business on 29 April 2013, Vodafone held 4,937,523,414 of its ordinary shares in treasury and had 53,820,540,659 ordinary shares in issue (including treasury shares).  Each such ordinary share has one vote per share.  Vodafone had 48,883,017,245 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

The total number of voting rights in Vodafone is 48,883,017,245.  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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