Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5785Q

Vodafone Group Plc

21 October 2011

 



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 J.P. Morgan Cazenove.   Such purchase was effected pursuant to irrevocable instructions issued by Vodafone on 17 June 2011, as announced by Vodafone on 20 June 2011.

Ordinary Shares
Date of purchase:	20 October 2011
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	11,000,000
Highest purchase price paid per share:	177.25p
Lowest purchase price paid per share:	172.4p
Volume weighted average price per share:	175.0289p

Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Since 20 June 2011, Vodafone has purchased 801,620,618 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of £1,323,647,982.

Following the purchase of these shares, Vodafone holds 4,783,334,823 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 50,529,251,686  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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