Transaction in Own Shares

Vodafone Group Plc
28 April 2005



                               VODAFONE GROUP PLC
                             PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES


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 by
irrevocable instruction given prior to 1 April 2005 as announced by Vodafone on
29 March 2005.


Ordinary Shares                                                    -


Date of purchase:                                                  27 April 2005

Number of ordinary shares purchased:                               21,500,000

Highest purchase price paid per share:                             136p

Lowest purchase price paid per share:                              135.25p

Volume weighted average price per share:                           135.5768p

Cumulative consideration (including costs) of ordinary shares      £392,547,959
purchased from and including 1 April 2005:


Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Following the purchase of these shares, Vodafone holds 4,066,000,000 of its
ordinary shares in treasury and has 64,322,706,378 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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