Delisting of CWW shares

30 July 2012

Delisting of Cable & Wireless Worldwide plc ("CWW") Shares

Recommended Cash Offer for CWW

By Vodafone Europe B.V. ("Vodafone")

Following an application by CWW to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock Exchange, CWW announces that the listing of CWW Shares on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and admission to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities in each case has been cancelled with effect from 8:00 a.m. (London time) today, 30 July 2012.

CWW has also instructed Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the depository for its ADR Programme to terminate the ADR Programme in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement.

Defined terms used but not defined in this announcement have the meanings set out in the Scheme Document sent to CWW Shareholders on 21 May 2012.

For enquiries please contact:

Cable & Wireless Worldwide plc

Paul Moore, Retail Shareholder Relations Tel: +44 (0)7794 999 815

Roy Teal, Institutional Investor Relations Tel: +44 (0)7822 820 762

Will Cameron, Media Relations Tel: +44 (0)7822 803 889

Important notices

Barclays, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for CWW and no one else in connection with the Offer and other matters referred to in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than CWW for providing the protections afforded to clients of Barclays or for providing advice in connection with the Offer or any matter or arrangement referred to herein.

Rothschild, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for CWW and no one else in connection with the Offer and this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than CWW for providing the protections afforded to clients of Rothschild or for providing advice in connection with the Offer or any matter or arrangement referred to herein.

Deutsche Bank is authorised under German Banking Law (competent authority: BaFin - Federal Financial Supervisory Authority) and authorised and subject to limited regulation by the UK Financial Services Authority. Details about the extent of Deutsche Bank's authorisation and regulation by the UK Financial Services Authority are available on request. Deutsche Bank is acting exclusively as corporate broker to CWW and no one else in connection with the contents of these materials and will not be responsible to anyone other than CWW for providing the protections afforded to clients of Deutsche Bank nor for providing advice in relation to any matter or arrangement referred to herein.

Jefferies Hoare Govett, a division of Jefferies International Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for CWW and no one else in connection with the Offer and this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than CWW for providing the protections afforded to clients of Jefferies Hoare Govett or for providing advice in connection with the Offer or any matter or arrangement referred to herein.

You may request a hard copy of this announcement by contacting CWW's Registrar, Equiniti, during business hours on 0871 384 2885 (from within the UK) or +44 121 415 0297 (from outside the UK) or by submitting a request in writing to CWW's Registrar, Equiniti, at Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex, BN99 6DA. You may also request that all future documents, announcements and information to be sent to you in relation to the Offer should be in hard copy form.

Publication on Website

A copy of this announcement will be available free of charge, (subject to any applicable restrictions with respect to persons resident in Restricted Jurisdictions) on www.cw.com/investors by no later than 12 noon (London time) on the day following publication of this announcement. The content of the website referred to in this announcement is not incorporated into and does not form part of this announcement.