20th Jul 2005 07:00
Vodafone Group Plc20 July 2005 VODAFONE GROUP PLC TRANSACTIONS IN OWN SECURITIES Vodafone Group Plc ("Vodafone") announces today that it has purchased thefollowing number of its ordinary shares of U.S.$0.10 each on the London StockExchange via Goldman Sachs International. Such purchase was effected pursuant toirrevocable instruction given prior to 11 July 2005 as announced by Vodafone on11 July 2005. Ordinary Shares Date of purchase: 19 July 2005 Number of ordinary shares purchased: 15,000,000 Highest purchase price paid per share: 141.5p Lowest purchase price paid per share: 140.75p Volume weighted average price per share: 141.21667p Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Since 1 April 2005, Vodafone has purchased 1,297,200,000 shares at a cost(including dealing and associated costs) of £1,796,710,915. TRANSFER OF TREASURY SHARES Vodafone also announces today that it has transferred to participants in itsemployee share schemes the following number of its ordinary shares of U.S.$0.10each, which were previously held as treasury shares. Ordinary SharesDate of transfer: 19 July 2005Number of ordinary shares transferred: 5,276,300Highest transfer price per share: 143.5pLowest transfer price per share: 90p Following both the above transactions, Vodafone holds 4,939,938,178 of itsordinary shares in treasury and has 63,483,336,843 ordinary shares in issue(excluding treasury shares). This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or anysolicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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