28th Oct 2005 07:00
Vodafone Group Plc28 October 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 Lehman Brothers International (Europe). Such purchase was effectedpursuant to irrevocable instruction given prior to 1 October 2005 as announcedby Vodafone on 26 September 2005. Ordinary Shares Date of purchase: 27 October 2005 Number of ordinary shares purchased: 26.5 million Highest purchase price paid per share: 141.75p Lowest purchase price paid per share: 140.75p Volume weighted average price per share: 141.1816p Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Since 1 April 2005, Vodafone has purchased 2,289,500,000 shares at a cost(including dealing and associated costs) of £3,276,097,703 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: 27 October 2005Number of ordinary shares transferred: 242,069Highest transfer price per share: 143.25pLowest transfer price per share: 92.99p Following both the above transactions, Vodafone holds 5,833,417,724 of itsordinary shares in treasury and has 62,644,631,512 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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