18th Jul 2005 07:00
Vodafone Group Plc18 July 2005 VODAFONE GROUP PLC PURCHASE OF 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 UBS Limited. Such purchase was effected pursuant to irrevocableinstruction given prior to 11 July 2005 as announced by Vodafone on 11 July2005. Ordinary SharesDate of purchase: 15 July 2005Number of ordinary shares purchased: 25,000,000Highest purchase price paid per share: 143.5pLowest purchase price paid per share: 142pVolume weighted average price per share: 142.5187 Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Since 1 April 2005, Vodafone has purchased 1,267,500,000 shares at a cost(including dealing and associated costs) of £1,754,359,399. Following the purchase of these shares, Vodafone holds 4,921,568,877 of itsordinary shares in treasury and has 63,499,595,658 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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