10th Nov 2005 07:00
Vodafone Group Plc10 November 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 Deutsche Bank AG London. Such purchase was effected pursuant toirrevocable instruction given prior to 1 October 2005 as announced by Vodafoneon 26 September 2005. Ordinary Shares Date of purchase: 9 November 2005 Number of ordinary shares purchased: 13.5 million Highest purchase price paid per share: 150p Lowest purchase price paid per share: 148p Volume weighted average price per share: 149.2528p Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Since 1 April 2005, Vodafone has purchased 2,393,000,000 shares at a cost(including dealing and associated costs) of £3,429,654,391 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: 9 November 2005Number of ordinary shares transferred: 1,726,281Highest transfer price per share: 150.5pLowest transfer price per share: 90p Following both the above transactions, Vodafone holds 5,931,092,265 of itsordinary shares in treasury and has 62,553,360,137 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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