9th Sep 2005 07:00
Vodafone Group Plc09 September 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). Ordinary Shares Date of purchase: 8 September 2005 Number of ordinary shares purchased: 25 million Highest purchase price paid per share: 150p Lowest purchase price paid per share: 149.5p Volume weighted average price per share: 149.7875p Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Since 1 April 2005, Vodafone has purchased 1,850,500,000 shares at a cost(including dealing and associated costs) of £2,626,171,260. 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: 8 September 2005Number of ordinary shares transferred: 509,892Highest transfer price per share: 150.75pLowest transfer price per share: 90p Following both the above transactions, Vodafone holds 5,412,887,036 of itsordinary shares in treasury and has 63,055,726,128 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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