24th Mar 2006 07:00
Vodafone Group Plc24 March 2006 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 SharesDate of purchase: 23 March 2006Number of ordinary shares purchased: 33.5 millionHighest purchase price paid per share: 128.5pLowest purchase price paid per share: 127pVolume weighted average price per share: 127.4515p Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Since 1 April 2005, Vodafone has purchased 4,732,500,000 shares at a cost(including dealing and associated costs) of £6,355,303,585. 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: 23 March 2006Number of ordinary shares transferred: 161,840Highest transfer price per share: 129.25pLowest transfer price per share: 92.99p Following both the above transactions, Vodafone holds 6,005,127,473 of itsordinary shares in treasury and has 60,241,537,083 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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