Transaction in Own Shares

19 February 2014

VODAFONE GROUP PLC

TRANSACTION IN OWN SECURITIES - Voting Rights and Capital

Vodafone Group Plc ("Vodafone") today announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of US$0.113/7 each (the "Ordinary Shares") on the London Stock Exchange.

Ordinary Shares

Date of purchase: 19 February 2014

Number of Ordinary Shares purchased: 8

Price per Ordinary Share: 223.60p

Vodafone intends to hold the purchased Ordinary Shares in Treasury.

Vodafone further announces that it has today cancelled 3 of its Ordinary Shares in Treasury.

The purchase and cancellation of Ordinary Shares was undertaken in connection with the consolidation of the Ordinary Shares which, subject to certain conditions, is expected to become effective at 8.00 a.m. on Monday 24 February 2014.

Following the above transactions, Vodafone holds 4,351,833,497 of its Ordinary Shares in Treasury and has 52,821,751,213 Ordinary Shares in issue (including Treasury shares). 

Vodafone has 48,469,917,716 Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury shares). Each such Ordinary Share has one vote per share. Accordingly the total number of voting rights in Vodafone is 48,469,917,716. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Vodafone under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.