24th Jan 2006 07:01
Vodafone Group Plc24 January 2006 VODAFONE GROUP PLC TRANSACTIONS IN OWN SECURITIES CANCELLATION OF SHARES Vodafone Group Plc ("Vodafone") announces today that as its holding of Vodafoneshares approaches 10% of the nominal value of the issued share capitalprescribed by the Companies Act 1985 as the maximum number of shares that acompany may hold in treasury it has cancelled the following number of itsordinary shares of U.S.$0.10. Ordinary SharesDate of cancellation: 23 January 2006Number of ordinary shares cancelled: 750 million This is in addition to the 750 million shares that were cancelled on 1 December2005, bringing the total number of treasury shares cancelled to 1,500 million. PURCHASE OF SHARES Vodafone has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of U.S.$0.10each on the London Stock Exchange via Lehman Brothers International (Europe).Such purchase was effected pursuant to irrevocable instruction given prior to,and as announced by Vodafone on, 10 January 2006. Ordinary SharesDate of purchase: 23 January 2006Number of ordinary shares purchased: 50 millionHighest purchase price paid per share: 121.5pLowest purchase price paid per share: 116.75pVolume weighted average price per share: 119.905p Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Since 1 April 2005, Vodafone has purchased 3,952,500,000 shares at a cost(including dealing and associated costs) of £5,416,044,078. 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 January 2006Number of ordinary shares transferred: 51,272Highest transfer price per share: 123.25pLowest transfer price per share: 121.25p Following the cancellation, purchases and transfers referred to above, Vodafoneholds 5,983,575,450 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 61,004,240,025ordinary 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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