30th Mar 2006 07:00
Vodafone Group Plc30 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 Deutsche Bank AG London. Ordinary Shares Date of purchase: 29 March 2006 Number of ordinary shares purchased: 35 million Highest purchase price paid per share: 123.25p Lowest purchase price paid per share: 120.25p Volume weighted average price per share: 122.2911p Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Since 1 April 2005, Vodafone has purchased 4,848,000,000 shares at a cost(including dealing and associated costs) of £6,499,600,045. This completesVodafone's target of purchasing £6.5 billion of shares, which was announced on15 November 2005. 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 Shares Date of transfer: 29 March 2006 Number of ordinary shares transferred: 58,979 Highest transfer price per share: 124.5p Lowest transfer price per share: 92.99p Following both the above transactions, Vodafone holds 6,120,221,932 of itsordinary shares in treasury and has 60,126,659,355 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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