UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULES 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Dated
August 28, 2024
Commission
File Number: 001-10086
VODAFONE GROUP
PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
VODAFONE
HOUSE, THE CONNECTION, NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE, RG14 2FN,
ENGLAND
(Address
of principal executive offices)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form
20-F ✓
Form 40-F _
This
Report on Form 6-K contains a Stock Exchange Announcement dated 28
August 2024 entitled ‘Call Option Exercise and Related
Cancellation’.
VODAFONE GROUP PLC
U.S.$1,300,000,000 Capital Securities due 3 October 2078 (ISIN:
XS1888180640; Common Code: 188818064) (the
"Securities")
28th August
2024
Announcement of Issuer's Call Option Exercise and Related
Cancellation of the Listing of the Securities
Vodafone Group Plc (the "Issuer") today gave notice to the holders of its
outstanding Securities of the exercise of its Issuer's call option
(the "Issuer's Call
Option") pursuant to Condition
6(b) of the terms and conditions of the Securities (the
"Conditions") set out in Schedule 1 Part 4 to the Trust Deed
related to the Securities dated 3 October 2018 (the
"Trust
Deed").
The Issuer shall redeem all outstanding Securities
pursuant to such Issuer's Call Option on 2 October 2024 (the
"Redemption
Date") at their principal
amount together with any accrued and unpaid interest up to (but
excluding) the Redemption Date.
Payment
of the redemption monies will be made through Euroclear Bank SA/NV
and Clearstream Banking S.A., in accordance with their standard
procedures.
The Issuer has requested the Financial Conduct
Authority (the "FCA") to cancel the listing of all outstanding
Securities on the Redemption Date pursuant to LR 5.2.8 of the FCA
Listing Rules.
Unless
otherwise defined herein, defined terms used have the meanings
given to them in the Trust Deed.
LEI Number (Vodafone Group Plc): 213800TB53ELEUKM7Q61
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General
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.
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VODAFONE
GROUP
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PUBLIC
LIMITED COMPANY
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(Registrant)
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Date:
August 28, 2024
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By: /s/ M D B
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Name: Maaike de Bie
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Title: Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
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