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
November 15, 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 15
November 2024 entitled Transaction in Own Shares.
VODAFONE GROUP PLC
TRANSACTIONS IN OWN
SECURITIES
15 November 2024
Vodafone Group Plc ("Vodafone")
announces today that it has purchased the following number of its
ordinary shares of US$0.2020/21 each from Citigroup Global Markets Limited
("Citi").
Such purchase was effected pursuant to instructions issued
by Vodafone on 14 November 2024, as
announced on 14 November 2024 (the "Programme"):
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Date of
purchase:
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14
November 2024
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Number
of ordinary shares purchased:
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17,775,900
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Highest
price paid per share (pence):
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69.60
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Lowest
price paid per share
(pence):
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68.64
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Volume
weighted average price paid per share (pence):
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69.28
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Vodafone intends to hold the purchased
shares in treasury. Following the purchase of these shares,
Vodafone holds 2,238,843,995 of its ordinary shares in treasury and
has 25,969,100,822 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury
shares).
As part of the Programme, Citi purchases Vodafone
(213800TB53ELEUKM7Q61) ordinary shares and sells such shares to
Vodafone. In connection with the above purchases,
on 14 November
2024 Citi (as riskless principal)
elected to purchase 17,775,900 Vodafone ordinary shares to sell
to Vodafone. A schedule of individual trades carried out
by Citi on 14 November 2024 is set out
below.
Schedule of purchases - aggregate information
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Trading venue
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Volume weighted average price (pence per share)
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Aggregated volume
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XLON
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69.27
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12,775,900
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CHIX
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-
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BATS
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69.30
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5,000,000
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http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3398M_1-2024-11-14.pdf
This announcement will also be available on Vodafone's
website.
For more information, please contact:
Investor Relations:
investors.vodafone.com
Media Relations:
Vodafone.com/media/contact
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:
November 15, 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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