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
July 24, 2025
Commission
File Number: 001-10086
VODAFONE GROUP
PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
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of registrant’s name into English)
VODAFONE
HOUSE, THE CONNECTION, NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE, RG14 2FN,
ENGLAND
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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 24
July 2025 entitled ‘€500 MILLION SHARE BUYBACK
PROGRAMME TO COMMENCE’.
24 JULY 2025
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€500 MILLION SHARE BUYBACK PROGRAMME TO COMMENCE
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Vodafone Group Plc ("Vodafone") today announces that it will
commence a share repurchase programme of ordinary shares in the
share capital of Vodafone of US$0.20 20/21 each (the
"Ordinary Shares") up to a maximum consideration of €500
million (the "Programme").
Vodafone announces that it has given a non-discretionary
instruction to Goldman Sachs International ("GSI") in relation to
the purchase by GSI, acting as riskless principal during the period
commencing on 24 July 2025 and ending no later than 10 November
2025, of Ordinary Shares for a target expense amount of no greater
than €500 million and the simultaneous on-sale of such
Ordinary Shares by GSI to Vodafone.
Any purchase of Ordinary Shares done in relation to this
announcement will be carried out on the London Stock Exchange and
Multilateral Trading Facilities, as defined by the Directive
2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments (including the
delegated and implementing acts adopted under it) as implemented,
retained, amended, extended, re-enacted or otherwise given effect
in the United Kingdom from 1 January 2021 and as amended or
supplemented in the United Kingdom thereafter, and executed in
accordance with the Listing Rules and Vodafone's general authority
to make market purchases of Ordinary Shares granted by shareholders
at the 2024 Annual General Meeting ("2024 AGM") pursuant to which
the Company is authorised to repurchase up to 4,053,092,397
Ordinary Shares. The sole purpose of the Programme is to reduce
share capital. Ordinary Shares acquired by GSI will be subsequently
repurchased by Vodafone, held as treasury shares and then either
cancelled or allocated to employee share awards as they fall
due.
The Ordinary Shares will be purchased in accordance with the price
and volume conditions set out in the Commission Delegated
Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 of 8 March 2016 supplementing Regulation
(EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council with
regard to regulatory technical standards for the conditions
applicable to buyback programmes and stabilisation measures as
implemented, retained, amended, extended, re-enacted or otherwise
given effect in the United Kingdom from 1 January 2021 and as
amended or supplemented in the United Kingdom
thereafter.
Details of the authority granted at the 2024 AGM can be found
within the 2024 Notice of Meeting on our website.
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For more information, please contact:
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Investor Relations:
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investors.vodafone.com
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Media Relations:
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Vodafone.com/media/contact
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Registered Office: Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury,
Berkshire RG14 2FN, England. Registered in England No.
1833679
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About Vodafone
Vodafone is a leading European and African telecoms
company.
We serve over 340 million mobile and broadband customers, operating
networks in 15 countries with
investments in a further five and partners in over 40 more. Our
undersea cables transport around a sixth of the world's internet
traffic, and we are developing a new direct-to-mobile satellite
communications service to connect areas without coverage. Vodafone
runs one of the world's largest IoT platforms, with 205 million IoT
connections, and
we provide financial services to around 88 million customers across
seven African countries - managing more transactions than any other
provider.
From the seabed to the stars, Vodafone's purpose is to keep
everyone connected.
For more information, please visit www.vodafone.com follow
us on X at @VodafoneGroup or connect with us on LinkedIn
at www.linkedin.com/company/vodafone.
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:
July 24, 2025
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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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