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"):
| Date of purchase: | 14 November 2024 |
| Number of ordinary shares purchased: | 17,775,900 |
| Highest price paid per share (pence): | 69.60 |
| Lowest price paid per share (pence): | 68.64 |
| Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence): | 69.28 |
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
| Trading venue | Volume weighted average price (pence per share) | Aggregated volume |
| XLON | 69.27 | 12,775,900 |
| CHIX | - | - |
| BATS | 69.30 | 5,000,000 |
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
ir@vodafone.co.uk
Media Relations:
Vodafone.com/media/contact
GroupMedia@vodafone.com
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.
| | VODAFONE GROUP |
| | PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY |
| | (Registrant) |
| | |
| | |
| Date: November 15, 2024 | By: /s/ M D B |
| | Name: Maaike de Bie |
| | Title: Group General Counsel and Company Secretary |
