VODAFONE GROUP PLC Announces Final Results of Cash Tender Offer for 4.375% Notes Due February 2043

Vodafone Group Plc has announced the final results of its cash tender offer to purchase up to $730,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 4.375% Notes due February 2043. The company closed the offering of $2,000,000,000 5.750% Notes due 2054 and $1,000,000,000 5.875% Notes due 2064, with the proceeds expected to fund the Maximum Tender Offers. The Maximum Tender Offers refer to the offers to purchase for cash with respect to the Maximum Tender Offer Notes.

The offer with respect to the 2043 Notes expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 24, 2024 (the "Maximum Tender Expiration Time"). According to information provided by the Information and Tender Agent for the Maximum Tender Offers, $640,383,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2043 Notes were validly tendered. This includes $638,723,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2043 Notes that were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Maximum Tender Offers at or prior to the Early Tender Time, and an additional $1,660,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2043 Notes, validly tendered after the Early Tender Time but at or prior to the Maximum Tender Expiration Time.

All Maximum Tender Offer Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Early Tender Time and accepted for purchase were paid in full by the Company on July 12, 2024. Holders of 2043 Notes who validly tendered their 2043 Notes after the Early Tender Time and at or prior to the Maximum Tender Expiration Time will receive the applicable Late Maximum Tender Offer Consideration, together with an amount equal to the Accrued Interest thereon. Interest will cease to accrue on the Maximum Tender Settlement Date for all such 2043 Notes accepted.

For additional information, interested parties can contact the Dealer Managers, Merrill Lynch International and Santander US Capital Markets LLC, or the Information and Tender Agent, Kroll Issuer Services Limited. This announcement is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to buy, or a solicitation of an offer to sell, any security. The Maximum Tender Offers are only being made pursuant to the Offer to Purchase.