Vodafone Group Plc has announced the purchase of a significant number of its ordinary shares from Goldman Sachs International. The purchase, which was made on 12 August 2024, involved 15,332,463 ordinary shares at prices ranging from 74.18 pence to 74.80 pence per share. The volume weighted average price paid per share was 74.45 pence. Following this transaction, Vodafone now holds 1,701,757,564 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 26,506,187,253 ordinary shares in issue, excluding treasury shares.

The purchase was part of a Programme where Goldman Sachs International purchases Vodafone ordinary shares and sells them to Vodafone. The individual trades carried out by Goldman Sachs on 12 August 2024 were detailed in the announcement. These trades were executed across various trading venues, including AQXE, BATE, CHIX, TRQX, and XLON, with volume weighted average prices ranging from 74.44 to 74.48 pence per share.

The announcement provides a comprehensive breakdown of the individual transactions, including the trading venue, number of shares, price per share, and transaction reference numbers. The detailed schedule of purchases offers transparency into the specific trades executed as part of this share purchase.

This announcement provides insight into Vodafone's recent transaction in its own securities, offering a clear overview of the number of shares purchased, the prices paid, and the intention to hold the purchased shares in treasury. The detailed breakdown of the individual transactions and the trading venues involved adds transparency to the process, ensuring stakeholders are informed about the company's recent activities in the stock market.