Vodafone Group Plc has announced the purchase of 17,150,465 of its ordinary shares of 20 US cents each from Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc. The highest price paid per share was 70.76 pence, the lowest was 69.14 pence, and the volume-weighted average price paid per share was 69.91 pence. Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury, bringing the total number of ordinary shares in treasury to 1,616,412,693, with 26,591,250,984 ordinary shares in issue, excluding treasury shares.

The purchase was part of a Programme, where Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc. purchases Vodafone ordinary shares and sells them to Vodafone. On 17 July 2024, Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc. elected to purchase 17,150,465 Vodafone ordinary shares to sell to Vodafone. The individual trades carried out by Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc. on that day are detailed in the announcement.

The purchases were made across various trading venues, with the volume-weighted average price per share ranging from 69.63 to 70.06 pence. The individual transactions included purchases at different times and prices, with the highest number of shares purchased in a single transaction being 12,000.

This announcement provides a detailed breakdown of the transactions, including the trading venues, number of shares, price per share, and transaction reference numbers. The information is part of Vodafone's ongoing Programme and reflects the company's activity in managing its own securities.