Vodafone Group Plc has announced the purchase of 1,679,113 of its ordinary shares of 20 US cents each from Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc. The highest price paid per share was 70.94 pence, the lowest was 69.80 pence, and the volume-weighted average price paid per share was 70.13 pence. Following the purchase, Vodafone now holds 1,557,883,257 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 26,649,780,420 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. The individual trades carried out by Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc. on 09 July 2024 were detailed in the announcement.

The transactions were carried out on various trading venues, including XLON, CHIX, BATE, AQXE, and TRQX, with different volume-weighted average prices per share. The detailed schedule of individual transactions included the time, trading venue, number of shares, price per share, and transaction reference number for each trade.

Vodafone intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury, and this announcement provides transparency into the company's recent share transactions and the details of the purchases made.