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Vodafone Group Plc Annual Report & Accounts for the year ended 31 March 1997
per share, and 7,920 shares at an exercise price of 94.7p per share.
The gross, pre tax gain made on the exercise of share options in the year by the Company's highest paid
director, Sir Gerald Whent, was £1,165,959 and the aggregate of all such gains by the directors in the year
was £2,075,903.
The closing middle market price of Vodafone Group Plc's shares at the year end was 278.5p, its highest
closing price in the year having been 299.0p and its lowest closing price having been 218.5p.
Directors' interests in the shares of Vodafone Group Plc
The directors have the following interests, all of which are beneficial, in the ordinary shares of Vodafone
Group Plc:
31 March 1997 1 April 1996
Sir Ernest Harrison 1,090,000 1,090,000
C C Gent 116,157 102,459
Sir Gerald Whent 532,605 517,036
Sir William Barlow 15,000 15,000
D Channing Williams 37,390 -
Sir Robert Clark 15,000 15,000
J M Horn-Smith 44,447 -
K J Hydon 205,052 47,458
Lord MacLaurin 1,000 -
E J Peett 309,109 294,785
G J Lomer retired from the Board on 31 March 1997, at which time he had an interest in 111,003 shares
(1996 - 110,809 shares).
There have been no changes in the interests of the directors of Vodafone Group Plc in the ordinary shares
of the Company during the period 1 April to 12 June 1997. J M Horn-Smith and K J Hydon acquired 2
and 33 shares respectively through reinvestment of tax reclaims in Vodafone Group Personal Equity Plans
and the following directors have acquired interests in shares of the Company under the Vodafone Group
Profit Sharing Scheme, as follows:
Interests in
ordinary shares
C C Gent 1,256
D Channing Williams 1,394
J M Horn-Smith 1,392
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