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Annual Report 2004 Vodafone Group Plc
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Financial Statement 2004.
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Registering for Vodafone News will enable you to:
•be alerted by free SMS as soon as news breaks;
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•have news automatically e-mailed to you; and
•receive Vodafone View. Vodafone View is part of Vodafone News. The Company
uses this service to provide further clarification on any issue that arises in respect
of which a London Stock Exchange announcement or press release is not
required but on which the Company has a view.
Annual General Meeting
The twentieth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Queen
Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1 on
27 July 2004 at 10.45 a.m.
The Notice of Meeting, together with details of the business to be conducted at the
Meeting, is being circulated to shareholders with this Annual Report or the Annual
Review & Summary Financial Statement.
The AGM will be transmitted via a live webcast and can be viewed at the Company’s
website – www.vodafone.com/agm – on the day of the meeting and for one month
after the end of the meeting.
To find out more about the AGM and how to view the webcast, visit
www.vodafone.com/agm
ShareGift
The Company supports ShareGift, the charity share donation scheme administered by
The Orr Mackintosh Foundation (registered charity number 1052686). Through
ShareGift, shareholders who have only a very small number of shares which might be
considered uneconomic to sell are able to donate them to charity. Donated shares are
aggregated and sold by ShareGift, the proceeds being passed on to a wide range of
UK charities. Donating shares to charity gives rise neither to a gain nor loss for UK
Capital Gains purposes and UK taxpayers may also be able to claim income tax relief
on such gifts of shares.
ShareGift transfer forms specifically for the Company’s shareholders are available from
the Company’s Registrars, Computershare Investor Services PLC and, even if the
share certificate has been lost or destroyed, the gift can be completed. The service is
generally free. However, there may be an indemnity charge for a lost or destroyed
share certificate where the value of the shares exceeds £100. Further details about
ShareGift can be obtained from its website at www.ShareGift.org or at The Orr
Mackintosh Foundation, 46 Grosvenor Street, London W1K 3HN (telephone:
[phone]).
The Unclaimed Assets Register
The Company participates in the Unclaimed Assets Register, which provides a search
facility for financial assets which may have been forgotten and which donates a
proportion of its public search fees to a group of three UK charities (Age Concern,
NSPCC and Scope). For further information, contact The Unclaimed Assets Register,
Leconfield House, Curzon Street, London W1J 5JA (telephone: [phone]
1713), or visit its website at www.uar.co.uk
Share Price History
Upon flotation of the Company on 11 October 1988, the ordinary shares were valued
at 170p each. On 16 September 1991, when the Company was finally demerged, for
UK taxpayers the base cost of Racal Electronics Plc shares was apportioned between
the Company and Racal Electronics Plc for Capital Gains Tax purposes in the ratio of
80.036% and 19.964% respectively. Opening share prices on 16 September 1991
were 332p for each Vodafone share and 223p for each Racal share.
On 21 July 1994, the Company effected a bonus issue of two new shares for every
one then held and on 30 September 1999 it effected a bonus issue of four new
shares for every one held at that date. The flotation and demerger share prices,
therefore, may be restated as 11.333p and 22.133p, respectively.
The share price at 31 March 2004 was 128.75 pence (31 March 2003:
113.0 pence). The share price on 24 May 2004 was 135.50 pence.
The following tables set out, for the periods indicated, (i) the reported high and low
middle market quotations of ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange, (ii) the
reported high and low sales prices of ordinary shares on the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange, and (iii) the reported high and low sales prices of ADSs on the NYSE.
The Company’s ordinary shares were traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange from
3 April 2000 until 23 March 2004 and, therefore, information has not been provided
for periods outside these dates.
Five year data on an annual basis
London Stock Frankfurt Stock
Exchange Exchange NYSE
Pounds per Euros per Dollars
ordinary share ordinary share per ADS
Financial Year High Low High Low High Low
1999/2000 3.99 2.13 ––63.06 34.11
2000/2001 3.56 1.82 5.82 2.87 56.63 26.01
2001/2002 2.29 1.24 3.70 2.00 33.26 17.88
2002/2003 1.31 0.81 2.15 1.26 20.30 12.76
2003/2004 1.50 1.12 2.22 1.59 27.88 18.10