Vodafone 2005 Annual Report Download - page 144

Investor Information continued
142 |Shareholder information
Any queries about the administration of holdings of ordinary shares, such as change of
address, change of ownership or dividend payments, should be directed to the
Company’s Registrars at the relevant address or telephone number immediately above.
Holders of ordinary shares may also check details of their shareholding, subject to
passing an identity check, on the Registrars’ website at www.computershare.com
The Depositary Bank for the Company’s ADR programme is:
The Bank of New York
Investor Relations Dept, P.O. Box 11258
Church St. Station
New York, NY 10286-1258
USA
Telephone: [phone] (Toll free)
ADS holders should address any queries or instructions regarding their holdings to The
Bank of New York at the above address or telephone number. ADS holders can also,
subject to passing an identity check, view their account balances and transaction
history, sell shares and request certificates from their Global BuyDIRECT Plan at
www.stockbny.com
Online Shareholder Services
www.vodafone.com/investor
•Register to receive electronic shareholder communications. Benefits to
shareholders and the Company include faster receipt of communications such as
annual reports, and cost and time savings for Vodafone. Electronic shareholder
communications are also more environmentally friendly.
•View a live webcast of the AGM of the Company on 26 July 2005 and a recording
will be available to review after that date.
•View and/or download the Annual Report and the Annual Review & Summary
Financial Statement 2005.
•Check the current share price.
•Calculate dividend payments.
•Use interactive tools to calculate the value of shareholdings, look up the historic
price on a particular date and chart Vodafone ordinary share price changes against
indices.
Shareholders and other interested parties can also receive Company press releases,
including London Stock Exchange announcements, by registering for Vodafone News
via the Company’s website at www.vodafone.com/news.
Registering for Vodafone News will enable users to:
•be alerted by free SMS as soon as news breaks;
•access the latest news from their mobile; and
•have news automatically e-mailed to them.
Annual General Meeting
The twenty first AGM of the Company will be held at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference
Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1 on 26 July 2005 at 11.00 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 and can be viewed at the Company’s website
– www.vodafone.com/agm.
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 a recording will be
available to review after that date.
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 a loss for UK
Capital Gains purposes and UK taxpayers may also be able to claim income tax relief
on the value of the donation.
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,
Garden Floor, Bain House, 16 Connaught Place, London W2 2ES (telephone:
[phone]), 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
170 pence 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 332 pence for each Vodafone share and 223 pence 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 11.333 pence and 22.133 pence, respectively.
The share price at 31 March 2005 was 140.50 pence (31 March 2004:
128.75 pence). The share price on 23 May 2005 was 146.50 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.