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Holders of ordinary shares resident in Ireland should contact:
Computershare Investor Services (Ireland) Limited
P.O. Box 9742
Dublin 18
Ireland
Telephone: [phone] Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
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 view and
update details of their shareholding, after a brief registration process, via our
Registrars’ Investor Centre service at www.computershare.com/investor.
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
The Company provides a number of shareholder services online at
www.vodafone.com/shareholder, where shareholders may:
• register to receive electronic shareholder communications. Benefits to
shareholders include faster receipt of communications such as annual
reports, with cost and time savings for the Company. Electronic shareholder
communications are also more environmentally friendly;
• view a live webcast of the AGM of the Company on 24 July 2007. A
recording will be available to view after that date;
• view and/or download the Annual Report and the Annual Review &
Summary Financial Statement 2007;
• check the current share price;
• calculate dividend payments; and
• 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/start/misc/register_for_news.html.
Registering for Vodafone News will enable users to:
• access the latest news from their mobile; and
• have news automatically e-mailed to them.
Annual General Meeting
The twenty-third AGM of the Company will be held at The Queen Elizabeth II
Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1 on 24 July
2007 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/start/investor_relations/agm.html.
The AGM will be transmitted via a live webcast and can be viewed at the
Company’s website – www.vodafone.com/start/investor_relations/agm.html
– on the day of the meeting and a recording will be available to view after
that date.
To find out more about the AGM and how to view the webcast, visit
www.vodafone.com/start/investor_relations/agm.html.
ShareGift
The Company supports ShareGift, the charity share donation scheme
(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 Tax 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 5 Lower Grosvenor Place, London
SW1W 0EJ (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, Cardinal Place, 6th Floor, 80 Victoria Street,
London SW1E 5JL (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 2007 was 135.5 pence (31 March 2006:
120.5 pence). The share price on 25 May 2007 was 151.4 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.
Shareholders