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Annual General Meeting
The twenty-fourth AGM of the Company will be held at The Queen Elizabeth II
Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1 on 29 July 2008
at 11.00 a.m.
A combined Review of the Year and Notice of AGM, including details of the
business to be conducted at the AGM, will be circulated to shareholders 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/start/investor_relations/agm.html –
on the day of the meeting and a recording will be available to view after that date.
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
17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH (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 2008 was 150.9 pence (31 March 2007: 135.5 pence).
The share price on 23 May 2008 was 160.4 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.
The Company’s ordinary shares were listed 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.
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On 31 July 2006, the Group returned approximately £9 billion to shareholders
in the form of a B share arrangement. As part of this arrangement, and in order
to facilitate historical share price comparisons, the Group’s share capital was
consolidated on the basis of seven new ordinary shares for every eight ordinary
shares held at this date. Share prices in the five and two year data tables below
have not been restated to reflect this consolidation.
Five year data on an annual basis
London Stock Frankfurt Stock
Exchange Exchange
Pounds per Euros per NYSE
ordinary share ordinary share Dollars per ADS
Financial Year High Low High Low High Low
2003/2004 1.50 1.12 2.22 1.59 27.88 18.10
2004/2005 1.49 1.14 – – 28.54 20.83
2005/2006 1.55 1.09 – – 28.04 19.32
2006/2007 1.54 1.08 – – 29.85 20.07
2007/2008 1.98 1.36 – – 40.87 26.88
Two year data on a quarterly basis
London Stock
Exchange
Pounds per NYSE
ordinary share Dollars per ADS
Financial Year High Low High Low
2006/2007
First Quarter 1.30 1.14 24.23 21.07
Second Quarter 1.24 1.08 22.93 20.07
Third Quarter 1.47 1.20 29.00 22.61
Fourth Quarter 1.54 1.34 29.85 25.94
2007/2008
First Quarter 1.69 1.36 33.87 26.88
Second Quarter 1.79 1.47 36.52 29.13
Third Quarter 1.98 1.67 40.87 34.32
Fourth Quarter 1.94 1.46 38.27 29.27
2008/2009
First Quarter(1) 1.68 1.50 32.82 29.74
Note:
(1) Covering period up to 23 May 2008.
Six month data on a monthly basis
London Stock
Exchange
Pounds per NYSE
ordinary share Dollars per ADS
Financial Year High Low High Low
November 2007 1.98 1.77 40.87 36.62
December 2007 1.90 1.80 38.36 36.00
January 2008 1.94 1.62 38.27 31.27
February 2008 1.83 1.59 35.95 31.40
March 2008 1.64 1.46 32.10 29.27
April 2008 1.62 1.49 32.23 29.57
May 2008(1) 1.68 1.59 32.82 30.82
Note:
(1) High and low share prices for May 2008 only reported until 23 May 2008.
The current authorised share capital comprises 68,250,000,000 ordinary shares
of $0.113/7 each and 50,000 7% cumulative fixed rate shares of £1.00 each and
38,563,935,574 B shares of £0.15 each and 28,036,064,426 deferred shares of
£0.15 pence each.
Inflation and foreign currency translation
Inflation
Inflation has not had a significant effect on the Group’s results of operations and
financial condition during the three years ended 31 March 2008.
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