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Beneficial interests
The directors’ beneficial interests in the ordinary shares of the Company, which includes interests in the Vodafone Share Incentive Plan, but which excludes interests
in the Vodafone Group share option schemes, and the Vodafone Group short term or long term incentives, are shown below:
1 April 2007 or
23 May 2008 31 March 2008 date of appointment
Sir John Bond 224,926 224,926 207,620
Dr John Buchanan 200,009 200,009 191,913
Arun Sarin(1) 7,776,629 7,776,629 5,994,854
Vittorio Colao 180,063 180,063 –
Andy Halford 782,134 781,826 350,632
Dr Michael Boskin 10,000 10,000 10,000
Anne Lauvergeon 27,125 27,125 27,125
Professor Jürgen Schrempp 8,750 8,750 8,750
Luc Vandevelde 17,500 17,500 17,500
Philip Yea 61,250 61,250 61,250
Anthony Watson 100,000 100,000 100,000
Nick Land 25,000 25,000 25,000
Alan Jebson 75,000 75,000 75,000
Simon Murray(2) 157,500 157,500 157,500
Notes:
(1) Arun Sarin also has a non-beneficial interest as the trustee of two family trusts, each holding 5,005 shares.
(2) Simon Murray was appointed as a non-executive director on 1 July 2007.
At 31 March 2008, and during the period from 1 April 2008 to 23 May 2008, no director had any interest in the shares of any subsidiary company. Other than those
individuals included in the table above who were Board members at 31 March 2008, members of the Group’s Executive Committee, at 31 March 2008, had an
aggregate beneficial interest in 2,598,326 ordinary shares of the Company. At 23 May 2008, Executive Committee members had an aggregate beneficial interest
in 2,599,250 ordinary shares of the Company, none of whom had an individual beneficial interest amounting to greater than 1% of the Company’s ordinary shares.
Interests in share options of the Company at 23 May 2008
At 23 May 2008, there had been no change to the directors’ interests in share options from 31 March 2008.
Other than those individuals included in the table above, at 23 May 2008, members of the Group’s Executive Committee at that date held options for 25,229,599
ordinary shares at prices ranging from 91.6 pence to 293.7 pence per ordinary share, with a weighted average exercise price of 139.5 pence per ordinary share exercisable
at dates ranging from July 2002 to July 2017.
Sir John Bond, John Buchanan, Dr Michael Boskin, Alan Jebson, Anne Lauvergeon, Nick Land, Professor Jürgen Schrempp, Luc Vandevelde, Philip Yea, Anthony Watson
and Simon Murray held no options at 23 May 2008.
Directors’ interests in contracts
None of the current directors had a material interest in any contract of significance to which the Company or any of its subsidiary undertakings was a party during the
financial year.
Luc Vandevelde
On behalf of the Board
Vodafone Group Plc Annual Report 2008 81