Vodafone 2010 Annual Report Download - page 127

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Additional information
Financial calendar for the 2011 nancial year
Interim management statement 23 July 2010
Half-year financial results announcement 9 November 2010
Further details will be published at www.vodafone.com/investor as they become
available. Results announcements are available online at www.vodafone.com/investor
– we do not publish them in the press.
Dividends
Full details on the dividend amount per share can be found on page 40. Set out below is
information relevant to the final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2010.
Ex-dividend date 2 June 2010
Record date 4 June 2010
Dividend reinvestment plan last election date 16 July 2010
Dividend payment date(1) 6 August 2010
Note:
(1) Payment date for both ordinary shares and american depositary shares (‘ADSs’).
Dividend payment methods
Currently holders of ordinary shares and ADSs can:
have cash dividends paid direct to a bank or building society account; or 
elect to use the cash dividends to purchase more Vodafone ordinary shares under 
the dividend reinvestment plan (see below) or, in the case of ADSs, have the
dividends reinvested to purchase additional Vodafone ADSs.
ADS holders can, in addition to the above, have their cash dividends paid in the form
of a cheque.
Holders of ordinary shares:
resident in the UK automatically receive their dividends in pounds sterling 
provided that UK bank details have been provided to the Company;
resident in the eurozone (defined for this purpose as a country that has adopted 
the euro as its national currency) automatically receive their dividends in euros
provided that euro bank details have been provided to the Company; or
resident outside the UK and eurozone automatically receive dividends in pounds

sterling by lodging UK bank account details but may elect to receive dividends in
local currency into their bank account directly via our registrars’ global payments
service. Visit www.investorcentre.co.uk for details and terms and conditions.
For dividend payments in euros, the sterling/euro exchange rate will be determined
by us shortly before the payment date in accordance with the Company’s articles
of association.
We will pay the ADS depositary, BNY Mellon, its dividend in US dollars. The sterling/
US dollar exchange rate for this purpose will be determined by us up to ten New York
and London business days prior to the payment date. Cash dividends to ADS holders
will be paid by the ADS depositary in US dollars.
Further information about the dividend payments can be found at www.vodafone.
com/dividends or, alternatively, please contact our registrars or the ADS depositary,
as applicable, for further details.
Dividend reinvestment
We offer a dividend reinvestment plan which allows holders of ordinary shares, who
choose to participate, to use their cash dividends to acquire additional shares in the
Company. These are purchased on their behalf by the plan administrator through a
low cost dealing arrangement.
For ADS holders BNY Mellon maintains a Global BuyDIRECT Plan which is a direct
purchase and sale plan for depositary receipts with a dividend reinvestment facility.
Telephone share dealing
A telephone share dealing service operated by our registrars is available for holders of
ordinary shares. The service is available from 8.00 am to 4.30 pm, Monday to Friday,
excluding bank holidays, on telephone number [phone]. Detailed terms and
conditions are available on request by calling the above number.
Registrars and transfer ofce
If private shareholders have any enquiries about their holding of ordinary shares, such as a change of address, change of ownership or dividend payments, they should
contact our registrars at the address or telephone number below. Computershare Investor Services PLC maintain the Company’s share register and holders of ordinary
shares can visit the registrars’ investor centre at www.investorcentre.co.uk to view and update details of their shareholding.
ADS holders should address any queries or instructions regarding their holdings to the depositary bank for the Company’s ADR programme at the address or telephone
number below. At www.bnymellon.com/shareowner ADS holders can view their account information, make changes and conduct many other transactions.
The Registrar Holders of ordinary shares resident in Ireland:
Computershare Investor Services PLC Computershare Investor Services (Ireland) Limited
The Pavilions PO Box 9742
Bridgwater Road, Bristol BS99 6ZZ, England Dublin 18, Ireland
Telephone: [phone] Telephone: [phone]
www.investorcentre.co.uk/contactus www.investorcentre.co.uk/contactus
ADS depositary
BNY Mellon
BNY Mellon Shareowner Services
PO Box 358516
Pittsburgh, PA 15252-8516, USA
Telephone: [phone] (toll free) or, for calls outside the USA,
[phone] (not toll free) and enter company number 2160
Email: [email protected]
Shareholder information