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Vodafone Group Plc
Annual Report 2012
Shareholder information (continued)
ShareGift
We support 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.
Further details about ShareGift can be obtained from its website at
www.ShareGift.org or by calling [phone].
Asset Checker Limited
We participate in Asset Checker, the online service which provides
asearch facility for solicitors and probate professionals to quickly and
easily trace UK shareholdings relating to deceased estates. For further
information visit www.assetchecker.co.uk or call 0870 707 4004.
Warning to shareholders (“Boiler room” scams)
Over recent years we have become aware of investors who have
received unsolicited calls or correspondence, in some cases purporting
to have been issued by the Company, concerning investment matters.
These typically make claims of highly protable opportunities in UK
orUS investments which turn out to be worthless or simply do not
exist.Approaches such as these are usually made by unauthorised
companies and individuals and are commonly known as “boiler room”
scams. Investors are advised to be wary of any unsolicited advice or
offers to buy shares. If it sounds too good to be true, it often is.
More detailed information about this or similar activity can be found on
the FSA website www.fsa.gov.uk/consumer.
Registrars and transfer ofce
The registrars Holders of ordinary shares resident in Ireland:
Computershare Investor Services PLC Computershare Investor Services (Ireland) Ltd
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
The Bank of New York Mellon
PO Box 358516
Pittsburgh, PA 15252-8516, US
Telephone: [phone] (toll free) or, for calls outside the US,
[phone] (not toll free) and enter company number 2160
Email: [e-mail]
Share price history
Upon otation of the Company on 11 October 1988 the ordinary
shareswere valued at 170 pence each. When the Company was nally
demerged on 16 September 1991 the base cost of Racal Electronics Plc
shares for UK taxpayers 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 otation
and demerger share prices therefore may be restated as 11.333 pence
and 22.133 pence respectively.
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.
The closing share price at 31 March 2012 was 172.2 pence
(31March2011: 176.5 pence). The closing share price on 21 May 2012
was 165.0 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, and ii) the reported high and low sales
pricesofADSs on the New York Stock Exchange (‘NYSE’)/NASDAQ.
TheCompany transferred its ADS listing from the NYSE to NASDAQ on
29October 2009.
London Stock
Exchange
Pounds per
ordinary share
NYSE/NASDAQ
Dollars per ADS
Year ended 31 March High Low High Low
2008 1.98 1.36 40.87 26.88
2009 1.70 0.96 32.87 15.30
2010 1.54 1.11 24.04 17.68
2011 1.85 1.27 32.70 18.21
2012 1.84 1.54 29.46 24.31
London Stock
Exchange
Pounds per
ordinary share
NYSE/NASDAQ
Dollars per ADS
Quarter High Low High Low
2010/2011
First quarter 1.53 1.27 23.79 18.21
Second quarter 1.65 1.36 25.80 20.71
Third quarter 1.80 1.57 28.52 28.84
Fourth quarter 1.85 1.67 32.70 26.34
2011/2012
First quarter 1.83 1.58 29.46 25.67
Second quarter 1.75 1.54 28.75 24.31
Third quarter 1.84 1.63 29.28 25.42
Fourth quarter 1.82 1.65 28.37 26.00
2012/2013
First quarter11.77 1.64 28.39 26.00
Note:
1 Covering period up to 21 May 2012.