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32. Principal subsidiaries (continued)
Principal subsidiaries
A full list of subsidiaries, joint arrangements, associated undertakings and any signicant holdings (as dened in the Large and Medium-sized
Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008) as at 15 August 2015 will be annexed to the Company’s next annual return
led with the Registrar of Companies. No subsidiaries are excluded from the Group consolidation. Unless otherwise stated the Company’s principal
subsidiaries all have share capital consisting solely of ordinary shares and are indirectly held. The country of incorporation or registration of all
subsidiaries is also their principal place of operation unless otherwise stated.
Name Principal activity
Country of incorporation or
registration
Percentage
shareholdings1
Vodafone GmbH Network operator Germany 100.0
Kabel Deutschland Holding AG Network operator Germany 76.7
Vodafone Limited Network operator England 100.0
Vodafone Omnitel B.V.2Network operator Netherlands 100.0
Vodafone España, S.A.U. Network operator Spain 100.0
Cableuropa, S.A.U.3Network operator Spain 100.0
Vodafone Albania Sh.A. Network operator Albania 99.9
Vodafone Czech Republic a.s. Network operator Czech Republic 100.0
Vodafone-Panafon Hellenic Telecommunications Company S.A. Network operator Greece 99.9
Hellas Online S.A.4Network operator Greece 97.8
Vodafone Magyarorszag Mobile Tavkozlesi Zartkoruen Mukodo Reszvenytarsasag5Network operator Hungary 100.0
Vodafone Ireland Limited Network operator Ireland 100.0
Vodafone Malta Limited Network operator Malta 100.0
Vodafone Libertel B.V. Network operator Netherlands 100.0
Vodafone Portugal-Comunicações Pessoais, S.A.6Network operator Portugal 100.0
Vodafone Romania S.A. Network operator Romania 100.0
Vodafone India Limited Network operator India 100.0
Vodacom Group Limited Holding company South Africa 65.0
Vodacom (Pty) Limited7Network operator South Africa 60.9
Vodacom Congo (RDC) s.p.r.l.7,8,9 Network operator
The Democratic
Republic of Congo 33.2
Vodacom Tanzania Limited7Network operator Tanzania 53.4
VM, S.A.7,10 Network operator Mozambique 55.3
Vodacom Lesotho (Pty) Limited7Network operator Lesotho 52.0
Vodacom Business Africa Group (PTY) Limited7Holding company South Africa 65.0
Vodafone Egypt Telecommunications S.A.E. Network operator Egypt 54.9
Ghana Telecommunications Company Limited Network operator Ghana 70.0
Vodafone New Zealand Limited Network operator New Zealand 100.0
Vodafone Qatar Q.S.C.9Network operator Qatar 23.0
Vodafone Telekomunikasyon A.S. Network operator Turkey 100.0
Vodafone Group Services Limited11 Global products and services provider England 100.0
Vodafone Sales & Services Limited12 Group services provider England 100.0
Cobra Automotive Technologies S.P.A.13 Telematics products and services provider Italy 100.0
Vodafone 6 UK Holding company England 100.0
Vodafone Holdings Europe, S.L.U. Holding company Spain 100.0
Vodafone Europe B.V. Holding company Netherlands 100.0
Vodafone International Holdings B.V. Holding company Netherlands 100.0
Vodafone Investments Luxembourg S.a.r.l. Holding company Luxembourg 100.0
Vodafone Procurement Company S.a.r.l. Group services provider Luxembourg 100.0
Vodafone Roaming Services S.a.r.l. Group services provider Luxembourg 100.0
Notes:
1 Effective ownership percentages of Vodafone Group Plc at 31 March 2015, rounded to nearest tenth of one percent.
2 The principal place of operation of Vodafone Omnitel B.V. is Italy.
3 Cableuropa, S.A.U, was acquired on 23 July 2014.
4 Hellas Online S.A. was acquired on 25 November 2014.
5 Trades as Vodafone Hungary Mobile Telecommunications Company Limited.
6 38.6% of the issued share capital of Vodafone Portugal-Comunicações Pessoais, S.A. is directly held by Vodafone Group Plc.
7 Shareholding is indirect through Vodacom Group Limited. The indirect shareholding is calculated using the 65.0% ownership interest in Vodacom.
8 The share capital of Vodacom Congo (RDC) s.p.r.l. consists of 1,000,000 ordinary shares and 75,470,588 preference shares.
9 The Group has rights that enable it to control the strategic and operating decisions of Vodafone Qatar Q.S.C. and Vodacom Congo (RDC) s.p.r.l.
10 The share capital of VM, S.A. consists of 60,000,000 ordinary shares and 548,350,646 preference shares.
11 Share capital consists of 1,190 ordinary shares and one deferred share, of which 100% of the shares are indirectly held by Vodafone Group Plc.
12 Vodafone Sales & Services Limited is directly held by Vodafone Group Plc.
13 Cobra Automotive Technologies S.P.A. was acquired on 14 August 2014. On 1 April 2015, it changed its name to Vodafone Automotive S.P.A.
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Notes to the consolidated nancial statements (continued)