Vodafone Group Public Ltd Co 6-K, filed Feb 5, 2026
Vodafone Group Public Ltd Co (VOD)
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2026-02-05
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Vodafone Group Public Ltd Co filed this 6-K on February 5, 2026.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULES 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Dated
February 05, 2026
Commission
File Number: 001-10086
VODAFONE GROUP
PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
VODAFONE
HOUSE, THE CONNECTION, NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE, RG14 2FN,
ENGLAND
(Address
of principal executive offices)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form
20-F ✓
Form 40-F _
This
Report on Form 6-K contains a Stock Exchange Announcement dated 05
February 2026 entitled ‘€500 MILLION SHARE BUYBACK
PROGRAMME TO COMMENCE’.
05 FEBRUARY 2026
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€500 MILLION SHARE BUYBACK PROGRAMME TO COMMENCE
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Vodafone Group Plc ("Vodafone") today announces that it will commence a share
repurchase programme of ordinary shares in the share capital of
Vodafone of US$0.20
each (the "Ordinary
Shares") up to a maximum
consideration of €500 million (the "Programme").
each (the "Ordinary
Shares") up to a maximum
consideration of €500 million (the "Programme").
Vodafone
announces that it has given a non-discretionary instruction to
Goldman Sachs International ("GSI") in relation to the purchase by
GSI, acting as riskless principal during the period commencing on
05 February 2026 and ending no later than 11 May 2026, of Ordinary
Shares for a target expense amount of no greater than €500
million and the simultaneous on-sale of such Ordinary Shares by GSI
to Vodafone.
Any
purchase of Ordinary Shares done in relation to this announcement
will be carried out on the London Stock Exchange and Multilateral
Trading Facilities, as defined by the Directive 2014/65/EU on
markets in financial instruments (including the delegated and
implementing acts adopted under it) as implemented, retained,
amended, extended, re-enacted or otherwise given effect in the
United Kingdom from 1 January 2021 and as amended or supplemented
in the United Kingdom thereafter, and executed in accordance with
the UK Listing Rules and Vodafone's general authority to make
market purchases of Ordinary Shares granted by shareholders at the
2025 Annual General Meeting ("2025
AGM") pursuant to which the Company is authorised to
repurchase up to 3,715,558,736 Ordinary Shares. The sole purpose of
the Programme is to reduce share capital. Ordinary Shares acquired
by GSI will be subsequently repurchased by Vodafone, held as
treasury shares and then either cancelled or allocated to employee
share awards as they fall due.
The
Ordinary Shares will be purchased in accordance with the price and
volume conditions set out in the Commission Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2016/1052 of 8 March 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) No
596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard
to regulatory technical standards for the conditions applicable to
buyback programmes and stabilisation measures as implemented,
retained, amended, extended, re-enacted or otherwise given effect
in the United Kingdom from 1 January 2021 and as amended or
supplemented in the United Kingdom thereafter.
Details
of the authority granted at the 2025 AGM can be found within the
2025 Notice of Meeting on our website.
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For more information, please contact:
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Investor Relations:
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vodafone.com
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ir@vodafone.co.uk
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Media Relations:
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Vodafone.com/media/contact
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GroupMedia@vodafone.com
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Registered Office: Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury,
Berkshire RG14 2FN, England. Registered in England No.
1833679
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About Vodafone
Vodafone
is a leading European and African telecoms company.
We
serve over 360 million mobile and broadband customers, operating
networks in 15 countries with investments in a further five and
partners in over 40 more. We have capacity on more than 70 subsea
cable systems - the backbone of the internet - and we are
developing a new direct-to-mobile satellite communications service
to connect areas without coverage. Vodafone runs one of the world's
largest IoT platforms, with over 230 million IoT connections
globally, and we provide financial services to around 94 million
customers across seven African countries - managing more
transactions than any other provider.
From
the seabed to the stars, Vodafone's purpose is to keep everyone
connected.
For more information, please visit www.vodafone.com follow
us on X at @VodafoneGroup or connect with us on LinkedIn
at www.linkedin.com/company/vodafone.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.
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VODAFONE
GROUP
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PUBLIC
LIMITED COMPANY
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(Registrant)
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Date:
February 05, 2026
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By: /s/ M D B
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Name: Maaike de Bie
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Title: Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
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