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
November 11, 2025
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 11
November 2025 entitled ‘€500 Million Share
Buyback Programme to Commence’.
11 NOVEMBER 2025
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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$0.2020⁄21 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 Merrill Lynch International ("MLI") in relation to
the purchase by MLI, acting as riskless principal during the period
commencing on 11 November 2025 and ending no later than 4 February
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 MLI 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 MLI 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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investors.vodafone.com
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Media Relations:
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Vodafone.com/media/contact
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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 355 million mobile and broadband customers, operating
networks in 15 countries with investments in a further five and
partners in over 40 more. Our undersea cables transport around a
sixth of the world's internet traffic, 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 215 million IoT connections, and we provide
financial services to around 92 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.
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:
November 11, 2025
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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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