Vodafone Group Plc ("Vodafone") announces today that Arcor AG & Co. ("Arcor"), a 73.6% subsidiary of Vodafone AG, has sold its remaining 50.1% stake in its railway specific fixed-line telecommunications activities, Arcor DB Telematik GmbH ("Telematik"), to the German state owned railway operator Deutsche Bahn AG group ("Deutsche Bahn").

Arcor had initially sold Telematik's physical infrastructure as well as a 49.9% stake in Telematik's equity and entered into a put/call arrangement with Deutsche Bahn governing the remaining 50.1% stake, exercisable from 1 July 2002.

Deutsche Bahn exercised its option to purchase the remaining 50.1% stake today.  Arcor has now received the full transaction consideration of Euro 1.15 billion.

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Vodafone Group Plc
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Melissa Stimpson, Head of Group Investor Relations
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Darren Jones, Senior Investor Relations Manager
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