Vodafone Group Plc announces that the transfer of the shares of the minority shareholders of the former Mannesmann AG to Vodafone Deutschland GmbH was registered in the Commercial Register on 21 August 2002. Accordingly, Vodafone now owns 100% of the shares.

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Vodafone Group Plc
Tim Brown, Group Corporate Affairs Director
Melissa Stimpson, Head of Group Investor Relations
Bobby Leach, Head of Group Financial Media Relations
Darren Jones, Senior Investor Relations Manager
Tel:  +44 (0) 1635 673310

Tavistock Communications
Lulu Bridges/John West
Tel:  +44 (0) 20 7600 2288