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Vodafone Group PLC Capital/Financing Update 2014

Sep 10, 2014

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Capital/Financing Update

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EXECUTION VERSION

10 September 2014

Vodafone Group Plc

Issue of €1,000,000,000 1.875 per cent. Notes due 11 September 2025

under the €30,000,000,000

Euro Medium Term Note Programme

PART A – CONTRACTUAL TERMS

Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Terms and Conditions set forth in the Prospectus dated 4 August 2014 and the supplementary prospectus dated 2 September 2014 which together constitute a base prospectus for the purposes of Directive 2003/71/EC (which includes the amendments made by Directive 2010/73/EU to the extent that such amendments have been implemented in a relevant Member State of the European Economic Area) (the "Prospectus Directive"). This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Notes described herein for the purposes of Article 5.4 of the Prospectus Directive and must be read in conjunction with the Prospectus as so supplemented. Full information on the Issuer and the offer of the Notes is only available on the basis of the combination of these Final Terms and the Prospectus as so supplemented. The Prospectus and the supplementary prospectus have been published on the website of the London Stock Exchange at www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news-home.html.

  1. Issuer: Vodafone Group Plc
  2. (i) Series Number: 47
    (ii) Tranche Number: 1
  3. Specified Currency or Currencies: Euro (€)
  4. Aggregate Nominal Amount:
  5. Series: €1,000,000,000
  6. Tranche: €1,000,000,000
  7. Issue Price: 98.913 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount
  8. (i) Specified Denomination(s): €100,000 and integral multiples of €1,000 in excess thereof up to and including €199,000. No Notes in definitive form will be issued with a denomination above €199,000.
    (ii) Calculation Amount: €1,000
  9. Issue Date and Interest Commencement Date: 11 September 2014
  10. Maturity Date: 11 September 2025
  11. Interest Basis: 1.875 per cent. Fixed Rate (see paragraph 14 below)
  12. Redemption Basis: Redemption at par
  13. Change of Interest Basis or Redemption Basis: Not Applicable
  14. Put/Call Options: Issuer Call (see paragraph 18 below)

  1. Date of Board approval for issuance of Notes:
    28 July 2014

The issue of the Notes was further authorised by a resolution of a Committee of the Board of Directors dated 8 September 2014

PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE

  1. Fixed Rate Note Provisions
    Applicable

(i) Rate(s) of Interest:
1.875 per cent. per annum payable in arrear on each Interest Payment Date

(ii) Interest Payment Date(s):
11 September in each year, commencing on 11 September 2015, up to and including the Maturity Date

(iii) Interest Payment Date Adjustment:
Not Applicable

(iv) Additional Business Centre(s):
Not Applicable

(v) Fixed Coupon Amount(s):
€18.75 per Calculation Amount

(vi) Broken Amount(s):
Not Applicable

(vii) Fixed Day Count Fraction:
Actual/Actual (ICMA)

(viii) Determination Date:
Not Applicable

  1. Floating Rate Note Provisions
    Not Applicable

  2. Zero Coupon Note Provisions
    Not Applicable

  3. Inflation Linked Interest Note Provisions
    Not Applicable

PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION

  1. Issuer Call
    Applicable

(i) Optional Redemption Date(s):
Any date from (and including) 11 June 2025 to (but excluding) the Maturity Date

(ii) Optional Redemption Amount:
€1,000 per Calculation Amount

(iii) If redeemable in part:

(a) Minimum Redemption Amount:
Not Applicable

(b) Higher Redemption Amount:
Not Applicable

(iv) Issuer Call Period:
Minimum period: 15 days
Maximum period: 30 days


  1. Investor Put Not Applicable
  2. Final Redemption Amount €1,000 per Calculation Amount
  3. Early Redemption Amount €1,000 per Calculation Amount

Early Redemption Amount payable on redemption for taxation reasons or on event of default or other early redemption:

GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES

  1. Form of Notes:

(a) Form:
Bearer Notes:
Bearer Notes:
Temporary Global Note exchangeable for a Permanent Global Note which is exchangeable for Definitive Notes only upon an Exchange Event

(b) New Global Note: Yes

  1. Additional Financial Centre(s) or other special provisions relating to Payment Days: Not Applicable
  2. Talons for future Coupons to be attached to Definitive Notes (and dates on which such Talons mature): No

PROVISIONS RELATING TO RMB NOTES

  1. Renminbi Currency Event: Not Applicable
  2. Calculation Agent: Not Applicable

Signed on behalf of the Issuer:

By: img-0.jpeg
Duly authorised NEIL GARRAD


PART B - OTHER INFORMATION

  1. Listing and Admission to Trading:

(i) Listing and admission to trading: Application has been made by the Issuer (or on its behalf) for the Notes to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's regulated market with effect from 11 September 2014.

(ii) Estimate of total expenses £3,650
related to admission to trading:

  1. Ratings:

The Notes to be issued are expected to be rated:
Standard & Poor's: A- (negative)
Moody's: Baa1 (stable)
Fitch: BBB+ (stable)

  1. Interests of Natural and Legal Persons Involved in the Issue:

Save for any fees payable to Banco Santander, S.A., BNP Paribas, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and UniCredit Bank AG (the "Joint Lead Managers"), so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the issue of the Notes has an interest material to the offer. The Joint Lead Managers and their affiliates have engaged, and may in the future engage, in investment banking and/or commercial banking transactions with, and may perform other services for, the Issuer and its affiliates in the ordinary course of business.

  1. Yield:

Indication of yield: 1.986 per cent. per annum

  1. TEFRA Rules

Whether TEFRA D/TEFRA C TEFRA D
applicable or TEFRA rules not applicable:

  1. Operational Information:

(i) ISIN Code: XS1109802568
(ii) Common Code: 110980256
(iii) CUSIP: Not Applicable
(iv) CINS: Not Applicable
(v) Any clearing system(s) Other than Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg and DTC (together with the address of each such clearing system) and the relevant identification number(s): Not Applicable
(vi) Intended to be held in a manner which would allow Eurosystem eligibility: Yes

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