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Vodafone Group PLC Capital/Financing Update 2016

Aug 14, 2016

5275_rns_2016-08-14_18a3db8f-8d36-4bd9-9259-185805cf78d8.pdf

Capital/Financing Update

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Vodafone Group Plc Issue of £1,000,000,000 3.000 per cent. Notes due 12 August 2056 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 12 January 2016 and the supplementary prospectuses dated 18 February 2016, 18 May 2016 and 25 July 2016 which together constitute a base prospectus for the purposes of Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure 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 prospectuses 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: 61
(ii) Tranche Number: 1
3. Specified Currency or Currencies: GBP (£)
4. Aggregate Nominal Amount:
Series: £1,000,000,000
Tranche: £1,000,000,000
5. Issue Price: 99.296 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount
6. (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
7. Issue Date
and
Interest
Commencement Date:
12 August 2016
8. Maturity Date: 12 August 2056
9. Interest Basis: 3.000 per cent. Fixed Rate
(see paragraph 14 below)
10. Redemption Basis: Redemption at par
11. Change of Interest Basis or
Redemption Basis:
Not Applicable
12. Put/Call Options: Change of Control Put Option
(see paragraph 20 below)
13. of Notes: Date of Board approval for issuance 22 March 2016 and 28 July 2016
14. Fixed Rate Note Provisions Applicable
(i) Rate(s) of Interest: 3.000 per cent. per annum payable in arrear on each Interest Payment Date
(ii) Interest Payment Date(s): 12 August in each year, commencing on 12 August 2017, 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): £30.00 per Calculation Amount
(vi) Broken Amount(s): Not Applicable
(vii) Fixed Day Count Fraction: Actual/Actual (ICMA)
(viii) Determination Date: 12 August in each year
15. Floating Rate Note Provisions Not Applicable
16. Zero Coupon Note Provisions Not Applicable
17. Inflation Linked Interest Note
Provisions
Not Applicable
PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION
18. Issuer Call Not Applicable
19. Investor Put Not Applicable
20. Change of Control Put Option Applicable
(i) Optional Redemption Amount: £1,010 per Calculation Amount
(ii) Put Period: As set out in the Terms and Conditions
(iii) Put Date: As set out in the Terms and Conditions
21. Final Redemption Amount £1,000 per Calculation Amount
22. Early Redemption Amount £1,000 per Calculation Amount
redemption: Early Redemption Amount payable
on redemption for taxation reasons or
on event of default or other early
GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES

23. 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

  • New Global Note: Yes $(b)$
  • Not Applicable 24. Additional Financial Centre(s) or other special provisions relating to Payment Days:
  • Yes, as the Notes have more than 27 coupon payments, Talons may be required if, on Talons for future Coupons to be 25. exchange into definitive form, more than 27 coupon payments are still to be made attached to Definitive Notes (and dates on which such Talons mature):

PROVISIONS RELATING TO RMB NOTES

Renminbi Currency Event: 26.

Calculation Agent: 27.

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Signed on behalf of the Issuer:

Elgeman By: Duly authorised

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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, or from
about, 12 August 2016.
(ii) Estimate of total expenses
related to admission to
trading:
£3,650
2. Ratings: The Notes to be issued are expected to be rated:
Standard & Poor's Credit Market Services Europe Limited: BBB+ (stable)
Moody's Investors Service España S.A.: Baa1 (stable)
Fitch Ratings Ltd.: BBB+ (stable)

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

Save for any fees payable to Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas and RBC Europe Limited (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.

4. Yield:

Indication of yield: 3.031 per cent. per annum

5. TEFRA Rules

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

6. Operational Information:

(i) ISIN: XS1472483772
(ii) Common Code: 147248377
(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
Yes

Eurosystem eligibility: