Report of Foreign Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 (6-k)

 

 

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 February 10, 2023

 

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 þ      Form 40-F ¨

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ¨

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ¨

 

 

This Report on Form 6-K contains a Stock Exchange Announcement dated 10 February 2023 entitled ‘VODAFONE CLOSES U.S. $1.2 BILLION DEBT SECURITIES OFFERING’.

 

VODAFONE CLOSES U.S.$1.2 BILLION DEBT SECURITIES OFFERING

 

On 10 February 2023, Vodafone Group Plc ("Vodafone") closed a U.S.$1.2 billion debt securities offering. The securities offering included an offering of U.S.$700,000,000 5.625% Notes due February 2053 and U.S.$500,000,000 5.750% Notes due February 2063. Vodafone has applied to list the securities on the Nasdaq Global Market.

 

Vodafone has generated net proceeds of U.S.$1,183,901,000 from the sale of the debt securities. Vodafone intends to use these net proceeds (i) to fund the purchase of its 5.250% Notes due May 2048, 4.375% Notes due February 2043 and 5.000% Notes due May 2038 (collectively, the “Tender Offer Notes”), that are validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) pursuant to its offers to purchase any and all of such Tender Offer Notes up to a cap of U.S.$2.0 billion aggregate principal amount of the Tender Offer Notes and (ii) for general corporate purposes.

 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

 

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor does it constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful. The offering to which this media release relates was made pursuant to an effective registration statement that Vodafone filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus. Vodafone has filed with the SEC a final prospectus supplement to the base prospectus for the offering. You can obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the prospectus supplement, the accompanying base prospectus and the final prospectus relating to the offering can be obtained from Vodafone at its registered address, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering (BofA Securities, Inc. at 1-800-294-1322, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at 1-800-831-9146, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC at 1-866-471-2526, SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. at 1-888-868-6856 and TD Securities (USA) LLC at 1-855-495-9846).

 

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.

  

		VODAFONE GROUP
		PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
		(Registrant)
Date: February 10, 2023	By:	/s/ R E S MARTIN
	Name:	Rosemary E S Martin
	Title:	Group General Counsel and Company Secretary