Vodafone Group Plc Statement on Iliad announcement relating to Italy (1463X)

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RNS Number : 1463X

Vodafone Group Plc

18 December 2023

18 December 2023

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION

Statement on Iliad announcement relating to Italy

Vodafone Group Plc ("Vodafone") notes today's announcement from Iliad regarding a proposed merger of Vodafone Italy and Iliad Italy.

Consistent with its previous statements, Vodafone is supportive of in-market consolidation in countries where it is not achieving appropriate returns on invested capital and confirms it is exploring options with several parties to achieve this in Italy, including through a merger or a disposal.

There can be no certainty that any transaction will ultimately be agreed. If required, a further announcement will be made when appropriate.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it forms part of domestic UK law as defined in the Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (SI 2019/310).

For more information, please contact:

   Investor Relations                                           Media Relations 
   investors.vodafone.com                                       vodafone.com/news/contact-us 
   [e-mail]                                               [e-mail] 

Registered Office: Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2FN, England. Registered in England No. 1833679

Person responsible

The person responsible for arranging the release of this announcement on behalf of Vodafone is Maaike de Bie, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary (Tel: [phone]).

About Vodafone

Vodafone is the largest pan-European and African telecoms company. Our purpose is to connect for a better future by using technology to improve lives, digitalise critical sectors and enable inclusive and sustainable digital societies.

We provide mobile and fixed services to over 300 million customers in 17 countries, partner with mobile networks in 46 more and are also a world leader in the Internet of Things (IoT), connecting over 175 million devices and platforms. With Vodacom Financial Services and M-Pesa, the largest financial technology platform in Africa, we serve more than 73 million people across seven countries.

We are committed to reducing our environmental impact to reach net zero emissions by 2040, while helping our customers reduce their own carbon emissions by 350 million tonnes by 2030. We are driving action to reduce device waste and achieve our target to reuse, resell or recycle 100% of our network waste by 2025.

For more information, please visit www.vodafone.com, follow us on Twitter at @VodafoneGroup or connect with us on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/vodafone.

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