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
April 1, 2022
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)
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This
Report on Form 6-K contains the following:-
| 1. | A
Stock Exchange Announcement dated 1 March 2022 entitled ‘TOTAL
VOTING RIGHTS AND CAPITAL’. |
| 2. | A
Media Announcement dated 7 March 2022 entitled ‘M-PESA - AFRICA'S LEADING FINTECH
PLATFORM - MARKS 15 YEARS OF TRANSFORMING LIVES’. |
| 3. | A
Stock Exchange Announcement dated 15 March 2022 entitled ‘TRANSACTION IN OWN SECURITIES
- TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS AND CAPITAL’. |
RNS
Number : 0986D
Vodafone Group
Plc
01
March 2022
VODAFONE
GROUP PLC
TOTAL
VOTING RIGHTS AND CAPITAL
In conformity
with Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rule 5.6.1R, Vodafone Group Plc ("Vodafone") hereby notifies the market that,
as at 28 February 2022:
Vodafone's
issued share capital consists of 28,817,627,868 ordinary shares of US$0.20 20/21 of
which 1,866,646,633 ordinary shares are held in Treasury.
Therefore,
the total number of voting rights in Vodafone is 26,950,981,235. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator
for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in,
Vodafone under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
This
announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.
END
RNS
Number : 7916D
Vodafone
Group Plc
07
March 2022
7
March 2022
M-PESA
- AFRICA'S LEADING FINTECH PLATFORM - MARKS 15 YEARS OF TRANSFORMING LIVES
| ● | Launched
on 6 March 2007, originally as an idea part-funded by the UK Department for International
Development in partnership with Vodafone, M-Pesa - Africa's first mobile payments service
- has been a major driver of financial inclusion, and now has 51 million customers across
seven countries |
| ● | M-Pesa
Africa has grown to become a full financial services provider. The 'Super App' - launched
in 2021 - is already being used by 9 million customers to access a broader range of services
including savings, insurance and credit |
| ● | M-Pesa
is now working with software developers to create 'mini apps', where businesses can create
their own platforms within the M-Pesa Super Apps. |
Vodafone,
and its African subsidiaries Vodacom and Safaricom, today marked the 15th anniversary
of M-Pesa, the service launched in March 2007 to enable money transfers between people using 2G feature phones. From its beginning
in Kenya, M-Pesa has grown to serve more than 51 million customers and 465,000 businesses. The service is provided by 600,000 agents
across Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Ghana and Egypt. M-Pesa processes more than 61 million
transactions a day, making it Africa's largest fintech provider, and it has attracted 42,000 external developers to create additional
services for the platform.
With
more people across the African continent shifting to smartphones, and using 3G and 4G broadband, M-Pesa is evolving to become a digital
financial services provider. In 2021, M-Pesa Africa launched the M-Pesa Super App and M-Pesa Business Super App which enables any business
on the service to run a virtual storefront providing their services through M-Pesa Mini Apps.
Nick
Read, Chief Executive Officer, Vodafone Group said: "As the original mobile money service, M-Pesa has been the most significant
driver of financial inclusion in Africa over the past 15 years. It is the continent's largest fintech platform and provides access to
financial services for more than 50m people - in a secure, affordable, and convenient way. M-Pesa is a great example of how a regional
platform can evolve and grow to meet and anticipate customer needs using smartphone technology - from peer-to-peer money transfer, to
payment of utility bills, to enabling the payroll of businesses, and to financial services such as micro-loans."
The
M-Pesa Super App is designed to be a customer's lifestyle companion connecting them to services they need in a typical day including
shopping, restaurants and food delivery, transport services, government services and much more. More than 9 million customers and 320,000
businesses have downloaded the M-Pesa Super App since its launch.
In
addition to the Super App, M-Pesa Africa is revamping the M-Pesa platform to support additional digital services, faster development
of new products, and to achieve increased stability and reliability. The platform revamp includes expansion of the M-Pesa APIs to provide
developers with even deeper access to the service enabling them to deploy more innovations on the service.
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ends -
Note
to Editors
About
M-Pesa
Launched
in 2007, M-Pesa is Africa's largest fintech providing financial services to more than 51 million customers every month. The service empowers
customers to transact- send and receive money, make payments, as well as save and access credit all from the convenience of a mobile
phone.
M-Pesa
has connected tens of millions of customers with access to financial services, contributing to a more than a three-fold growth in formal
financial inclusion across Africa. It has equally transformed the standard of living in rural areas and empowered women with access and
control over their finances. Tapped by many to power the digital economy, M-Pesa has contributed to youth empowerment through entrepreneurship
especially in e-commerce.
Socioeconomically,
M-Pesa has provided a lifeline for millions of people facilitating direct disbursements from governments and non-government organisations
to refugees, patients accessing health care, economically vulnerable persons amongst other groups.
It
continues to be an innovation trailblazer through services such as Fuliza - the world's first mobile overdraft, M-Shwari which pioneered
mobile only banking, the Pochi La Biashara wallet, and the M-Pesa Bill Manager among others.
M-Pesa
is run by Safaricom and Vodacom in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Ghana and Egypt. It provides
customers with access to the widest agent network across the continent at more than 600,000 agent outlets and to cashless payments at
more than 465,000 businesses.
For
further information:
Vodafone
Group |
Media
Relations |
Investor
Relations |
GroupMedia@vodafone.com |
IR@vodafone.co.uk |
RNS
Number : 8335E
Vodafone
Group Plc
15
March 2022
VODAFONE
GROUP PLC
TRANSACTION
IN OWN SECURITIES - TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS AND CAPITAL
In
March 2019, Vodafone Group Plc ('Vodafone') issued a two-tranche mandatory convertible bond, the second and final tranche
of which (£1,720,000,000 1.50 per cent. Subordinated Mandatory Convertible Bonds; ISIN XS1960589668) matured on Saturday, 12 March 2022.
As a result of the maturity, £1,720,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds were mandatorily converted into Vodafone's
ordinary shares in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Bonds. All conversions were satisfied by Vodafone transferring treasury
shares.
In
conformity with Listing Rule 12.6.4R, Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rule 5.5.1R and Disclosure Guidance and Transparency
Rule 5.6.1R, Vodafone hereby notifies the market of the following details of the transfer of treasury shares:
Date:
14 March 2022
Number
of ordinary shares transferred: 1,518,629,693
Conversion
price: £1.1326
Following
this transfer, Vodafone's issued share capital consists of 28,817,627,868 ordinary shares of US$0.20 20/21 of
which 393,004,244 ordinary shares are held in treasury.
Therefore,
the number of ordinary shares excluding those held in treasury, and the total number of voting rights in Vodafone, is 28,424,623,624.
This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to
notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Vodafone under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
This
announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.
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.
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VODAFONE
GROUP |
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PUBLIC
LIMITED COMPANY |
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(Registrant) |
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Dated: April 1,
2022 |
By: |
/s/
R E S MARTIN |
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Name:
Rosemary E S Martin |
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Title:
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary |
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