Shareholder information Unaudited information 2026/27 financial calendar key dates Ex-dividend date for final dividend for ordinary shareholders 4 June 2026 Ex-dividend date for final dividend for ADR holders 5 June 2026 Record date for final dividend 5 June 2026 AGM 27 July 2026 Final dividend payment 30 July 2026 Useful contacts The Registrar Equiniti, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex, BN99 6DA Telephone: +44 (0) 371 384 2532 See help.shareview.co.uk for more information about this service ADS holders Computershare Trust Company, P.O. Box 43304, Providence, RI 02940-3304, USA Telephone: +1 800 233 5601 (toll free), or for calls from outside the United States: +1 781 575 2833 See www.computershare.com/investor for more information about this service Shareholder information Managing your shares via Shareview Our share registrar, Equiniti, operates a portfolio service, Shareview, for investors in ordinary shares. This provides our shareholders with online access to information about their investments, as well as a facility to help manage their holdings online, such as being able to: – update your details online including your address and dividend payment instructions; – buy and sell shares easily; – receive certain shareholder communications electronically; – send your general meeting voting instructions in advance of shareholder meetings; 236 Vodafone Group Plc Annual Report 2026
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– view information about and join the Vodafone Group Plc Dividend Reinvestment Plan (‘DRIP’); and – access your online statements. Equiniti also offers an internet and telephone share dealing service to existing shareholders. See shareview.co.uk for more information about this service Shareholders with any queries regarding their holding should contact Equiniti on the contact details on the left of this page. Shareholders may also find the Investors section of our corporate website useful for general queries and information about the Company. See vodafone.com/investor for further details AGM Our forty-second AGM will be held at Storey Club, Paddington Central, 4 Kingdom Street, London, W2 6BD on Monday, 27 July 2026 at 10.30 am. Shareholder communications We are taking steps to reduce our impact on our planet. The use of electronic communications, rather than printed paper documents, means information about the Company can be accessed through emails or the Company’s website, thus supporting our efforts to reduce our impact on the environment. A growing number of our shareholders have opted to receive communications from us electronically. Shareholders who have done so will be sent an email alert containing a link to the relevant documents. We encourage all our shareholders to sign up for this service. You can register for this service at shareview.co.uk or by contacting Equiniti on the telephone number provided on the left of this page. See vodafone.com/investor for further information about this service
Payment of dividends by direct credit We pay cash dividends directly to shareholders’ bank or building society accounts. This ensures secure delivery and means dividend payments are credited to shareholders’ designated accounts on the same day payment is made. For ordinary shareholders, a dividend confirmation covering both the interim and final dividends paid during the financial year is sent to shareholders at the time of the interim dividend in February. Dividend reinvestment plan We offer a dividend reinvestment plan which allows holders of ordinary shares who choose to participate to use their cash dividends to acquire additional shares in the Company. These are purchased on their behalf by the plan administrator, Equiniti Financial Services Limited, through a low-cost dealing arrangement. For ADS holders, J.P. Morgan, through its transfer agent,
ShareGift We support ShareGift, the charity share donation scheme (registered charity number 1052686). Through ShareGift, shareholders who have only a very small number of shares, which might be considered uneconomic to sell, are able to donate them to charity. Donated shares are aggregated and sold by ShareGift, with the proceeds being passed on to a wide range of UK charities. See sharegift.org or call +44 (0)20 7930 3737 for further details Warning to shareholders (‘boiler room’ scams) Over recent years, we have become aware of investors who have received unsolicited calls or correspondence, in some cases purporting to have been issued by us, concerning investment matters. These callers typically make claims of highly profitable investment opportunities that turn out to be worthless or simply do not exist. These approaches are usually made by unauthorised companies and individuals and are commonly known as ‘boiler room’ scams. Investors are advised to be wary of any unsolicited advice or offers to buy shares. If it sounds too good to be true, it often is. See the FCA website at fca.org.uk/scamsmart for more detailed information about this or similar activities Dividends Read more on the dividend amount per share on pages 22 and 164. Euro dividends Dividends are declared in euros to align with the functional currency of the Company and paid in euros and pounds sterling according to where the shareholder is resident. Cash dividends to ADS holders are paid by the ADS depositary bank in US dollars. The foreign exchange rates at which dividends declared in euros are converted into pounds sterling and US dollars are calculated based on the average exchange rate of the five business days during the week prior to the payment of the dividend.
Computershare, maintains the Global Invest Direct Program, which is a direct purchase and sale plan for depositary receipts with a dividend reinvestment facility. See vodafone.com/dividends for further information about dividend payments Taxation of dividends See page 240 for details on dividend taxation. Shareholders as at 31 March 2026 Number of ordinary shares held Number of accounts
% of total of issued shares
1–1,000 1,001–5,000 5,001–50,000 50,001–100,000 100,001–500,000 More than 500,000
17,923 7,981 3,470 265
0.02 0.08 0.19 0.08 0.42
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