Vodafone Group Plc Annual Report 2025 29
Strategic report
Governance
Financials
Other information
Our financial performance continued
Section 219 SEC filings of interest Vodafone Group Plc (‘Vodafone’) does not have any subsidiaries, other equity investments, assets, facilities or employees located in Iran, and Vodafone has made no capital investment in Iran. To the best of its knowledge, no U.S. persons, including any U.S. affiliates of Vodafone, are involved in the activities described below. Except as specified below, to the best of Vodafone’s knowledge, neither Vodafone, its subsidiaries, nor its affiliates have engaged in any conduct needing to be disclosed under Section 13(r) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Vodafone has wholesale roaming and interconnect arrangements (including voice and data) with mobile and fixed line operators in Iran. Vodafone has, or has had, relationships with telecommunications operators in Iran in connection with such roaming and interconnect arrangements, some of which it believes are or may be government-controlled entities. Approximate gross revenue and costs attributable to the roaming and interconnect arrangements were €218,902.13 and €601,250.63, respectively, for the financial year ended 31 March 2025. Vodafone has certain embassy and enterprise relationships with Iranian entities for which it also expects small future revenues. During the financial year ended 31 March 2025, Vodafone provided telecommunications services to three Iranian national embassies and consulates globally and two Iranian majority-government-owned or controlled entities in Germany. The approximate gross revenue attributable to these relationships during the financial year was €8,796.95. During the financial year ended 31 March 2025, Vodafone Global Network Limited (VGN) continued to be a member of a consortium made up of the Telecommunication Infrastructure Company of Iran (‘TIC’) (an entity controlled by the government of Iran), Rostelecom and Omantel, that has built a high-speed cable network from a landing point in Oman to Germany.
Each member of the consortium is responsible for funding, building and maintaining its section of the cable, with VGN owning and being responsible for the segment from the Ukrainian border with Russia to Frankfurt, Germany. No consortium transactions or purchase of capacity took place during the financial year ended 31 March 2025 for which Vodafone was due any revenues. Netting arrangements are in place for the settlement of any such transactions which arise. Vodafone, through one of its subsidiaries, also makes insignificant payments to Iran in order to register and renew certain domain names and certain trademarks, and to protect its brand globally. Payments are made by the Dr Laghaee Law Firm in Tehran to The Domain Registry at the Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics Mathematics organisation, which is the domain name registry and therefore the ultimate beneficiary. The costs of the registration and renewal of the domain names for the financial year ended 31 March 2025, including the professional fees associated therewith, were approximately €2,464.88 paid via the law firm Al Tamimi & Company. Vodafone continues to maintain Iranian trademarks in Iran. No fees were due to the Iranian trademarks office during the financial year ended 31 March 2025. Dividends The Board is recommending total dividends per share of 4.5 eurocents for the year. This includes a final dividend of 2.25 eurocents compared to 4.5 eurocents in the prior year.
This year’s report contains the Strategic Report on pages 1 to 66 , which includes an analysis of our performance and position, a review of the business during the year, and outlines the principal risks and uncertainties we face. The Strategic Report was approved by the Board and signed on its behalf by the Group Chief Executive and Group Chief Financial Officer.
Margherita Della Valle Group Chief Executive 3 June 2025
Luka Mucic Group Chief Financial Officer 3 June 2025
Powered by FlippingBook