REG - Vodafone Group Plc - U.S.$1.2 BILLION DEBT SECURITIES OFFERING CLOSURE

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10/02/2023 15:00

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RNS Number : 6247P  Vodafone Group Plc  10 February 2023

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validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) pursuant to its offers to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).

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