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Vodafone Group Plc Trading update For the three months ended 30 June 2016

22 July 2016

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Commercial review

Group Chief Executive Vittorio Colao

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Information in this presentation relating to the price at which relevant

investments have been bought or sold in the past or the yield on such

investments cannot be relied upon as a guide to the future

performance of such investments.

This presentation does not constitute an offering of securities or

otherwise constitute an invitation or inducement to any person to

underwrite, subscribe for or otherwise acquire or dispose of securities

in any company within the Group.

This presentation contains forward-looking statements within the

meaning of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

which are subject to risks and uncertainties because they relate to

future events. Some of the factors which may cause actual results to

differ from these forward-looking statements are discussed on the

final slide of this presentation.

Disclaimer

3

This presentation also contains non-GAAP information which the

Group’s management believes is valuable in understanding the

performance of the Group. However, non-GAAP information is not

uniformly defined by all companies and therefore it may not be

comparable with similarly titled measures disclosed by other

companies, including those in the Group’s industry. Although

these measures are important in the assessment and

management of the Group’s business, they should not be viewed

in isolation or as replacements for, but rather as complementary

to, comparable GAAP measures.

Vodafone, the Vodafone Speech Mark, the Vodafone Portrait, My

Vodafone, Vodafone One and Vodacom are trademarks of the

Vodafone Group. The Vodafone Rhombus is a registered design of

the Vodafone Group. Other product and company names

mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective

owners.

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All growth rates shown in this document are organic unless otherwise stated

Q1 16/17 highlights

4

Continued progress • Group service revenue €12.3bn, +2.2% (Q4 +1.8% underlying)

• Europe: +0.3%; stable trend as ‘more-for-more’ ARPU enhancement and fixed growth offsets

lower roaming fees

• AMAP: +7.7%; sustained growth driven by data adoption and customer base expansion

Ongoing momentum in growth engines • Data: 4G adoption driving usage; 4G customers up >100% to 53m, data volumes +63%

• Fixed: 348,000 broadband net adds, +32%. 13.7m base, of which 5.8m on-net NGN

• Enterprise: service revenue +2.6%; VGE and fixed driving outperformance

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Q1 15/16 Q1 16/17

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Continued progress

Customer experience1 KPIs Financials

Consumer NPS Gap to third

1,296 1,444

1,290 1,135

1,425

264 230 414 416 348

Q1 15/16 Q2 15/16 Q3 15/16 Q4 15/16 Q1 16/17

Mobile contract

Fixed

(000s) Customer net adds Service revenue growth (%)

• Clearly outperforming peers

• Consumer NPS leading in 12/21

markets

• EU 4G coverage 89% (+14pp YoY)

• Underlying momentum ex. Q4 leap

year benefit

• More-for-more offers offsetting 0.4pp

roaming regulation drag in Q1

• Consumer contract churn 16.6%;

0.3pp improvement YoY

• Contract net adds; AMAP +1.2m

(Q4 +0.9m); Europe +0.2m (Q4 +0.2m)

• Europe contract ARPU up QoQ

1. Gap to next best based on 21 markets, gap to 3rd based on 20 markets and represents the simple average of the difference in Consumer NPS score between Vodafone and the 3rd ranking

competitor. In markets where Vodafone is the 3rd ranking competitor the negative difference between Vodafone and the 2nd ranking competitor is used.

0.8 1.2 1.4

2.5 2.2

(1.5) (1.0)

(0.6) 0.5 0.3

6.1 6.7 6.5

8.1 7.7

Q1 15/16 Q2 15/16 Q3 15/16 Q4 15/16 Q1 16/17

Group Europe AMAP

(2)

2

Q1 15/16 Q1 16/17

(points)

Gap to next best

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812 927 990

1,120 1,272

582 649 662

745 801

Q1 15/16 Q2 15/16 Q3 15/16 Q4 15/16 Q1 16/17

Europe AMAP

6

Growth engines: data

Increasing 4G penetration Growing data usage Delivering monetisation

Smartphone usage Monthly average MB

24.2

30.1 34.8

46.8 52.5

18.9 24.3

28.1 33.4

36.0

Q1 15/16 Q2 15/16 Q3 15/16 Q4 15/16 Q1 16/17

(m) 4G customers ‘More-for-more’ actions, supporting ARPU Examples

Unlimited EU roaming

Extra 1 - 2GB

4G max April 2016

+€5

Sept 2015

4G

Dedicated customer service agent

Cinema tickets

+€1.90

• Europe: 4G used by 30% of customers,

representing 54% of data usage

• Emerging markets: 89m 3G/4G data

users (60% of total EM data users)

• Europe smartphone penetration still

only 61%, India 33%

• Europe data traffic +62%, AMAP +64%

• Strongest quarter of absolute data

growth

Group

Europe

April 2016

EU & US roaming allowance

Extra 0.5 -1GB +€1-6

EU roaming allowance

Up to an extra 5GB May 2016

+£1-4

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2.6

5.1

1.7

Total Enterprise Fixed Mobile

6.3

20.1

14.4

VGE IoT Cloud & Hosting

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Growth engines: enterprise

Leading scale and service Fixed outpacing mobile Growing in strategic areas

Q1 service revenue growth Q1 service revenue growth (%) (%)

• Mobile: customers +7% to 39m,

ARPU -7%

• Fixed: 28% of enterprise revenue;

gaining market share

• Half of total pipeline fixed / converged

• IoT connections 41.3m, +39%

• IP-VPN revenue +7.7%

of Group service revenue

NPS leader in

out of

enterprise markets

Largest 4G IoT footprint

countries

IP-VPN global networks in

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Growth engines: fixed and convergence

Significant scale Ongoing momentum Ample growth opportunity

28

61

74

15

26 30

Q1 14/15 Q1 15/16 Q1 16/17

EU Homes reached with NGN broadband

317

379 421

362

208 254

281

215

Q2 15/16 Q3 15/16 Q4 15/16 Q1 16/17

Total

On-net

EU NGN customer net adds NGN on-net penetration (000s) (m)

• 48% NGN coverage in Europe,

matching incumbents

• On-net coverage 30m, pro-forma for

Ziggo 36m

• 13.7m broadband base, o/w 6.8m NGN

• TV customers +100k to 9.6m; new TV

platform launched

• 3.3m converged customers

• 86% of EU NGN base are higher margin

on-net customers

• On-net RGU per unique subscriber

1.9x1

• EU NGN ARPU +20% vs. average

On-net

customers

(m)

On-net

households

(m)

Penetration

(%)

3.1 13.7 23%

2.0 8.9 23%

0.2 3.9 5%

Others 0.5 3.4

Europe 5.8 29.9 19%

Total

On-net

1. Based on Germany, Spain, Italy and Portugal

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Growth engines: strengthening strategic capabilities

New Zealand: Merger with Sky NL: 50-50 JV with Ziggo

Market leading TV platform

90% cable

coverage

Market leading 4G

99%

coverage

A stronger

converged operator

#1 TV

100%

TV coverage

#1 mobile, #2 fixed

90%

4G coverage

A leading

integrated operator

• 51% ownership; NZ$1.25bn received

• NPV of synergies NZ$850m

• Shareholder approval received;

expected to close end 2016

• NPV of synergies €3.5bn

• Good progress with integration planning

• Phase 1 decision 3 August; expected

to close around end 2016

Enhancing wholesale agreements

targeting 7.5m HH by 2020

Vectoring: improved conditions

vs. original proposal

Seeking improved fixed access

conditions from Openreach

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Differentiation: Customer eXperience eXcellence

Connectivity Always in control Reward loyalty Easy access

CO

VE

RA

GE

K

PIs

24/7 live help

14 markets

EU data sessions

>3Mbps 91%

My Vodafone App

35% penetration2

Consumer contract

churn 16.6%

First contact resolution

65%

Tailored offers

16 markets

Real time monitoring

13 markets1

Network ‘guarantee’

14 markets

10 1. My Vodafone App is available in 21 markets, with 13 markets offering real time monitoring

2. Monthly unique My Vodafone App visitors / monthly smartphone base

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Operational review

Group Chief Financial Officer Nick Read

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Service revenue growth by markets

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20.3 19.5

9.4

6.4 4.9 4.4 4.2

2.8 1.8 1.6 1.2

0.2

(2.1) (2.2) (3.2)

Ghana Turkey Egypt India Spain Vodacom Romania Ireland New

Zealand

Germany Italy Portugal Greece NL UK

Q1 16/17 organic service revenue (%)

Group +2.2%

1

1. Excluding impact of handset financing

2. Stable underlying rate excluding the transfer of HOL carrier service revenue to Group

2

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Consumer NPS

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Germany

KPIs Financials

104

245

196

49

8

70 66

105 134

108

Q1 15/16 Q2 15/16 Q3 15/16 Q4 15/16 Q1 16/17

Mobile contract

Fixed

(000s) Customer net adds

(1.2) (1.8)

(0.4)

1.6 1.6

Q1 15/16 Q2 15/16 Q3 15/16 Q4 15/16 Q1 16/17

Service revenue growth (%)

• 4G coverage 89%, +11pp YoY, 8.4m

customers

• CXX: Gigabit campaign – 400 Mbps in Cable

– LTE max in Prepaid

• Competition in indirect channels;

direct share of gross adds 42%, +7pp YoY

• Value enhancement; ‘M4M’, service and

handset fees rebalanced

• Fixed: cable additions +92k, DSL +16k1

• Sequential improvement in growth

ex. roaming

• Mobile -0.3% (Q4 +0.3%); roaming

regulation

• Fixed2 +4.7% (Q4 +3.8%);

KDG +9.4% (Q4 +9.3%)

1. After migrations

2. Aided by an accounting reclassification of fixed line revenue. Underlying fixed growth was +3.0% in Q1 and +2.4% in Q4; (KDG +6.4% in Q1 and +6.9% in Q4)

Customer experience

lead over 3rd ranked

competitor

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Consumer NPS

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Italy

KPIs Financials

(293)

(207) (266) (261)

(318)

43 24 38 63 46

Q1 15/16 Q2 15/16 Q3 15/16 Q4 15/16 Q1 16/17

Mobile

Fixed

(000s) Customer net adds

(2.0) (2.0)

(0.3)

1.3 1.2

Q1 15/16 Q2 15/16 Q3 15/16 Q4 15/16 Q1 16/17

Service revenue growth (%)

• Leading 4G coverage 96%, 6.8m

customers

• CXX: ‘Satisfied or reimbursed’

network guarantee

• Mobile: decline in prepaid & enterprise,

offset growth in consumer contract

• Fixed: 41% of gross adds on fibre

• Underlying improvement ex. Q4 leap

year boost

• Mobile +1.4% (Q4 +1.6%); consumer

prepaid ARPU +11.6%

• Fixed +0.1% (Q4 -0.2%); base growth

and pricing pressure

Customer experience

lead over 3rd ranked

competitor

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Customer experience

Customer monthly call volumes

15

UK

KPIs Financials

83 90 94

1

26

4 5 14

20 28

Q1 15/16 Q2 15/16 Q3 15/16 Q4 15/16 Q1 16/17

Mobile contract

Fixed

(000s) Customer net adds Service revenue growth (%)

• Call volumes normalising

• Accelerating 4G coverage, 95%, +19pp

YoY1. 7.5m 4G customers

• CXX: Network guarantee launched,

and new roaming propositions

• Improved consumer contract churn,

15.5% (Q4 18.9%)

• Broadband base now 137k

• Mobile -3.6% (Q4 -1.9%); IT challenges,

lower OOB, roaming impact and MTR

cuts

• Fixed -1.8% (Q4 +5.5%); strong carrier in

Q4, lapping large contract win

0.2

(0.5) (0.7) (0.8)

(3.2)

Q1 15/16 Q2 15/16 Q3 15/16 Q4 15/16 Q1 16/17

Reported

Q4 ex. carrier effect

(m)

(0.1)

1. Ofcom definition 95%, Vodafone definition 90%

1.3

2.2

1.5

Apr 14 Oct 15 Jun 16

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Consumer NPS

Lead over next best

competitor

16

Spain

KPIs Financials

54

92 83

105

53 41

28

79

64

1

Q1 15/16 Q2 15/16 Q3 15/16 Q4 15/16 Q1 16/17

Mobile contract

Fixed

(000s) Customer net adds Service revenue growth (%)

• 92% 4G coverage. 5.9m 4G customers

• CXX: integrated ‘roam like at home’

used by 60% of roamers

• Higher churn in fixed and mobile post

tariff changes; mobile normalised in

June

• Convergence: Vodafone One 1.9m

users, TV +52k net adds to 1.1m

(5.5)

(2.0) (3.1) (3.2)

1.3

(3.3)

1.0 0.7 0.6

4.9

Q1 15/16 Q2 15/16 Q3 15/16 Q4 15/16 Q1 16/17

Reported

Ex. handset financing

• More-for-more propositions and base

growth over the year

• SR ex. handset financing: consumer

+3.8%, enterprise +7.2%

Customer experience

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Vodacom

KPIs Financials

70 82

91 99

106

Q1 15/16 Q2 15/16 Q3 15/16 Q4 15/16 Q1 16/17

(000s) South Africa data bundles sold Vodacom service revenue growth (%)

• Leading 3G coverage 99%, 4G 65%

and fastest download speeds

• CXX: ‘Just for You’ personalised offer

driving loyalty

• SA customer growth +7.4%; record

low contract churn 5.3%

• Data users +6%, bundles +52%

• 3.6m 4G customers

• SA: data revenue +18% (Q4 +19%);

contract ARPU +5.3%

• Intl: new customer registration

processes, c.8pp Q1 SR impact

2.8 3.0

7.2 6.5 5.7

10.7 8.3

10.7 10.2

4.4

Q1 15/16 Q2 15/16 Q3 15/16 Q4 15/16 Q1 16/17

4.5 3.9 7.2 6.3 4.4

Group

SA

Internationals

Customer experience

South Africa Consumer NPS

lead over next best

competitor

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Customer experience

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India

KPIs Financials

67 67 67 68 70

22 24 26 28 32

Q1 15/16 Q2 15/16 Q3 15/16 Q4 15/16 Q1 16/17

Total

3G/4G

(000s) Data users Service revenue growth (%)

• 3G coverage 96%1, 4G coverage >60%

of data revenues by year end

• CXX: waiver for first ‘bill shock’

• Disciplined approach in upcoming

spectrum auction

• Data usage transitioning to 3G/4G;

46% of data users (PY 33%)

• High smartphone usage rising; 3G

875MB, +11.5%

• Underlying broadly stable ex Q4 leap

and lower ICR revenues3

• Data browsing revenue +22% (Q4 +35%)

• Voice revenue +2.2% (Q4 +0%); easing

price pressure, lower MoU

6.9 5.6

2.3 5.3 6.4

4.6 5.3

5.3

4.9 1.3

Q1 15/16 Q2 15/16 Q3 15/16 Q4 15/16 Q1 16/17

7.7

10.2

7.6

10.9 11.5

Reported

Regulatory impact2

1. In targeted urban areas

2. Includes MTRs, service tax, roaming price caps and other items

3. ICR = Intra circle roaming

Customer NPS (points)

lead over next best

competitor

(May 2016)

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Summary

Outlook

• Growth expected to continue

• Full year 16/17 guidance confirmed

• Continued progress

• Building differentiation through CXX programme

• Good performance in Germany, Italy, Spain and South Africa;

continued recovery in India, addressing UK challenges

• Data: more-for-more propositions supporting ARPU

• Fixed: gaining scale, capturing value through on-net growth

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Q&A

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Appendix

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Currency of

payment

Dividend policy under euro reporting

Current sterling based dividend Going forward euro based dividend

Exchange rate

Denomination

Policy

10 business days before payment

date

Average of the five business days in

the week prior to payment

Intend to grow dividends per share in

sterling

Intend to grow dividends per share in

euros

Baseline dividend per share FY 15/16 = 14.48 = 11.45

1. The base line dividend in Euros and US$ is based on FY 15/16 year end exchange rates of £: €1.2647

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Customer experience and commercial KPIs

AMAP Europe Q1

14/15

Q2

15/16

Q3

15/16

Q4

15/16

Q1

16/17

4G customers (m) 18.9 24.3 28.1 33.4 36.0

Contract churn (%) 15.0% 15.7% 16.7% 16.1% 15.3%

4G % outdoor population

coverage 75% 80% 84% 87% 89%

% of data sessions >3Mbps 89% 88% 90% 91% 91%

% of dropped calls 0.58% 0.60% 0.50% 0.46% 0.47%

Call setup success 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.9% 99.9%

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Q1

14/15

Q2

15/16

Q3

15/16

Q4

15/16

Q1

16/17

4G customers (m) 5.3 5.8 6.7 13.4 16.5

Contract churn (%) 19.4% 19.4% 20.9% 20.5% 18.2%

3G/4G outdoor coverage

(excluding India) 82% 83% 83% 85% 85%

India 3G outdoor coverage

(targeted urban areas) 91% 94% 94% 95% 96%

% of dropped calls 0.95% 0.99% 0.93% 0.86% 0.70%

Call setup success 99.3% 99.4% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%

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Currency sensitivity

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Currency FY 15/16 closing

net debt (€bn)

EUR 23.1

ZAR 1.4

GBP (4.5)

INR 9.4

Other 7.5

Total 36.9

Currency FY 15/16 closing

EBITDA (€bn)

EUR 8.1

ZAR 1.7

GBP 1.9

INR 1.8

Other 2.3

Total 15.8

Actual foreign exchange rates may vary from the foreign exchange rate assumptions

used:

• A 1% change in the rupee to euro exchange rate would impact net debt by

approximately €93 million

• A 1% change in the South African rand to euro exchange rate would impact net debt

by approximately €15 million

• A 1% change in the pounds sterling to euro exchange rate would impact net debt by

approximately €80 million

Actual foreign exchange rates may vary from the foreign exchange rate assumptions

used:

• A 1% change in the rupee to euro exchange rate would impact EBITDA by

approximately €20 million

• A 1% change in the South African rand to euro exchange rate would impact EBITDA

by approximately €15 million

• A 1% change in the pounds sterling to euro exchange rate would impact EBITDA by

approximately €15 million

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More information

www.vodafone.com/investor

2016 upcoming dates Visit our website for more information

For definitions of terms please see www.vodafone.com/content/index/investors/glossary

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+44 (0) 7919 990 230

Contact us

AGM

29 July

Half year results

15 November

26

Final dividend paid

3 August

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Forward-looking statements

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This presentation, along with any oral statements made in connection therewith, contains

“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the US Private Securities Litigation

Reform Act of 1995 with respect to the Group’s financial condition, results of operations

and businesses and certain of the Group’s plans and objectives.

In particular, such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: statements

with respect to: expectations regarding the Group’s financial condition or results of

operations; expectations for the Group’s future performance generally; expectations

regarding the Group’s operating environment and market conditions and trends;

intentions and expectations regarding the development, launch and expansion of

products, services and technologies; growth in customers and usage; expectations

regarding spectrum licence acquisitions; and expectations regarding, EBITDA, free cash

flow, capital expenditure, and foreign exchange movements.

Forward-looking statements are sometimes, but not always, identified by their use of a

date in the future or such words as “will”, “anticipates”, “aims”, “could”, “may”, “should”,

“expects”, “believes”, “intends”, “plans” or “targets” (including in their negative form). By

their nature, forward-looking statements are inherently predictive, speculative and involve

risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may

or may not occur in the future. There are a number of factors that could cause actual

results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these

forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, the following:

changes in economic or political conditions in markets served by operations of the Group;

greater than anticipated competitive activity; higher than expected costs or capital

expenditures; slower than expected customer growth and reduced customer retention;

changes in the spending patterns of

new and existing customers; the Group’s ability to expand its spectrum position or renew or

obtain necessary licences; the Group’s ability to execute its strategy; changes in foreign

exchange rates and interest rates; the Group’s ability to realise benefits from entering into

partnerships or joint ventures and entering into service franchising and brand licensing;

unfavourable consequences to the Group of making and integrating acquisitions or

disposals; changes to the regulatory framework in which the Group operates; the impact of

legal or other proceedings; loss of suppliers or disruption of supply chains or unfavourable

developments in the availability or prices of commodities and raw materials; developments

in the Group’s financial condition and other factors that the Board takes into account when

determining levels of dividends; the Group’s ability to satisfy working capital and other

requirements; changes in statutory tax rates or profit mix; and/or changes in tax legislation

or final resolution of open tax issues.

Furthermore, a review of the reasons why actual results and developments may differ

materially from the expectations disclosed or implied within forward-looking statements

can be found under the headings “Forward-looking statements” and “Risk management” in

the Group’s Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2016. The Annual Report can be

found on the Group’s website (vodafone.com/investor). All subsequent written or oral

forward-looking statements attributable to the Company, to any member of the Group or to

any persons acting on their behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the factors

referred to above. No assurances can be given that the forward-looking statements in or

made in connection with this presentation will be realised. Subject to compliance with

applicable law and regulations, Vodafone does not intend to update these forward-looking

statements and does not undertake any obligation to do so.