7 December 2016
Repurchase of Floating Rate Notes by Verizon
Vodafone Group Plc ("Vodafone") announces that on 7 December 2016 Verizon Communications Inc. ("Verizon") repurchased the outstanding US$2.5 billion aggregate principal amount of Floating Rate Notes due 2022 (the "Notes") issued by Verizon and held by an indirect subsidiary of Vodafone. Pursuant to the terms of a Noteholders Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2014, among, inter alia, Vodafone and Verizon, the repurchase price for the Notes was 100% plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes up to, but excluding, the repurchase date. The Notes were issued by Verizon to an indirect subsidiary of Vodafone on February 21, 2014, in connection with the consummation of the acquisition by Verizon of Vodafone's indirect interest in the Verizon Wireless business.
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