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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">As filed
    with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&#160;11,
    2008</FONT></B>
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    <B>Registration
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">No.&#160;333-&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt">UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND
    EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
    </FONT><FONT style="font-size: 12pt">Washington,&#160;D.C.
    20549</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;S-8</FONT><BR>
    <FONT style="font-size: 12pt">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
    UNDER <BR>
    THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</FONT></FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">VODAFONE
    GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY<BR>
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt"><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">(Exact
    name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></FONT></I>
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    <B>England and Wales</B>
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    <B>Not Applicable</B>
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    <I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">(State or other jurisdiction of
    incorporation<BR>
    or organization)</FONT></I>
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    <I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">(I.R.S. employer<BR>
    identification No.) </FONT></I>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vodafone
    House<BR>
    The Connection<BR>
    Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2FN, England<BR>
    Tel. No.:
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">011-44-1635-33251</FONT><BR>
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt"><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">(Address
    and telephone number of Registrant&#146;s principal executive
    offices)</FONT></FONT></I>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">THE
    VODAFONE GLOBAL INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt"><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">(Full
    titles of the plan)</FONT></FONT></I>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">CT
    Corporation System<BR>
    111
    8<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP>
    Avenue<BR>
    New York, NY 10011<BR>
    Tel. No.:
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">212-590-9200</FONT><BR>
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt"><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">(Name,
    address and telephone number of agent of
    service)</FONT></FONT></I>
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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Please
    send copies of all communications to:</FONT></I></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Stephen
    R. Scott<BR>
    Vodafone Group Public Limited Company<BR>
    Vodafone House<BR>
    The Connection<BR>
    Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2FN, England<BR>
    Tel. No.:
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">011-44-1635-33251</FONT></FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">CALCULATION
    OF REGISTRATION FEE</FONT></B>
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    <B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
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    <B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
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    <B>Amount of<BR>
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    <B>Amount<BR>
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    <B>Offering<BR>
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    <B>Aggregate<BR>
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    <B>Registration<BR>
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    <B>Securities to be Registered(1)</B>
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    <B>to be Registered(2)</B>
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    <B>Price per Share(3)</B>
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    <B>Offering Price(3)</B>
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    <B>Fee</B>
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    Ordinary Shares, nominal value of
    11<FONT style="vertical-align: text-top; font-size: 70%;">3</FONT>/<FONT style="font-size: 70%;">7</FONT>
    U.S. cents each:
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    30,000,000
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    $3.17
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    $95,100,000
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    $3,737.43
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    (1) </TD>
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    This Registration Statement registers ordinary shares, nominal
    value 11
    <FONT style="vertical-align: text-top; font-size: 70%;">3</FONT>/<FONT style="font-size: 70%;">7</FONT>
    U.S. cents each (&#147;Ordinary Shares&#148;), of the Registrant
    which may be issued to U.S. employees of the Registrant and its
    subsidiaries pursuant to the Vodafone Group Incentive Plan (the
    &#147;Plan&#148;). A portion of the Ordinary Shares may be
    represented by American Depositary Shares (&#147;ADSs&#148;).
    ADSs evidenced by American Depositary Receipts issuable upon
    deposit of Ordinary Shares have been registered under a separate
    registration statement on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;F-6</FONT>
    (File
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">No.&#160;333-135988).</FONT>
    Each ADS represents ten Ordinary Shares.</TD>
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    (2) </TD>
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    The amount being registered also includes an indeterminate
    number of Ordinary Shares which may be issuable under the Plan
    as a result of variations in share capital, share splits, share
    dividends or similar transactions, in accordance with
    Rule&#160;416.</TD>
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    Estimated in accordance with Rule&#160;457(h), solely for
    purposes of calculating the registration fee, on the basis of
    the average of the high and low sale prices of the Ordinary
    Shares of &#163;1.58 per share on the London Stock Exchange on
    March&#160;6, 2008 converted into US dollars at the buying rate
    for pounds sterling of &#163;1.00 = $2.01, as announced by the
    Federal Reserve on that date.</TD>
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    <B>This Registration Statement will become effective upon filing
    in accordance with Rule&#160;462 under the Securities Act of
    1933.</B>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I: INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II: INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item 4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item 8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item 9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURE OF VODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="u54772exv4w2.htm">EX-4.2: GLOBAL INCENTIVE PLAN, APPROVED BY SHAREHOLDERS ON JULY 26, 2005</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="u54772exv5w1.htm">EX-5.1: OPINION OF STEPHEN R. SCOTT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="u54772exv23w1.htm">EX-23.1: CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="u54772exv23w2.htm">EX-23.2: CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCH LLP</A></TD></TR>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">PART&#160;I:<BR>
    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION&#160;10(a)
    PROSPECTUS</FONT></B>
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    All information required by Part&#160;I of
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;S-8</FONT>
    to be contained in the Section&#160;10(a) prospectus is omitted
    from this Registration Statement in accordance with
    Rule&#160;428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
    &#147;Securities Act&#148;) and the Note to Part&#160;I of
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;S-8.</FONT>
    The document(s) containing the information specified in
    Part&#160;I will be delivered to employees of the Registrant and
    employees of subsidiaries of the Registrant participating in the
    plan covered by this Registration Statement as required by
    Rule&#160;428(b) under the Securities Act. These documents and
    the documents incorporated herein by reference pursuant to
    Item&#160;3 of Part&#160;II of this Registration Statement,
    taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the
    requirements of Section&#160;10(a) of the Securities Act.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">PART&#160;II:<BR>
    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></B>
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</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Incorporation
    of Documents by Reference</FONT></I></B>
</TD>
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    The reports listed below have been filed with or furnished to
    the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
    &#147;Commission&#148;) by Vodafone Group Public Limited Company
    (&#147;Vodafone&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;), and are
    incorporated herein by reference to the extent not superseded by
    documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished:
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    (a)&#160;the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;20-F</FONT>
    for the fiscal year ended March&#160;31, 2007, filed with the
    Commission on June&#160;14, 2007, pursuant to Section&#160;13(a)
    of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
    &#147;Exchange Act&#148;);
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    (b)&#160;the Registrant&#146;s Reports on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;6-K</FONT>
    filed on July&#160;10, 2007, July&#160;27, 2007, August&#160;8,
    2007, September&#160;25, 2007, October&#160;9, 2007,
    November&#160;23, 2007, February 5, 2008 and February 7, 2008,
    in each case to the same extent as such report was designated on
    the cover thereof for incorporation by reference into our
    Registration Statement on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;F-3</FONT>
    (File
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">No.&#160;333-144978)</FONT>
    and our Registration Statement on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;S-8</FONT>
    (File
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">No.&#160;333-81825);&#160;and</FONT>
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    (c)&#160;the description of the Registrant&#146;s Ordinary
    Shares and ADSs contained in the Amendment 4 to the
    Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;8-A/A</FONT>
    filed on September&#160;1, 2006, pursuant to Section&#160;12(b)
    of the Exchange Act and any amendment or report filed for the
    purpose of updating such description.
</DIV>

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    All documents subsequently filed by Vodafone pursuant to
    Sections&#160;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
    after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
    filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
    securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
    securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
    incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
    be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. To the
    extent designated therein, any reports on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;6-K</FONT>
    furnished to the Commission shall be deemed to be incorporated
    by reference in this Registration Statement from the date that
    such reports are furnished to the Commission.
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    Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to
    be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
    modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
    Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
    any other subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be
    incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
    statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
    not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
    constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Description
    of Securities</FONT></I></B>
</TD>
</TR>

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    Not applicable.
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</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Interests
    of Named Experts and Counsel</FONT></I></B>
</TD>
</TR>

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    None.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Item&#160;6.<I>&#160;&#160;</I></FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Indemnification
    of Directors and Officers</FONT></I></B>
</TD>
</TR>

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    Articles&#160;153 and 154 of Vodafone&#146;s Articles of
    Association provide as follows:
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">&#147;153&#160;&#160;Indemnity</FONT></B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    153.1&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    So far as the Companies Acts allow, every director, Secretary or
    other officer of the Company shall be indemnified by the Company
    out of its own funds against all costs, charges, losses,
    expenses and liabilities incurred by him:
</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;&#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    in performing or omitting to perform his duties; and/or
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;&#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    in exercising or omitting to exercise his powers; and/or
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;&#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    in purporting to do any of these things; and/or
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;&#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    otherwise in relation to or in connection with his duties,
    powers or office.
</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    153.2&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    So far as the Companies Acts allow, the Secretary and other
    officers of the Company are exempted from any liability to the
    Company where that liability would be covered by the indemnity
    in Article&#160;153.1.
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    153.3&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    So far as the Companies Acts allow, the Company or any of its
    subsidiary undertakings may: (i)&#160;provide a director with
    funds to meet expenditure incurred or to be incurred by him in
    defending any civil or criminal proceedings, or in connection
    with any application under the provisions of the Companies Act
    1985 referred to in Section&#160;337A(2) of the Companies Act
    1985; and (ii)&#160;do anything to enable a director to avoid
    incurring such expenditure, but so that the terms set out in
    Section&#160;337A(4) of the Companies Act 1985 shall apply to
    any such provision of funds or other things done.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">154&#160;&#160;Insurance</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    154.1&#160;For the purposes of this Article each of the
    following is a Relevant Company:
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;&#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the Company;
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;&#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    any holding company of the Company;
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;&#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    any company in which the Company or its holding company or any
    of the predecessors of the Company or of its holding company has
    or had any interest, whether direct or indirect;&#160;and
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;&#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    any company which is in any way allied to or associated with the
    Company, or any subsidiary undertaking of the Company or such
    other company.
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    154.2&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Without limiting Article&#160;153 in any way, the directors can
    arrange for the Company to purchase and maintain insurance for
    or for the benefit of any persons who are or were at any time:
</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="14%"></TD>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="84%"></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;&#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    directors, officers or employees of any Relevant Company;&#160;or
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;&#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    trustees of any pension fund or employees&#146; share scheme in
    which employees of any Relevant Company are interested.
</TD>
</TR>

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    &#160;This includes, for example, insurance against any
    liability incurred by them for any act or omission:
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;&#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    in performing or omitting to perform their duties; and/or
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;&#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    in exercising or omitting to exercise their powers; and/or
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;&#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    in claiming to do any of these things; and/or
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;&#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    otherwise in relation to their duties, powers or offices.&#148;
</TD>
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    Article&#160;2 of the Company&#146;s Articles of Association
    provides, <I>inter alia</I>, that:
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    &#147;Companies Act 1985 means the Companies Act 1985, as
    amended by the Companies Act 1989 and the Companies Act 2006;
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 10%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Companies Act 2006 means the company law provisions of the
    Companies Act 2006 (as defined therein), for the time being in
    force;&#160;and
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 10%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Companies Acts means the Companies Acts as defined in
    Section&#160;2 of the Companies Act 2006 (where provisions are
    for the time being in force), the CREST Regulations and other
    legislation relating to companies and affecting the Company
    (including any orders, regulations or other subordinated
    legislation made under them) in force from time to time.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 8%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    With effect from October&#160;1, 2007, the following provisions
    of the Companies Act 2006 provide as follows:
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    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">&#147;232&#160;&#160;</FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Provisions
    protecting directors from liability</FONT></B>
</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (1)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Any provision that purports to exempt a director of a company
    (to any extent) from any liability that would otherwise attach
    to him in connection with any negligence, default, breach of
    duty or breach of trust in relation to the company is void.
</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (2)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Any provision by which a company directly or indirectly provides
    an indemnity (to any extent) for a director of the company, or
    of an associated company, against any liability attaching to him
    in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or
    breach of trust in relation to the company of which he is a
    director is void, except as permitted by:
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 9%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    &#160;(a)&#160;section&#160;233 (provision of insurance);
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 9%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    &#160;(b)&#160;section&#160;234 (qualifying third party
    indemnity provision);&#160;or
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 9%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    &#160;(c)&#160;section&#160;235 (qualifying pension scheme
    indemnity provision).
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="6%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="90%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (3)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    This section applies to any provision, whether contained in a
    company&#146;s articles or in any contract with the company or
    otherwise.
</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (4)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Nothing in this section prevents a company&#146;s articles from
    making such provision as has previously been lawful for dealing
    with conflicts of interest.
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">233&#160;&#160;Provision
    of insurance</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Section&#160;232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying
    directors) does not prevent a company from purchasing and
    maintaining for a director of the company, or of an associated
    company, insurance against any such liability as is mentioned in
    that sub-section.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">234&#160;&#160;Qualifying
    third party indemnity provision</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="6%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="90%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (1)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Section&#160;232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying
    directors) does not apply to qualifying third party indemnity
    provision.
</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (2)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Third party indemnity provision means provision for indemnity
    against liability incurred by the director to a person other
    than the company or an associated company.
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 9%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    &#160;Such provision is qualifying third party indemnity
    provision if the following requirements are met.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="6%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="90%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (3)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    The provision must not provide any indemnity against&#160;&#151;
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 9%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    &#160;(a)&#160;any liability of the director to pay&#160;&#151;
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="13%"></TD>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="84%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;(i)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    a fine imposed in criminal proceedings,&#160;or
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <BR>
    4
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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 13%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    &#160;(ii)&#160;a sum payable to a regulatory authority by way
    of a penalty in respect of non-compliance with any requirement
    of a regulatory nature (however arising);&#160;or
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (b)&#160;any liability incurred by the director&#160;&#151;
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 8%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (i)&#160;in defending criminal proceedings in which he is
    convicted,&#160;or
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 8%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (ii)&#160;in defending civil proceedings brought by the company,
    or an associated company, in which judgment is given against
    him,&#160;or
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 8%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (iii)&#160;in connection with an application for relief (see
    subsection (6)) in which the court refuses to grant him relief.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="6%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="90%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (4)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    The references in subsection (3)(b) to a conviction, judgment or
    refusal of relief are to the final decision in the proceedings.
</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (5)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    For this purpose&#160;&#151;
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 9%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    &#160;(a)&#160;a conviction, judgment or refusal of relief
    becomes final&#160;&#151;
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="13%"></TD>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="84%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;(i)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    if not appealed against, at the end of the period for bringing
    an appeal,&#160;or
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="13%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="83%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;(ii)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    if appealed against, at the time when the appeal (or any further
    appeal) is disposed of,&#160;and
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 9%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    &#160;(b)&#160;an appeal is disposed of&#160;&#151;
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 13%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    &#160;(i)&#160;if it is determined and the period of bringing
    any further appeal has ended,&#160;or
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 13%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    &#160;(ii)&#160;if it is abandoned or otherwise ceases to have
    effect.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="6%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="90%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (6)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    The references in subsection (3)(b)(iii) to an application for
    relief is to an application for relief under section&#160;144(3)
    or (4)&#160;of the Companies Act 1985 or Article 154(3) or
    (4)&#160;of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986
    (acquisition of shares by innocent nominee), or section&#160;727
    of the Companies Act 1985 or Article&#160;675 of the Companies
    (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (general power to grant relief in
    case of honest and reasonable conduct).&#148;
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    This paragraph (6)&#160;of Section&#160;234 has been amended by
    paragraph&#160;12 of Schedule&#160;1 of the Companies Act 2006
    (Commencement No.&#160;3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional
    Provisions and Savings) Order 2007.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">&#147;235&#160;&#160;Qualifying
    pension scheme indemnity provision</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="6%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="90%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (1)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Section&#160;232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying
    directors) does not apply to qualifying pension scheme indemnity
    provision.
</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (2)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Pension scheme indemnity provision means provision indemnifying
    a director of a company that is a trustee of an occupational
    pension scheme against liability incurred in connection with the
    company&#146;s activities as trustee of the scheme.
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 9%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    &#160;Such provision is qualifying pension scheme indemnity
    provision if the following requirements are met.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 6%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (3)&#160;The provision must not provide any indemnity
    against&#160;&#151;
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="9%"></TD>
    <TD width="5%"></TD>
    <TD width="86%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;(a)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    any liability by the director to pay&#160;&#151;
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="13%"></TD>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="84%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;(i)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    a fine imposed in criminal proceedings,&#160;or
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="13%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="83%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;(ii)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    a sum payable to a regulatory authority by way of a penalty in
    respect of non-compliance with any requirement of a regulatory
    nature (however arising);&#160;or
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 9%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (b)&#160;any liability incurred by the director in defending
    criminal proceedings in which he is convicted.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 6%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (4)&#160;The reference in subsection (3)(b) to a conviction is
    to the final decision in the proceedings.
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <BR>
    5
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 6%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (5)&#160;For this purpose&#160;&#151;
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 9%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (a)&#160;a conviction becomes final&#160;&#151;
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="13%"></TD>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="84%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;(i)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    if not appealed against, at the end of the period for bringing
    an appeal,&#160;or
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 13%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    &#160;(ii)&#160;if appealed against, at the time when the appeal
    (or any further appeal) is disposed of,&#160;and
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 9%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    &#160;(b)&#160;an appeal is disposed of&#160;&#151;
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 13%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    &#160;(i)&#160;if it is determined and the period for bringing
    any further appeal has ended,&#160;or
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 13%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    &#160;(ii)&#160;if it is abandoned or otherwise ceases to have
    effect.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="6%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="90%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (6)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    In this section &#147;occupational pension scheme&#148; means an
    occupational pension scheme as defined in section&#160;150(5) of
    the Finance Act 2004 (c. 12)&#160;that is established under a
    trust.
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">239&#160;&#160;Ratification
    of acts of directors</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="6%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="90%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (1)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    This section applies to the ratification by a company of conduct
    by a director amounting to negligence, default, breach of duty
    or breach of trust in relation to the company.
</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (2)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    The decision of the company to ratify such conduct must be made
    by resolution of the members of the company.
</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (3)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Where the resolution is proposed as a written resolution neither
    the director (if a member of the company) nor any member
    connected with him is an eligible member.
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (4)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Where the resolution is proposed at a meeting, it is passed only
    if the necessary majority is obtained disregarding votes in
    favour of the resolution by the director (if a member of the
    company) and any member connected with him. This does not
    prevent the director or any such member from attending, being
    counted towards the quorum and taking part in the proceedings at
    any meeting at which the decision is considered.
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (5)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    For the purposes of this section&#160;&#151;
</TD>
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    &#160;(a)&#160;&#147;conduct&#148; includes acts and omissions;
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    &#160;(b)&#160;&#147;director&#148; includes a former director;
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    &#160;(c)&#160;a shadow director is treated as a
    director;&#160;and
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    &#160;(d)&#160;in section&#160;252 (meaning of &#147;connected
    person&#148;), subsection&#160;(3) does not apply (exclusion of
    person who is himself a director).
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (6)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Nothing in this section affects&#160;&#151;
</TD>
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    &#160;(a)&#160;the validity of a decision taken by unanimous
    consent of the members of the company,&#160;or
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;(b)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    any power of the directors to agree not to sue, or to settle or
    release a claim made by them on behalf of the company.
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (7)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    This section does not affect any other enactment or rule of law
    imposing additional requirements for valid ratification or any
    rule of law as to acts that are incapable of being ratified by
    the company.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">256&#160;&#160;Associated
    bodies corporate</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 9%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    &#160;For the purposes of this Part&#160;&#151;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;(a)&#160;
</TD>
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    bodies corporate are associated if one is a subsidiary of the
    other or both are subsidiaries of the same body
    corporate,&#160;and
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;(b)&#160;
</TD>
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    companies are associated if one is a subsidiary of the other or
    both are subsidiaries of the same body corporate.&#148;
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    Section&#160;727 of the Companies Act 1985 provides as follows:
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">&#147;727.&#160;&#160;Power
    of court to grant relief in certain cases:</FONT></B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;(1)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    If in proceedings for negligence, default, breach of duty or
    breach of trust against an officer of a company or a person
    employed by a company as auditor (whether he is or is not an
    officer of the company) it appears to the court hearing the case
    that the officer or person is or may be liable in respect of the
    negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, but that
    he has acted honestly and reasonably, and that having regard to
    all the circumstances of the case (including those connected
    with his appointment) he ought fairly to be excused for the
    negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, that
    court may relieve him, either wholly or partly, from his
    liability on such terms as it thinks fit.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;(2)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    If any such officer or person as above-mentioned has reason to
    apprehend that any claim will or might be made against him in
    respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of
    trust, he may apply to the court for relief; and the court on
    the application has the same power to relieve him as under this
    section it would have had if it had been a court before which
    proceedings against that person for negligence, default, breach
    of duty or breach of trust had been brought.
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#160;(3)&#160;
</TD>
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    Where a case to which subsection&#160;(1) applies is being tried
    by a judge with a jury, the judge, after hearing the evidence
    may, if he is satisfied that the defendant or defender ought in
    pursuance of that subsection to be relieved either in whole or
    in part from the liability sought to be enforced against him,
    withdraw the case in whole or in part from the jury and
    forthwith direct judgment to be entered for the defendant or
    defender on such terms as to costs or otherwise as the judge may
    think proper.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Registrant has obtained directors&#146; and officers&#146;
    insurance coverage, which, subject to policy terms and
    limitations, includes coverage to reimburse the Registrant for
    amounts that it may be required or permitted by law to pay or
    indemnify its directors or officers.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Item&#160;7.<I>&#160;&#160;</I></FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Exemption
    from Registration Claimed</FONT></I></B>
</TD>
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    Not applicable.
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    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Item&#160;8.<I>&#160;&#160;</I></FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Exhibits</FONT></I></B>
</TD>
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    <B>Exhibit<BR>
    </B>
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&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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    <B>Number</B>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
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    <B>Description</B>
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<TD>&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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    4
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    .1
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&nbsp;
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    Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant
    (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&#160;4.5 of
    Vodafone&#146;s Registration Statement on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;F-3,</FONT>
    filed with the Commission on July&#160;31, 2007
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(File&#160;No.&#160;333-144978)).</FONT>
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&nbsp;
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    4
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    .2
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&nbsp;
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    The Vodafone Global Incentive Plan, approved by Vodafone&#146;s
    shareholders on July&#160;26, 2005.
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&nbsp;
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    5
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    .1
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&nbsp;
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    Opinion of Stephen R. Scott, as to the validity of the Ordinary
    Shares being registered.
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    23
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    .1
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    Consent of Deloitte&#160;&#038; Touche LLP, London.
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    Consent of Deloitte&#160;&#038; Touche LLP, New York.
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    .3
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    Consent of Stephen R. Scott, included in Exhibit&#160;5.1.
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    .1
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    Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this
    Registration Statement).
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Item&#160;9.<I>&#160;&#160;</I></FONT></B>
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    <TD>
    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Undertakings</FONT></I></B>
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    (a)&#160;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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    (1)&#160;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
    being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
    Statement:
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    (i)&#160;To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
    of the Securities Act of 1933;
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    (ii)&#160;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
    arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement
    (or the most recent post-effective amendment hereof) which,
    individually or in the aggregate,
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    represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
    this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
    increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
    total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
    which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end
    of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
    form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
    Rule&#160;424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
    price represent no more than 20&#160;percent change in the
    maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
    &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
    effective registration statement;&#160;and
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    (iii)&#160;To include any material information with respect to
    the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
    Registration Statement or any material change to such
    information in this Registration Statement;
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    <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
    (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be
    included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
    contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
    Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&#160;13 or
    15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
    incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
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    (2)&#160;That, for the purpose of determining any liability
    under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each such
    post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
    registration statement relating to the Securities offered
    therein, and the offering of such Securities at that time shall
    be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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    (3)&#160;To remove from registration by means of a
    post-effective amendment any of the Securities being registered
    which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (b)&#160;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
    purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act
    of 1933, as amended, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual
    report pursuant to Section&#160;13(a) or Section&#160;15(d) of
    the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
    employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to
    Section&#160;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
    reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
    new registration statement relating to the Securities offered
    therein, and the offering of such Securities at that time shall
    be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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    (c)&#160;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
    under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers
    and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
    foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
    advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
    Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
    expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
    unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
    against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
    Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
    or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
    defense of any action, suite or proceeding) is asserted by such
    director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
    Securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
    opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
    controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
    jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
    against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
    will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">SIGNATURE
    OF VODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
    Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
    that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;S-8</FONT>
    and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on
    its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in
    Newbury, England, on January 29, 2008.
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<DIV style="margin-top: 24pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 49%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Vodafone Group Public
    Limited Company
    </FONT>
</DIV>

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    <TD width="49%"></TD>
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    <TD width="47%"></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    By:&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:left;">/s/&#160;&#160;<FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Stephen
    R. Scott</FONT></DIV>
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 53%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Name:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Stephen R. Scott
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    <TD width="39%"></TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    Title:&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Group General Counsel and Company<BR>
    Secretary
</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
    appears below severally constitutes and appoints each Director
    listed below and Stephen R. Scott (with full power to each of
    them to act alone), his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
    and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
    for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
    and all capacities to do any and all things and execute any and
    all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or
    advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Securities
    Act&#148;), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the
    Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
    in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of
    any securities to be granted under The Vodafone Global Incentive
    Plan (the &#147;Securities&#148;) and any securities or Blue Sky
    law of any of the states of the United States of America in
    order to effect the registration or qualification (or exemption
    therefrom) of the Securities for issue, offer, sale or trade
    under the Blue Sky or other securities laws of any of such
    states and in connection therewith to execute, acknowledge,
    verify, deliver, file and cause to be published applications,
    reports, consents to service of process, appointments of
    attorneys to receive service of process and other papers and
    instruments which may be required under such laws, including
    specifically, but without limiting the generality of the
    foregoing, the power and authority to sign his or her name in
    his or her capacity as an Officer, Director or Authorized
    Representative in the United States of America or in any other
    capacity with respect to this Registration Statement (the
    &#147;Registration Statement&#148;)
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">and/or</FONT> such
    other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the
    Commission or under or in connection with any Blue Sky laws or
    other securities laws of any state of the United&#160;States of
    America or with such other regulatory bodies and agencies as any
    of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Securities, and
    with respect to any and all amendments, including post-effective
    amendments, to this Registration Statement and any subsequent
    registration statement for the same offering that may be filed
    under Rule&#160;462(b) under the Securities Act and to any and
    all instruments and documents filed as part of or in connection
    with this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
    Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
    persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 18pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=maindata -->
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Signature</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Title</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Date</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 18pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:left;">/s/&#160;&#160;Sir
    John Bond</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><DIV style="text-indent:0pt"><!-- callerid=208 iwidth=132 length=0 -->Sir
    John Bond</DIV>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="bottom">
    Director and Chairman<BR>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    January&#160;29, 2008<BR>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:left;">/s/&#160;&#160;Arun
    Sarin</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><DIV style="text-indent:0pt"><!-- callerid=208 iwidth=132 length=0 -->Arun
    Sarin</DIV>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="bottom">
    Director and Chief Executive <BR>
    (Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    January&#160;29, 2008
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:left;">/s/&#160;&#160;Vittorio
    Colao</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><DIV style="text-indent:0pt"><!-- callerid=208 iwidth=132 length=0 -->Vittorio
    Colao</DIV>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="bottom">
    Director and Deputy Chief Executive<BR>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    January&#160;29, 2008<BR>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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    <BR>
    9
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Signature</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Title</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Date</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 18pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:left;">/s/&#160;&#160;Andy
    Halford</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><DIV style="text-indent:0pt"><!-- callerid=208 iwidth=132 length=0 -->Andy
    Halford</DIV>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="bottom">
    Director and Chief Financial Officer <BR>
    (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    January&#160;29, 2008<BR>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:left;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><DIV style="text-indent:0pt"><!-- callerid=208 iwidth=132 length=0 -->John
    Buchanan</DIV>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="bottom">
    Director and Deputy Chairman<BR>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    January&#160;29, 2008<BR>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:left;">/s/&#160;&#160;Dr.&#160;Michael
    J. Boskin</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><DIV style="text-indent:0pt"><!-- callerid=208 iwidth=132 length=0 -->Dr.&#160;Michael
    J. Boskin</DIV>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    Director<BR>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    January&#160;29, 2008<BR>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:left;">/s/&#160;&#160;Alan
    Jebson</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><DIV style="text-indent:0pt"><!-- callerid=208 iwidth=132 length=0 -->Alan
    Jebson</DIV>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    Director<BR>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    January&#160;29, 2008<BR>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:left;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><DIV style="text-indent:0pt"><!-- callerid=208 iwidth=132 length=0 -->Nick
    Land</DIV>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    Director<BR>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    January&#160;29, 2008<BR>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:left;">/s/&#160;&#160;Anne
    Lauvergeon</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><DIV style="text-indent:0pt"><!-- callerid=208 iwidth=132 length=0 -->Anne
    Lauvergeon</DIV>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    Director<BR>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    January&#160;29, 2008<BR>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:left;">/s/&#160;&#160;Simon
    Murray</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><DIV style="text-indent:0pt"><!-- callerid=208 iwidth=132 length=0 -->Simon
    Murray</DIV>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    Director<BR>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    January&#160;29, 2008<BR>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:left;">/s/&#160;&#160;Professor
    J&#252;rgen Schrempp</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><DIV style="text-indent:0pt"><!-- callerid=208 iwidth=132 length=0 -->Professor
    J&#252;rgen Schrempp</DIV>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    Director<BR>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    January&#160;29, 2008<BR>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:left;">/s/&#160;&#160;Luc
    Vandevelde</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><DIV style="text-indent:0pt"><!-- callerid=208 iwidth=132 length=0 -->Luc
    Vandevelde</DIV>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    Director<BR>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    January&#160;29, 2008<BR>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:left;">/s/&#160;&#160;Anthony
    Watson</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><DIV style="text-indent:0pt"><!-- callerid=208 iwidth=132 length=0 -->Anthony
    Watson</DIV>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    Director<BR>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    January&#160;29, 2008<BR>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:left;">/s/&#160;&#160;Philip
    Yea</DIV><BR>
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    Yea</DIV>
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    Director<BR>
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    January&#160;29, 2008<BR>
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    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:left;">/s/&#160;&#160;Puglisi&#160;&#038;
    Associates</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><DIV style="text-indent:0pt"><!-- callerid=208 iwidth=132 length=0 -->Name:
    Greg Lavelle<BR>
    Title: Managing Director,<BR>
    Puglisi&#160;&#038; Associates</DIV>
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    Authorized Representative in the<BR>
    United States of America<BR>
    <BR>
</TD>
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&nbsp;
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    February&#160;8, 2008<BR>
    <BR>
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    Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant
    (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&#160;4.5 of
    Vodafone&#146;s Registration Statement on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;F-3,</FONT>
    filed with the Commission on July&#160;31, 2007
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(File&#160;No.&#160;333-144978)).</FONT>
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    .2
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    The Vodafone Global Incentive Plan, approved by Vodafone&#146;s
    shareholders on July&#160;26, 2005.
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    .1
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    Opinion of Stephen R. Scott, as to the validity of the Ordinary
    Shares being registered.
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    Consent of Deloitte&#160;&#038; Touche LLP, London.
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    Consent of Deloitte&#160;&#038; Touche LLP, New York.
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    Consent of Stephen R. Scott, included in Exhibit&#160;5.1.
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    Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this
    Registration Statement).
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FORM S-8
Table of Contents
As filed
    with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11,
    2008
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND
    EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
    20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
VODAFONE
    GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
(Exact
    name of registrant as specified in its charter)
England and Wales
Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of
    incorporation
or organization)
(I.R.S. employer
identification No.)
Vodafone
    House
The Connection
Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2FN, England
Tel. No.:
011-44-1635-33251
(Address
    and telephone number of Registrant's principal executive
    offices)
THE
    VODAFONE GLOBAL INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full
    titles of the plan)
CT
    Corporation System
111
    8
th
Avenue
New York, NY 10011
Tel. No.:
212-590-9200
(Name,
    address and telephone number of agent of
    service)
Please
    send copies of all communications to:
Stephen
    R. Scott
Vodafone Group Public Limited Company
Vodafone House
The Connection
Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2FN, England
Tel. No.:
011-44-1635-33251
CALCULATION
    OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Title of
Amount
Offering
Aggregate
Registration
Securities to be Registered(1)
to be Registered(2)
Price per Share(3)
Offering Price(3)
Fee
Ordinary Shares, nominal value of
    11
3
/
7
U.S. cents each:
30,000,000
$3.17
$95,100,000
$3,737.43
(1)
This Registration Statement registers ordinary shares, nominal
    value 11
3
/
7
U.S. cents each ("Ordinary Shares"), of the Registrant
    which may be issued to U.S. employees of the Registrant and its
    subsidiaries pursuant to the Vodafone Group Incentive Plan (the
    "Plan"). A portion of the Ordinary Shares may be
    represented by American Depositary Shares ("ADSs").
    ADSs evidenced by American Depositary Receipts issuable upon
    deposit of Ordinary Shares have been registered under a separate
    registration statement on
Form F-6
(File
No. 333-135988).
Each ADS represents ten Ordinary Shares.
(2)
The amount being registered also includes an indeterminate
    number of Ordinary Shares which may be issuable under the Plan
    as a result of variations in share capital, share splits, share
    dividends or similar transactions, in accordance with
    Rule 416.
(3)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h), solely for
    purposes of calculating the registration fee, on the basis of
    the average of the high and low sale prices of the Ordinary
    Shares of £1.58 per share on the London Stock Exchange on
    March 6, 2008 converted into US dollars at the buying rate
    for pounds sterling of £1.00 = $2.01, as announced by the
    Federal Reserve on that date.
This Registration Statement will become effective upon filing
    in accordance with Rule 462 under the Securities Act of
    1933.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I: INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
PART II: INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURE OF VODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-4.2: GLOBAL INCENTIVE PLAN, APPROVED BY SHAREHOLDERS ON JULY 26, 2005
EX-5.1: OPINION OF STEPHEN R. SCOTT
EX-23.1: CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
EX-23.2: CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCH LLP
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PART I:
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
    PROSPECTUS
All information required by Part I of
Form S-8
to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted
    from this Registration Statement in accordance with
    Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
    "Securities Act") and the Note to Part I of
Form S-8.
The document(s) containing the information specified in
    Part I will be delivered to employees of the Registrant and
    employees of subsidiaries of the Registrant participating in the
    plan covered by this Registration Statement as required by
    Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act. These documents and
    the documents incorporated herein by reference pursuant to
    Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement,
    taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the
    requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II:
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation
    of Documents by Reference
The reports listed below have been filed with or furnished to
    the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
    "Commission") by Vodafone Group Public Limited Company
    ("Vodafone" or the "Registrant"), and are
    incorporated herein by reference to the extent not superseded by
    documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished:
(a) the Registrant's Annual Report on
Form 20-F
for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, filed with the
    Commission on June 14, 2007, pursuant to Section 13(a)
    of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
    "Exchange Act");
(b) the Registrant's Reports on
Form 6-K
filed on July 10, 2007, July 27, 2007, August 8,
    2007, September 25, 2007, October 9, 2007,
    November 23, 2007, February 5, 2008 and February 7, 2008,
    in each case to the same extent as such report was designated on
    the cover thereof for incorporation by reference into our
    Registration Statement on
Form F-3
(File
No. 333-144978)
and our Registration Statement on
Form S-8
(File
No. 333-81825); and
(c) the description of the Registrant's Ordinary
    Shares and ADSs contained in the Amendment 4 to the
    Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form 8-A/A
filed on September 1, 2006, pursuant to Section 12(b)
    of the Exchange Act and any amendment or report filed for the
    purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by Vodafone pursuant to
    Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
    after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
    filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
    securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
    securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
    incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
    be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. To the
    extent designated therein, any reports on
Form 6-K
furnished to the Commission shall be deemed to be incorporated
    by reference in this Registration Statement from the date that
    such reports are furnished to the Commission.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to
    be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
    modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
    Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
    any other subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be
    incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
    statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
    not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
    constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description
    of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests
    of Named Experts and Counsel
None.
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Item 6.
Indemnification
    of Directors and Officers
Articles 153 and 154 of Vodafone's Articles of
    Association provide as follows:
"153  Indemnity
153.1
So far as the Companies Acts allow, every director, Secretary or
    other officer of the Company shall be indemnified by the Company
    out of its own funds against all costs, charges, losses,
    expenses and liabilities incurred by him:
•
in performing or omitting to perform his duties; and/or
•
in exercising or omitting to exercise his powers; and/or
•
in purporting to do any of these things; and/or
•
otherwise in relation to or in connection with his duties,
    powers or office.
153.2
So far as the Companies Acts allow, the Secretary and other
    officers of the Company are exempted from any liability to the
    Company where that liability would be covered by the indemnity
    in Article 153.1.
153.3
So far as the Companies Acts allow, the Company or any of its
    subsidiary undertakings may: (i) provide a director with
    funds to meet expenditure incurred or to be incurred by him in
    defending any civil or criminal proceedings, or in connection
    with any application under the provisions of the Companies Act
    1985 referred to in Section 337A(2) of the Companies Act
    1985; and (ii) do anything to enable a director to avoid
    incurring such expenditure, but so that the terms set out in
    Section 337A(4) of the Companies Act 1985 shall apply to
    any such provision of funds or other things done.
154  Insurance
154.1 For the purposes of this Article each of the
    following is a Relevant Company:
•
the Company;
•
any holding company of the Company;
•
any company in which the Company or its holding company or any
    of the predecessors of the Company or of its holding company has
    or had any interest, whether direct or indirect; and
•
any company which is in any way allied to or associated with the
    Company, or any subsidiary undertaking of the Company or such
    other company.
154.2
Without limiting Article 153 in any way, the directors can
    arrange for the Company to purchase and maintain insurance for
    or for the benefit of any persons who are or were at any time:
•
directors, officers or employees of any Relevant Company; or
•
trustees of any pension fund or employees' share scheme in
    which employees of any Relevant Company are interested.
This includes, for example, insurance against any
    liability incurred by them for any act or omission:
•
in performing or omitting to perform their duties; and/or
•
in exercising or omitting to exercise their powers; and/or
•
in claiming to do any of these things; and/or
•
otherwise in relation to their duties, powers or offices."
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Article 2 of the Company's Articles of Association
    provides,
inter alia
, that:
"Companies Act 1985 means the Companies Act 1985, as
    amended by the Companies Act 1989 and the Companies Act 2006;
Companies Act 2006 means the company law provisions of the
    Companies Act 2006 (as defined therein), for the time being in
    force; and
Companies Acts means the Companies Acts as defined in
    Section 2 of the Companies Act 2006 (where provisions are
    for the time being in force), the CREST Regulations and other
    legislation relating to companies and affecting the Company
    (including any orders, regulations or other subordinated
    legislation made under them) in force from time to time."
With effect from October 1, 2007, the following provisions
    of the Companies Act 2006 provide as follows:
"232
Provisions
    protecting directors from liability
(1)
Any provision that purports to exempt a director of a company
    (to any extent) from any liability that would otherwise attach
    to him in connection with any negligence, default, breach of
    duty or breach of trust in relation to the company is void.
(2)
Any provision by which a company directly or indirectly provides
    an indemnity (to any extent) for a director of the company, or
    of an associated company, against any liability attaching to him
    in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or
    breach of trust in relation to the company of which he is a
    director is void, except as permitted by:
(a) section 233 (provision of insurance);
(b) section 234 (qualifying third party
    indemnity provision); or
(c) section 235 (qualifying pension scheme
    indemnity provision).
(3)
This section applies to any provision, whether contained in a
    company's articles or in any contract with the company or
    otherwise.
(4)
Nothing in this section prevents a company's articles from
    making such provision as has previously been lawful for dealing
    with conflicts of interest.
233  Provision
    of insurance
Section 232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying
    directors) does not prevent a company from purchasing and
    maintaining for a director of the company, or of an associated
    company, insurance against any such liability as is mentioned in
    that sub-section.
234  Qualifying
    third party indemnity provision
(1)
Section 232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying
    directors) does not apply to qualifying third party indemnity
    provision.
(2)
Third party indemnity provision means provision for indemnity
    against liability incurred by the director to a person other
    than the company or an associated company.
Such provision is qualifying third party indemnity
    provision if the following requirements are met.
(3)
The provision must not provide any indemnity against —
(a) any liability of the director to pay —
(i)
a fine imposed in criminal proceedings, or
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(ii) a sum payable to a regulatory authority by way
    of a penalty in respect of non-compliance with any requirement
    of a regulatory nature (however arising); or
(b) any liability incurred by the director —
(i) in defending criminal proceedings in which he is
    convicted, or
(ii) in defending civil proceedings brought by the company,
    or an associated company, in which judgment is given against
    him, or
(iii) in connection with an application for relief (see
    subsection (6)) in which the court refuses to grant him relief.
(4)
The references in subsection (3)(b) to a conviction, judgment or
    refusal of relief are to the final decision in the proceedings.
(5)
For this purpose —
(a) a conviction, judgment or refusal of relief
    becomes final —
(i)
if not appealed against, at the end of the period for bringing
    an appeal, or
(ii)
if appealed against, at the time when the appeal (or any further
    appeal) is disposed of, and
(b) an appeal is disposed of —
(i) if it is determined and the period of bringing
    any further appeal has ended, or
(ii) if it is abandoned or otherwise ceases to have
    effect.
(6)
The references in subsection (3)(b)(iii) to an application for
    relief is to an application for relief under section 144(3)
    or (4) of the Companies Act 1985 or Article 154(3) or
    (4) of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986
    (acquisition of shares by innocent nominee), or section 727
    of the Companies Act 1985 or Article 675 of the Companies
    (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (general power to grant relief in
    case of honest and reasonable conduct)."
This paragraph (6) of Section 234 has been amended by
    paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 of the Companies Act 2006
    (Commencement No. 3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional
    Provisions and Savings) Order 2007.
"235  Qualifying
    pension scheme indemnity provision
(1)
Section 232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying
    directors) does not apply to qualifying pension scheme indemnity
    provision.
(2)
Pension scheme indemnity provision means provision indemnifying
    a director of a company that is a trustee of an occupational
    pension scheme against liability incurred in connection with the
    company's activities as trustee of the scheme.
Such provision is qualifying pension scheme indemnity
    provision if the following requirements are met.
(3) The provision must not provide any indemnity
    against —
(a)
any liability by the director to pay —
(i)
a fine imposed in criminal proceedings, or
(ii)
a sum payable to a regulatory authority by way of a penalty in
    respect of non-compliance with any requirement of a regulatory
    nature (however arising); or
(b) any liability incurred by the director in defending
    criminal proceedings in which he is convicted.
(4) The reference in subsection (3)(b) to a conviction is
    to the final decision in the proceedings.
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(5) For this purpose —
(a) a conviction becomes final —
(i)
if not appealed against, at the end of the period for bringing
    an appeal, or
(ii) if appealed against, at the time when the appeal
    (or any further appeal) is disposed of, and
(b) an appeal is disposed of —
(i) if it is determined and the period for bringing
    any further appeal has ended, or
(ii) if it is abandoned or otherwise ceases to have
    effect.
(6)
In this section "occupational pension scheme" means an
    occupational pension scheme as defined in section 150(5) of
    the Finance Act 2004 (c. 12) that is established under a
    trust.
239  Ratification
    of acts of directors
(1)
This section applies to the ratification by a company of conduct
    by a director amounting to negligence, default, breach of duty
    or breach of trust in relation to the company.
(2)
The decision of the company to ratify such conduct must be made
    by resolution of the members of the company.
(3)
Where the resolution is proposed as a written resolution neither
    the director (if a member of the company) nor any member
    connected with him is an eligible member.
(4)
Where the resolution is proposed at a meeting, it is passed only
    if the necessary majority is obtained disregarding votes in
    favour of the resolution by the director (if a member of the
    company) and any member connected with him. This does not
    prevent the director or any such member from attending, being
    counted towards the quorum and taking part in the proceedings at
    any meeting at which the decision is considered.
(5)
For the purposes of this section —
(a) "conduct" includes acts and omissions;
(b) "director" includes a former director;
(c) a shadow director is treated as a
    director; and
(d) in section 252 (meaning of "connected
    person"), subsection (3) does not apply (exclusion of
    person who is himself a director).
(6)
Nothing in this section affects —
(a) the validity of a decision taken by unanimous
    consent of the members of the company, or
(b)
any power of the directors to agree not to sue, or to settle or
    release a claim made by them on behalf of the company.
(7)
This section does not affect any other enactment or rule of law
    imposing additional requirements for valid ratification or any
    rule of law as to acts that are incapable of being ratified by
    the company.
256  Associated
    bodies corporate
For the purposes of this Part —
(a)
bodies corporate are associated if one is a subsidiary of the
    other or both are subsidiaries of the same body
    corporate, and
(b)
companies are associated if one is a subsidiary of the other or
    both are subsidiaries of the same body corporate."
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Section 727 of the Companies Act 1985 provides as follows:
"727.  Power
    of court to grant relief in certain cases:
(1)
If in proceedings for negligence, default, breach of duty or
    breach of trust against an officer of a company or a person
    employed by a company as auditor (whether he is or is not an
    officer of the company) it appears to the court hearing the case
    that the officer or person is or may be liable in respect of the
    negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, but that
    he has acted honestly and reasonably, and that having regard to
    all the circumstances of the case (including those connected
    with his appointment) he ought fairly to be excused for the
    negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, that
    court may relieve him, either wholly or partly, from his
    liability on such terms as it thinks fit.
(2)
If any such officer or person as above-mentioned has reason to
    apprehend that any claim will or might be made against him in
    respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of
    trust, he may apply to the court for relief; and the court on
    the application has the same power to relieve him as under this
    section it would have had if it had been a court before which
    proceedings against that person for negligence, default, breach
    of duty or breach of trust had been brought.
(3)
Where a case to which subsection (1) applies is being tried
    by a judge with a jury, the judge, after hearing the evidence
    may, if he is satisfied that the defendant or defender ought in
    pursuance of that subsection to be relieved either in whole or
    in part from the liability sought to be enforced against him,
    withdraw the case in whole or in part from the jury and
    forthwith direct judgment to be entered for the defendant or
    defender on such terms as to costs or otherwise as the judge may
    think proper."
The Registrant has obtained directors' and officers'
    insurance coverage, which, subject to policy terms and
    limitations, includes coverage to reimburse the Registrant for
    amounts that it may be required or permitted by law to pay or
    indemnify its directors or officers.
Item 7.
Exemption
    from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description
4
.1
Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant
    (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 of
    Vodafone's Registration Statement on
Form F-3,
filed with the Commission on July 31, 2007
(File No. 333-144978)).
4
.2
The Vodafone Global Incentive Plan, approved by Vodafone's
    shareholders on July 26, 2005.
5
.1
Opinion of Stephen R. Scott, as to the validity of the Ordinary
    Shares being registered.
23
.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, London.
23
.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, New York.
23
.3
Consent of Stephen R. Scott, included in Exhibit 5.1.
24
.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this
    Registration Statement).
Item 9.
Undertakings
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
    being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
    Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
    of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
    arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement
    (or the most recent post-effective amendment hereof) which,
    individually or in the aggregate,
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represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
    this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
    increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
    total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
    which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end
    of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
    form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
    Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
    price represent no more than 20 percent change in the
    maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
    "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
    effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to
    the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
    Registration Statement or any material change to such
    information in this Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
    (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be
    included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
    contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
    Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
    15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
    incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability
    under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each such
    post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
    registration statement relating to the Securities offered
    therein, and the offering of such Securities at that time shall
    be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a
    post-effective amendment any of the Securities being registered
    which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
    purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act
    of 1933, as amended, each filing of the Registrant's annual
    report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of
    the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
    employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
    Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
    reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
    new registration statement relating to the Securities offered
    therein, and the offering of such Securities at that time shall
    be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
    under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers
    and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
    foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
    advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
    Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
    expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
    unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
    against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
    Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
    or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
    defense of any action, suite or proceeding) is asserted by such
    director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
    Securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
    opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
    controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
    jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
    against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
    will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURE
    OF VODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
    Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
    that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on
    its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in
    Newbury, England, on January 29, 2008.
Vodafone Group Public
    Limited Company
By:
/s/
Stephen
    R. Scott
Name:     Stephen R. Scott
Title:
Group General Counsel and Company
Secretary
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
    appears below severally constitutes and appoints each Director
    listed below and Stephen R. Scott (with full power to each of
    them to act alone), his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
    and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
    for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
    and all capacities to do any and all things and execute any and
    all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or
    advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities
    Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the
    Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
    in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of
    any securities to be granted under The Vodafone Global Incentive
    Plan (the "Securities") and any securities or Blue Sky
    law of any of the states of the United States of America in
    order to effect the registration or qualification (or exemption
    therefrom) of the Securities for issue, offer, sale or trade
    under the Blue Sky or other securities laws of any of such
    states and in connection therewith to execute, acknowledge,
    verify, deliver, file and cause to be published applications,
    reports, consents to service of process, appointments of
    attorneys to receive service of process and other papers and
    instruments which may be required under such laws, including
    specifically, but without limiting the generality of the
    foregoing, the power and authority to sign his or her name in
    his or her capacity as an Officer, Director or Authorized
    Representative in the United States of America or in any other
    capacity with respect to this Registration Statement (the
    "Registration Statement")
and/or
such
    other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the
    Commission or under or in connection with any Blue Sky laws or
    other securities laws of any state of the United States of
    America or with such other regulatory bodies and agencies as any
    of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Securities, and
    with respect to any and all amendments, including post-effective
    amendments, to this Registration Statement and any subsequent
    registration statement for the same offering that may be filed
    under Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act and to any and
    all instruments and documents filed as part of or in connection
    with this Registration Statement.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
    Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
    persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/  Sir
    John Bond
Sir
    John Bond
Director and Chairman
January 29, 2008
/s/  Arun
    Sarin
Arun
    Sarin
Director and Chief Executive
(Principal Executive Officer)
January 29, 2008
/s/  Vittorio
    Colao
Vittorio
    Colao
Director and Deputy Chief Executive
January 29, 2008
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/  Andy
    Halford
Andy
    Halford
Director and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
January 29, 2008
John
    Buchanan
Director and Deputy Chairman
January 29, 2008
/s/  Dr. Michael
    J. Boskin
Dr. Michael
    J. Boskin
Director
January 29, 2008
/s/  Alan
    Jebson
Alan
    Jebson
Director
January 29, 2008
Nick
    Land
Director
January 29, 2008
/s/  Anne
    Lauvergeon
Anne
    Lauvergeon
Director
January 29, 2008
/s/  Simon
    Murray
Simon
    Murray
Director
January 29, 2008
/s/  Professor
    Jürgen Schrempp
Professor
    Jürgen Schrempp
Director
January 29, 2008
/s/  Luc
    Vandevelde
Luc
    Vandevelde
Director
January 29, 2008
/s/  Anthony
    Watson
Anthony
    Watson
Director
January 29, 2008
/s/  Philip
    Yea
Philip
    Yea
Director
January 29, 2008
/s/  Puglisi &
    Associates
Name:
    Greg Lavelle
Title: Managing Director,
Puglisi & Associates
Authorized Representative in the
United States of America
February 8, 2008
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4
.1
Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant
    (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 of
    Vodafone's Registration Statement on
Form F-3,
filed with the Commission on July 31, 2007
(File No. 333-144978)).
4
.2
The Vodafone Global Incentive Plan, approved by Vodafone's
    shareholders on July 26, 2005.
5
.1
Opinion of Stephen R. Scott, as to the validity of the Ordinary
    Shares being registered.
23
.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, London.
23
.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, New York.
23
.3
Consent of Stephen R. Scott, included in Exhibit 5.1.
24
.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this
    Registration Statement).