UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULES 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Dated July 01 10, 2026

Commission File Number: 001-10086

VODAFONE GROUP

PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

VODAFONE HOUSE, THE CONNECTION, NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE, RG14 2FN, ENGLAND

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F ✓ Form 40-F _

~~This Report~~THIS onREPORT ~~Form~~ON FORM 6-K ~~contains~~SHALL aBE ~~Stock~~DEEMED ~~Exchange~~TO ~~Announcement~~BE INCORPORATED ~~dated~~BY 01REFERENCE IN EACH OF THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (FILE NO. 333-273441), THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM ~~July~~S-8 ~~2026~~(FILE ~~entitled Total~~NO. ~~Voting~~333-81825) AND THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-149634) ~~Rights~~OF VODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY AND TO BE A PART THEREOF FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THIS REPORT IS FURNISHED, TO THE EXTENT NOT SUPERSEDED BY DOCUMENTS OR REPORTS SUBSEQUENTLY FILED OR FURNISHED.

1This ~~JULY~~Report on Form 6-K contains a Stock Exchange Announcement dated July 10, 2026 entitled ‘Vodafone Group Plc Response to e&‘s announcement’

~~TOTAL~~THIS ~~VOTING~~ANNOUNCEMENT ~~RIGHTS~~CONTAINS ~~AND~~INSIDE ~~CAPITAL~~INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 7 OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) 596/2014 AS IT FORMS PART OF UK DOMESTIC LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018.

InFOR ~~accordance~~IMMEDIATE ~~with~~RELEASE ~~Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rule 5.6.1R, Vodafone Group Plc ("Vodafone") hereby notifies the market that, as at 30 June 2026:~~ 

~~Vodafone's issued share capital consists of 24,328,378,589 ordinary shares of US$0.20 20/21, of which~~10 ~~1,300,822,663~~July ~~ordinary shares~~2026 ~~are held in Treasury.~~

~~Therefore, the total number of voting rights in~~ Vodafone isGroup ~~23,027,555,926. This~~Plc ~~figure~~Response ~~may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required~~ to ~~notify~~ ~~their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Vodafone under the FCA'~~e&‘s ~~Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.~~   announcement

~~This~~ Vodafone Group Plc (“Vodafone”) notes the announcement ~~does~~ ~~not~~by ~~constitute,~~Emirates orTelecommunications ~~form~~Group ~~part~~Company ~~of,~~PJSC an(“e&”) ~~offer~~today that ore& ~~any~~has ~~solicitation~~agreed to dispose of its entire shareholding in Vodafone to Vega, an ~~offer~~acquisition ~~for~~vehicle ~~securities~~wholly ~~in any jurisdiction~~owned by the Niel family group. 

The relationship agreement dated 11 May 2023 between Vodafone and e& has been terminated. Hatem Dowidar, who was appointed to the Board of Vodafone as the nominee director of e&, has resigned from the Board with immediate effect.

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For more information, please contact:
Investor Relations:	~~vodafone.com~~	~~[email protected]~~vodafone.com/investors	~~Media Relations:~~	~~Vodafone~~ir@vodafone.~~com/media/contact~~co.uk	~~[email protected]~~	Media Relations:	Vodafone.com/media/contact	GroupMedia@vodafone.com
Registered Office: Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2FN, England. Registered in England No. 1833679

~~About~~Person ~~Vodafone~~responsible ~~Group~~

The ~~everyone~~person responsible for arranging the release of this announcement on behalf of Vodafone is Maaike de Bie, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary (Tel: +44 (0)1635 33251).~~connected~~

About Vodafone

Vodafone is a leading European and African telecoms company.

We serve ~~around~~over 370 million mobile and broadband customers, operating networks in 1517 countries with investments in a further ~~four~~ ~~and~~three and partners in over 40 more. We have capacity on more than 70 subsea cable systems - the backbone of the internet - and we are developing a new direct-to-mobile satellite communications service to connect areas without coverage. Vodafone runs one of the world'’s largest IoT platforms, with over 240 million IoT connections globally, and we provide financial services to around 103 million ~~customers~~ customers across seven African countries - managing more transactions than any other provider.

From the seabed to the stars, Vodafone'’s ~~purpose~~mission is to keep ~~everyone~~ everyone connected.

For more information, please visit www.vodafone.com follow us on X at @VodafoneGroup or connect with us on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/vodafone.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.

	~~VODAFONE GROUP~~	VODAFONE GROUP
	~~PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY~~	PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
	~~(Registrant)~~	(Registrant)
Date: July 01, 2026	By: /s/ M D B
Date: July 10, 2026		By:	/s/ M D B
	Name: Maaike de Bie
		Name:	Maaike de Bie
	Title: Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
		Title:	Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

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