Following the presentation by Vodafone Group Plc ("Vodafone") on 20 January 2005 of financial information prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") for the six months to 30 September 2004 and pro forma information for the year ended 31 March 2004, supplemental financial information under IFRS has been made available on the Vodafone website at www.vodafone.com/investorrelations/ifrs. The additional information comprises certain segmental analyses of Group turnover and Group operating profit for the six months ended 30 September 2004 and year ended 31 March 2004 (on a pro forma basis) and an analysis of costs for the Group's mobile operations and principal mobile subsidiaries for the six months ended 30 September 2004.
The pro forma financial information in relation to the year ended 31 March 2004 has been included in this analysis for illustrative purposes only and has been prepared on the basis set out in the "Basis of Preparation" section on pages 5 and 6 of Vodafone's press release dated 20 January 2005.
For further information:
Vodafone Group
Simon Lewis
Group Corporate Affairs Director
Tel: +44 (0) 1635 673310
Investor Relations
Charles Butterworth
Darren Jones
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Media Relations
Bobby Leach
Ben Padovan
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