LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Vodafone Group PLC (VOD.LN), a provider of mobile telecommunication services, said Friday that, on May 3, it has purchased 9.2 million of its ordinary shares of $0.11(3)/(7) each on the London Stock Exchange via J.P. Morgan Cazenove, adding that it intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. MAIN FACTS: -Highest purchase price paid per share: 174.35 pence -Lowest purchase price paid per share: 172.75 pence -Volume weighted average price per share: 173.5666 pence -Vodafone shares closed Thursday at 173 pence, valuing the company at GBP85.61 billion. -By Razak Musah Baba, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9275; razak.baba@dowjones.com
