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Vodafone Group Plc

22 July 2016

Trading update for the quarter ended 30 June 2016

22 July 2016

Highlights

   --      Q1 Group organic service revenue grew 2.2%*; Europe 0.3%*, AMAP 7.7%* 

-- Europe remains stable despite lower roaming fees: Germany 1.6%*, Spain 1.3%*, Italy 1.2%*, UK -3.2%*

   --      Sustained growth in AMAP: India 6.4%*, Vodacom 4.4%*, Turkey 19.5%*, Egypt 9.4%* 
   --      4G adoption drives ongoing data growth: 4G customers doubled to 52.5m and data volumes +63% 

-- Strong fixed momentum continues with 348,000 broadband net adds, up 32%, of which 217,000 are on-net

-- Enterprise growth of 2.6%* as VGE and fixed share gains continue to offset pressure in mobile

 
                                     Quarter ended 
                                           30 June 
                             --------------------- 
                                       Restated(1)         Growth 
                                                    -------------------- 
                                2016          2015   Reported   Organic* 
                                EURm          EURm          %          % 
 --------------------------  -------  ------------  ---------  --------- 
 Group revenue(1)             13,377        14,007      (4.5) 
  Europe                       8,715         9,005      (3.2) 
  Africa, Middle East 
   & Asia Pacific ('AMAP')     4,365         4,655      (6.2) 
 
 Alternative performance 
  measures* 
                             -------  ------------  ---------  --------- 
 Group service revenue(1)     12,278        12,699      (3.3)        2.2 
  Europe                       8,129         8,273      (1.7)        0.3 
  AMAP                         3,906         4,135      (5.5)        7.7 
 

Vittorio Colao, Group Chief Executive, commented:

"We continued to make good progress during the first quarter. In Europe, our growth remains stable despite regulatory pressure on roaming revenue, with good performance in Germany, Spain and Italy while we are focussed on improving our performance in the UK. Our growth momentum in AMAP remains strong, with excellent performance in South Africa, Turkey and Egypt and ongoing recovery in India. Customers in multiple markets are attracted by our 'more-for-more' commercial offerings of larger data bundles and extra services, while we are seeing continued success with our fixed broadband and enterprise strategies."

Notes:

 
 *   Alternative performance measures are presented 
      to provide readers with additional financial 
      information that is regularly reviewed by management 
      and should not be viewed in isolation or as 
      an alternative to the equivalent GAAP measure. 
      Alternative performance measures include, among 
      other metrics, organic growth, marked with an 
      "*", which presents performance on a comparable 
      basis, both in terms of merger and acquisition 
      activity and movements in foreign exchange rates. 
      See "Alternative performance measures" on page 
      10 for further details. 
 1   With effect from 1 April 2016, the Group's presentation 
      currency was changed from pounds sterling to 
      the euro to better align with the geographic 
      split of the Group's operations. The service 
      revenue and revenue amounts presented for the 
      quarter ended 30 June 2015 have been restated 
      into euros. Group revenue and service revenue 
      include the results of Europe, AMAP, Other (which 
      includes the results of partner markets) and 
      eliminations. 
 

OPERATING REVIEW

Group

 
                                                       Quarter ended 
                         Quarter ended                  30 June 2015 
                          30 June 2016                   (restated)                      Organic* 
                 ----------------------------  ---------------------------- 
                  Service     Other             Service     Other             Reported    service 
                  revenue   revenue   Revenue   revenue   revenue   Revenue    revenue    revenue 
                     EURm      EURm      EURm      EURm      EURm      EURm          %          % 
 --------------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  ---------  --------- 
 Europe             8,129       586     8,715     8,273       732     9,005      (3.2)        0.3 
 AMAP               3,906       459     4,365     4,135       520     4,655      (6.2)        7.7 
 Other                263        54       317       326        57       383 
 Eliminations        (20)         -      (20)      (35)       (1)      (36) 
                 --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  ---------  --------- 
 Total             12,278     1,099    13,377    12,699     1,308    14,007      (4.5)        2.2 
                 --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  ---------  --------- 
 

Group total revenue was EUR13.4 billion and Group service revenue was EUR12.3 billion. Total revenue declined 4.5%, including a 5.3 percentage point negative impact from foreign exchange rate movements.

On an organic basis, Group service revenue increased 2.2%* (Q4: 2.5%*) and, excluding the impact of mobile termination rate ('MTR') cuts, Group service revenue grew 2.4%* (Q4: 3.0%*).

Europe

 
                                                       Quarter ended 
                         Quarter ended                  30 June 2015 
                          30 June 2016                   (restated)                      Organic* 
                 ----------------------------  ---------------------------- 
                  Service     Other             Service     Other             Reported    service 
                  revenue   revenue   Revenue   revenue   revenue   Revenue    revenue    revenue 
                     EURm      EURm      EURm      EURm      EURm      EURm          %          % 
 --------------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  ---------  --------- 
 Germany            2,479       106     2,585     2,441       211     2,652      (2.5)        1.6 
 Italy              1,281       192     1,473     1,265       189     1,454        1.3        1.2 
 UK                 1,758        84     1,842     1,979       101     2,080     (11.4)      (3.2) 
 Spain              1,128       117     1,245     1,113       122     1,235        0.8        1.3 
 Other 
  Europe            1,528        89     1,617     1,512       109     1,621      (0.2)        1.2 
 Eliminations        (45)       (2)      (47)      (37)         -      (37) 
                 --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  ---------  --------- 
 Total              8,129       586     8,715     8,273       732     9,005      (3.2)        0.3 
                 --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  ---------  --------- 
 

Revenue decreased 3.2% for the quarter, with foreign exchange movements contributing a 1.9 percentage point negative impact.

On an organic basis, service revenue increased by 0.3%* (Q4: 0.5%*), despite the impact of regulatory pressures, reflecting growth in all our markets with the exception of the UK, Netherlands and Greece. Our growth was supported by 'more-for-more' value enhancement initiatives in many of our markets and continued commercial momentum in both consumer and fixed.

The decline in mobile service revenue moderated in Q1 to -0.8%* (Q4: -1.1%*), supported by continued growth in our contract base and further signs of ARPU stabilisation across multiple markets. Fixed service revenue trends continue to be robust with growth of 3.3%* (Q4: 5.4%*) driven by broadband customer growth.

Germany

Service revenue increased by 1.6%* (Q4: 1.6%*), a second quarter of growth led by improvements in fixed revenue, which were offset by a decline in mobile revenue due to regulatory pressure on roaming charges.

Mobile service revenue declined 0.3%* (Q4: 0.3%*), reflecting lower roaming revenues and a stronger first quarter in the prior fiscal year. Excluding roaming, performance improved with mobile prepaid revenue stabilising. Mobile contract net additions were modest at 8,000 (Q4: 49,000), with lower volumes in the indirect channels. We continue to focus on more profitable growth in the direct channels and our 'more-for-more' customer value enhancement strategy. Pricing pressure continues in Enterprise. Contract churn was broadly stable at 14.1%. We increased our 4G coverage to 89% and now have 8.4 million 4G customers.

Fixed service revenue growth improved to 4.7%* (Q4: 3.8%*), driven by steady growth in cable and further stabilising DSL revenue performance. KDG continued to perform strongly. During a seasonally slower quarter we added 108,000 broadband subscribers (Q1 FY16: 70,000), of which 92,000 were on cable and the remainder on DSL.

Italy

Service revenue increased by 1.2%* (Q4: 1.3%*), benefitting from mobile ARPU growth, partially offset by the reversal of the leap year effect that supported the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year.

Mobile service revenue grew 1.4%* (Q4: 1.6%*) thanks to prepaid ARPU growth, partially offset by a decline in our customer base. Despite a highly competitive value segment, our mobile contract net additions stabilised after a period of decline aided by our market-leading network quality. The competitive pricing environment in enterprise continued, resulting in further customer losses. As at 30 June 2016 we have 96% population coverage on our 4G network and 6.8 million 4G customers.

Fixed service revenue was stable at +0.1%* (Q4: -0.2%*), with continued momentum in consumer customer growth offset by increased price pressure. We added 46,000 broadband customers in the quarter (Q4: 63,000), with 41% of our gross additions taking fibre-based services. Enel have begun their deployment of Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH) services, with initial customers in Perugia enjoying speeds of up to 1Gbps.

UK

UK service revenue declined 3.2%* (Q4: -0.1%*), reflecting the impact of operational challenges following a billing system migration, lower out of bundle revenues and the benefit of a large Enterprise contract win in the first quarter of the prior fiscal year.

Mobile service revenue declined 3.6%* (Q4: -1.9%*) with consumer contract in-bundle revenue growth being more than offset by a decline in out of bundle usage compared to the prior year and the impact of expanding roaming propositions in enterprise mobile. We added 26,000 new contract customers (Q4: 1,000) and reduced consumer contract churn to 15.5% (Q4: 18.9%), supported by stabilising customer service levels. We had 7.5m 4G customers at the period end, with 4G coverage at 95% on the Ofcom definition (Q4: 91%) as we accelerated our coverage expansion.

Fixed service revenue which is predominately enterprise related declined 1.8%* (Q4: 5.5%*), reflecting a large Enterprise contract win in the first quarter of the prior fiscal year and having been supported by strong carrier revenue growth in the fourth quarter. In broadband momentum continues and we secured 137,000 customers by the period end (Q4: 109,000). Field trials for Vodafone TV are underway.

Spain

Service revenue returned to growth of 1.3%* (Q4: -3.2%*) for the first time since 2008. Excluding the impact of handset financing, service revenue grew 4.9%* (Q4: 0.6%*). This performance improvement was supported by several factors, particularly 'more-for-more' propositions during the quarter for both new and existing customers and a higher customer base. This tariff change contributed to higher churn levels in both fixed and mobile, however these effects decreased throughout the quarter, with mobile churn returning to more normal levels in the month of June.

Vodafone One, our fully integrated cable, mobile and TV service, reached 1.9 million customers at the period end, up from 291,000 one year ago.

We continue to grow our mobile base, adding 53,000 mobile contract customers in the quarter (Q4: 105,000). Our 4G population coverage reached 92% at 30 June 2016 and we have 5.9 million 4G customers.

Broadband subscriber additions slowed to 1,000 due primarily to higher churn following tariff changes. We launched our DSL TV proposition in the quarter, which supported TV subscriber growth of 52,000 despite typical seasonal pressures due to the end of the football season.

Other Europe

Service revenue rose 1.2%* (Q4: 2.1%*), with all markets except Greece, the Netherlands and Malta achieving growth during the quarter.

In the Netherlands, service revenue declined 2.2%* (Q4: -1.3%*), with growth in fixed more than offset by mobile price competition, which continues to impact the consumer customer base, as well as regulatory pressure on roaming revenue. We are making good progress with integration planning for our Joint Venture with Ziggo, and continue to expect the transaction to close around the end of calendar 2016.

In Portugal, fixed service revenue continues to grow strongly and mobile is stabilising as the shift towards lower priced convergent offers begins to moderate. In Ireland, service revenue grew 2.8%* (Q4: 2.4%*) supported by accelerated growth in fixed line and stable mobile trends. In Greece service revenue growth (now including HOL for the first time on an organic basis) was impacted by the transfer of HOL carrier service revenue to Group. Excluding this effect service revenue was stable despite challenging macroeconomic conditions.

AMAP

 
                                                       Quarter ended 
                         Quarter ended                  30 June 2015 
                          30 June 2016                   (restated)                      Organic* 
                 ----------------------------  ---------------------------- 
                  Service     Other             Service     Other             Reported    service 
                  revenue   revenue   Revenue   revenue   revenue   Revenue    revenue    revenue 
                     EURm      EURm      EURm      EURm      EURm      EURm          %          % 
 --------------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  ---------  --------- 
 India              1,510         9     1,519     1,569         4     1,573      (3.4)        6.4 
 Vodacom              992       183     1,175     1,172       292     1,464     (19.7)        4.4 
 Other 
  AMAP              1,407       267     1,674     1,399       224     1,623        3.1       11.5 
 Eliminations         (3)         -       (3)       (5)         -       (5) 
                 --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  ---------  --------- 
 Total              3,906       459     4,365     4,135       520     4,655      (6.2)        7.7 
                 --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  ---------  --------- 
 

Revenue decreased 6.2%, with strong organic growth offset by a 12.6 percentage point adverse impact from foreign exchange movements, particularly with regards to the South African rand, Turkish lira, Egyptian pound and Indian rupee.

On an organic basis service revenue increased 7.7%* (Q4: 8.1%*) driven by growth in all our major markets. The region continues to see strong customer growth, with 2.8 million added in the quarter, and an increasing number of our customers are now using data, with 12.9 million active data users added in the quarter. Customer usage continues to grow throughout the region, with voice and data usage up 6.4% and 63% respectively.

With effect from 1 April 2016, the Group changed the reporting of certain dealer commissions in India. Organic service revenue growth rates for the quarter ended 30 June 2016 of Vodafone India and the Group have been amended to exclude the impact of this change, which had no effect on earnings or cash flows.

India

Service revenue growth improved to 6.4%* (Q4: 5.3%) as voice revenue returned to growth and regulatory impacts reduced. Excluding regulatory drags including MTR cuts, roaming price caps and an increase in service tax, service revenue grew 7.7%* compared to 10.2%* in the fourth quarter of the prior fiscal year. The slower pace of growth mainly reflects the reversal of the leap-year effect and lower intra circle roaming revenues.

Data browsing revenue growth of 22.3%* slowed from the pace of prior quarters, reflecting lower customer growth. Our active data customer base increased to 69.7 million customers from 66.8 million one year ago. The 3G / 4G customer base grew to 32.3 million, up 46%, and smartphone penetration in our four biggest urban areas is now 54%. Voice revenues returned to growth as competition eased, despite lower average minutes of use per customer. Total mobile customers increased 1.4 million giving a closing customer base of 199.4 million.

We added 3,300 new 3G sites in the quarter, taking the total to 59,000 and our population coverage to 96% of target urban areas. We have 9,700 4G sites with coverage of 45% of our data revenues across five key circles. We expect 4G coverage to increase to over 60% of our data revenues by year-end, ahead of the upcoming spectrum auction.

Preparations continue for a potential IPO of Vodafone India.

Vodacom

Service revenue grew 4.4%* (Q4: 6.3%*), with strong customer and data growth in South Africa offset by a slowdown in international customer growth following new customer registration processes.

South Africa service revenue grew 5.7%* (Q4: 6.5%*), supported by customer growth in both prepaid and contract (prepaid net additions 891,000, Q4: 728,000). Our 'Just 4 U' targeted individual pricing strategy continues to support voice revenues. Data revenue growth remains robust at 18.0%* (Q4: 18.9%*), and data now contributes 38% of South Africa's service revenues. The growth in data is supported by sustained investment in 3G and 4G network coverage and capacity. Network leadership and customer focus contributed to a record low consumer contract mobile churn rate of 5.3%.

Vodacom's International operations outside South Africa, which now represent 25% of Vodacom Group service revenue, saw a sharp slowdown in growth to 4.4%* (Q4: 10.2%*). Customer growth numbers were impacted by stricter compliance on customer registration requirements in Tanzania, the DRC and Mozambique. The customer growth trend is now improving as acquisition procedures become more efficient across all channels. M-Pesa continues to perform well, with over 8.3 million customers (up from 5.6 million a year ago).

Other AMAP

Service revenue increased 11.5%* (Q4: 12.1%), with strong growth in Turkey, Egypt and Ghana.

Service revenue in Turkey was up 19.5%* (Q4 22.3%*), supported by strong growth in consumer contract and enterprise and an increased contribution from fixed line. Egypt grew 9.4%* (Q4: 11.2%*), driven by sustained growth in data usage and mobile ARPU expansion. Service revenue in Ghana grew 20.3%* (Q4: 21.3%*) aided by customer growth and increasing data usage.

In New Zealand, service revenue was up 1.8%* (Q4: 0.4%*), driven by strong fixed line performance and mobile customer growth across both consumer and enterprise. In June we announced our intention to merge with Sky Network Television in New Zealand, thereby creating the country's leading integrated telecommunications and media group. Vodafone will become a 51% shareholder in the combined group, will receive NZ$1.25 billion in cash and will look to realise the benefits of an estimated NZ$850 million NPV from synergies. Sky shareholders have voted in favour of the transaction but completion is still subject to local regulatory approvals. The transaction is expected to complete around the end of calendar 2016.

Strategic progress

Customer eXperience eXcellence ('CXX')

The Group's customer experience excellence programme is our core marketing strategy for brand and service differentiation. With CXX we aim to deliver an outstanding and differentiated experience for our customers, building on the significantly improved network quality delivered by Project Spring. Given the strategic importance of the programme, CXX performance indicators (primarily Net Promoter Scores and brand consideration) represent up to 40% of the annual bonus award for employees across the Group.

The programme focuses on four key aspects of our customers' experience with Vodafone, summarised by the acronym 'CARE'. As the initiatives described below illustrate, we made progress in each of these areas during the quarter:

 
 --   'Connectivity that is reliable and secure': 
       We now have 'Network guarantee' pledges in 
       14 markets, promising customers' their money 
       back if the network fails to live up to their 
       expectations (typically, during the first 30 
       days for new customers). Our 4G roaming footprint 
       now covers 100 countries, twice as many as 
       our best local competitor in the majority of 
       our markets. 
 --   'Always in control': For the first time, more 
       than half of our European mobile customers 
       (and almost two-thirds of our contract customers) 
       take advantage of our European 'worry-free' 
       roaming offers, with roaming either included 
       in their tariff or available at a modest daily 
       rate. Penetration of the 'My Vodafone' app 
       reached 35% across the group, and is as high 
       as 60% in Italy. The app is now available across 
       21 markets, with customers able to monitor 
       their usage in real time in 13 of these markets. 
 --   'Reward Loyalty': 16 markets have now implemented 
       tailored reward programmes for specific customer 
       segments, aiming to delight and surprise loyal 
       customers. This has contributed to a 0.3 percentage 
       points year-on-year and 1.6 percentage points 
       quarter-on-quarter improvement in overall consumer 
       contract churn during the quarter to 16.6%. 
 --   'Easy Access': We now provide convenient support 
       to our customers through a 24/7 Live chat platform 
       in 14 markets. The 'first contact resolution' 
       rate in several of these markets is now over 
       80%, compared to 65% for the overall group. 
 

The success of the variety of CXX initiatives now underway is apparent from a further overall improvement in Net Promoter Scores during the quarter, with 12 out of 21 operating companies achieving a market leading position, representing 368.4 million customers and over half of Group service revenues.

Data

Customer demand for data continues to grow very quickly, stimulated by the increasing availability of great TV, sport and video on smartphones and tablets, the improving reliability and speed of mobile networks, the increasing size and quality of smartphone screens and the continued deflation in unitary data pricing.

Data traffic in Q1 grew 63% (Q4: 67%). We doubled our 4G customer base year-on-year to 52.5 million across the 21 countries where we offer 4G, with 5.7 million customers added in the quarter. Although take-up continues to be rapid, only 30% of our European customer base is taking a 4G service, providing us with a very substantial opportunity for future growth. Customers who move to 4G typically buy bigger data packages and see their data consumption double; average usage per smartphone customer in Europe is up 57% year-on-year to 1.3GB per month, and over half of the data traffic in Europe is now on 4G.

In our emerging markets, data adoption is also rapid, supported by our significant network investment and the relative scarcity of fixed line internet access. The 3G/4G mobile data customer base is 88.9 million, up 50.7% year-on-year. In India we have launched 4G in five circles, covering 45% of data revenues, and expect to reach over 60% in the current financial year. Given the high cost of spectrum, we intend to take a disciplined approach to further 4G rollout.

Unified communications

We are becoming an integrated operator, for both households and businesses, in our main markets. We market high speed broadband services to 74.4 million households across Europe, and through organic investment and acquisition, 29.9 million of these households are 'on-net' - serviced by our own fibre or cable infrastructure.

We continue to achieve strong customer growth across our footprint. We now have 13.7 million broadband customers, with 348,000 new broadband customers added in the quarter, In Europe, we added 254,000 new broadband customers of which 81% were on-net. This brings the total European on-net customer base to 5.8 million, representing on-net penetration of just 19% which leaves significant opportunity for future profitable growth. In Q1, 26.4% of our service revenue in Europe came from fixed line.

Enterprise

Services to business customers comprised 27.8% of our Group service revenue, and 32.1% in Europe during Q1. Our relationships with business customers are expanding from traditional mobile voice and data services to embrace total communications, IoT, Cloud & Hosting and IP-VPN provision. These new areas offer both market growth and market share opportunities for us.

Overall, Enterprise revenues grew 2.6%* in the quarter. Vodafone Global Enterprise ('VGE'), which provides services to our biggest international customers, achieved revenue growth of 6.3%*, driven by our unmatched geographical presence and the increasing trend among multinational corporations to retain a single provider of services across borders. Our total IoT connections increased by 38.6% year-on-year to 41.3 million, with revenue growing 20.1%*.

Summary and outlook(1)

Trading in the first quarter was consistent with management's expectations underlying the outlook statement for the 2017 financial year. The Group therefore confirms its outlook for the 2017 financial year.

Notes:

 
 *   Alternative performance measures are presented 
      to provide readers with additional financial 
      information that is regularly reviewed by management 
      and should not be viewed in isolation or as 
      an alternative to the equivalent GAAP measure. 
      Alternative performance measures include, among 
      other metrics, organic growth, marked with an 
      "*", which presents performance on a comparable 
      basis, both in terms of merger and acquisition 
      activity and movements in foreign exchange rates. 
      See "Alternative performance measures" on page 
      10 for further details. 
 1   Full details on this guidance are available 
      on page 7 of the Group's year end results announcement 
      for the year ended 31 March 2016. 
 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 
 Service revenue - quarter ended 30 June 
 
 Group and 
  Regions                              Group                Europe                  AMAP 
                        --------------------  --------------------  -------------------- 
                                    Restated              Restated              Restated 
                             2016       2015       2016       2015       2016       2015 
                             EURm       EURm       EURm       EURm       EURm       EURm 
                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 Mobile in-bundle           5,454      5,337      4,058      3,966      1,396      1,322 
 Mobile out-of-bundle       2,854      3,397      1,142      1,416      1,708      1,978 
 Mobile incoming              791        838        421        439        371        399 
 Fixed                      2,575      2,600      2,142      2,110        295        292 
 Other                        604        527        366        342        136        144 
                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 Service revenue           12,278     12,699      8,129      8,273      3,906      4,135 
 Other revenue              1,099      1,308        586        732        459        520 
                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 Revenue                   13,377     14,007      8,715      9,005      4,365      4,655 
                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 
                                                     Growth 
                        ---------------------------------------------------------------- 
                         Reported   Organic*   Reported   Organic*   Reported   Organic* 
                                %          %          %          %          %          % 
                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 Revenue                    (4.5)        1.5      (3.2)      (1.3)      (6.2)        8.6 
 Service revenue            (3.3)        2.2      (1.7)        0.3      (5.5)        7.7 
                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 
 Operating 
  Companies                          Germany                 Italy                    UK 
                        --------------------  --------------------  -------------------- 
                                    Restated              Restated              Restated 
                             2016       2015       2016       2015       2016       2015 
                             EURm       EURm       EURm       EURm       EURm       EURm 
                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 Mobile in-bundle           1,097      1,058        708        640        880        926 
 Mobile out-of-bundle         217        275        206        268        302        392 
 Mobile incoming               72         75         92         92         91        114 
 Fixed                        969        926        210        210        405        450 
 Other                        124        107         65         55         80         97 
                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 Service revenue            2,479      2,441      1,281      1,265      1,758      1,979 
 Other revenue                106        211        192        189         84        101 
                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 Revenue                    2,585      2,652      1,473      1,454      1,842      2,080 
                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 
                                                     Growth 
                        ---------------------------------------------------------------- 
                         Reported   Organic*   Reported   Organic*   Reported   Organic* 
                                %          %          %          %          %          % 
                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 Revenue                    (2.5)      (2.5)        1.3        1.3     (11.4)      (3.4) 
 Service revenue              1.6        1.6        1.3        1.2     (11.2)      (3.2) 
                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 
                                       Spain                 India               Vodacom 
                        --------------------  --------------------  -------------------- 
                                    Restated              Restated              Restated 
                             2016       2015       2016       2015       2016       2015 
                             EURm       EURm       EURm       EURm       EURm       EURm 
                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 Mobile in-bundle             559        547        398        350        345        396 
 Mobile out-of-bundle         110        130        827        929        512        613 
 Mobile incoming               43         37        164        169         47         60 
 Fixed                        365        356         69         67         41         47 
 Other                         51         43         52         54         47         56 
                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 Service revenue            1,128      1,113      1,510      1,569        992      1,172 
 Other revenue                117        122          9          4        183        292 
                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 Revenue                    1,245      1,235      1,519      1,573      1,175      1,464 
                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 
                                                     Growth 
                        ---------------------------------------------------------------- 
                         Reported   Organic*   Reported   Organic*   Reported   Organic* 
                                %          %          %          %          %          % 
                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 Revenue                      0.8        0.8      (3.4)        6.7     (19.7)        3.3 
 Service revenue              1.3        1.3      (3.8)        6.4     (15.4)        4.4 
                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 
 

Note:

 
 *   Alternative performance measures are presented 
      to provide readers with additional financial 
      information that is regularly reviewed by management 
      and should not be viewed in isolation or as 
      an alternative to the equivalent GAAP measure. 
      Alternative performance measures include, among 
      other metrics, organic growth, marked with an 
      "*", which presents performance on a comparable 
      basis, both in terms of merger and acquisition 
      activity and movements in foreign exchange rates. 
      See "Alternative performance measures" on page 
      10 for further details. 
 

Mobile customers - quarter ended 30 June 2016

 
 (in thousands) 
                                      Contract              Prepay 
                   1 April      net additions/      net additions/        Other   30 June 
   Country            2016    (disconnections)    (disconnections)    movements      2016   Contract 
----------------  --------  ------------------  ------------------  -----------  --------  --------- 
 
 Europe 
 Germany            30,334                   8                (72)            -    30,270      54.8% 
 Italy              24,143                   -               (318)            -    23,825      18.9% 
 UK                 18,197                  26               (249)            -    17,974      67.9% 
 Spain              14,319                  53                (26)            -    14,346      78.9% 
----------------  --------  ------------------  ------------------  -----------  --------  --------- 
                    86,993                  87               (665)            -    86,415      51.6% 
----------------  --------  ------------------  ------------------  -----------  --------  --------- 
 
 Other 
  Europe 
 Netherlands         5,030                (17)                  18            -     5,031      76.4% 
 Ireland             1,986                  11                (30)            -     1,967      50.7% 
 Portugal            4,850                  14                (76)            -     4,788      39.6% 
 Romania             8,461                  35                 (8)            -     8,488      41.4% 
 Greece              5,732                 (5)                  63            -     5,790      27.5% 
 Czech 
  Republic           3,424                  49                 (6)            -     3,467      67.5% 
 Hungary             2,807                  26                (35)            -     2,798      60.7% 
 Albania             1,842                   1                  12            -     1,855       4.3% 
 Malta                 307                   1                   -            -       308      21.1% 
----------------  --------  ------------------  ------------------  -----------  --------  --------- 
                    34,439                 115                (62)            -    34,492      46.4% 
----------------  --------  ------------------  ------------------  -----------  --------  --------- 
 Europe            121,432                 202               (727)            -   120,907      50.2% 
----------------  --------  ------------------  ------------------  -----------  --------  --------- 
 
 
 AMAP 
 India             197,947                 653                 783            -   199,383       7.4% 
 Vodacom(1)         70,397                  62                 475            -    70,934       7.4% 
----------------  --------  ------------------  ------------------  -----------  --------  --------- 
                   268,344                 715               1,258            -   270,317       7.4% 
----------------  --------  ------------------  ------------------  -----------  --------  --------- 
 
 Other 
  AMAP 
 Turkey             22,161                 345               (131)            -    22,375      45.5% 
 Egypt              38,505                  19                 519            -    39,043       6.6% 
 New Zealand         2,402                  18                (19)            -     2,401      39.5% 
 Qatar               1,548                 (1)                (89)            -     1,458      16.2% 
 Ghana               7,892                 127                  65            -     8,084       1.9% 
----------------  --------  ------------------  ------------------  -----------  --------  --------- 
                    72,508                 508                 345            -    73,361      19.2% 
----------------  --------  ------------------  ------------------  -----------  --------  --------- 
 AMAP              340,852               1,223               1,603            -   343,678       9.9% 
----------------  --------  ------------------  ------------------  -----------  --------  --------- 
 
 Group             462,284               1,425                 876            -   464,585      20.4% 
----------------  --------  ------------------  ------------------  -----------  --------  --------- 
 

Note:

 
 1   Vodacom refers to the Group's interests in Vodacom 
      Group Limited and its subsidiaries, including 
      those located outside of South Africa. 
 

Fixed broadband customers - quarter ended 30 June 2016

 
 (in thousands) 
                   1 April      Net additions/        Other   30 June 
 Country              2016    (disconnections)    movements      2016 
----------------  --------  ------------------  -----------  -------- 
 
 Europe 
 Germany             5,825                 108            -     5,933 
 Italy               1,970                  46            -     2,016 
 UK                    109                  28            -       137 
 Spain               3,022                   1            -     3,023 
----------------  --------  ------------------  -----------  -------- 
                    10,926                 183            -    11,109 
----------------  --------  ------------------  -----------  -------- 
 
 Other Europe 
 Netherlands           106                  17            -       123 
 Ireland               239                   8            -       247 
 Portugal              442                  24            -       466 
 Romania                56                   2            -        58 
 Greece                551                  20            -       571 
 Czech Republic         14                   -            -        14 
 Hungary                 -                   -            -         - 
 Albania                 -                   -            -         - 
 Malta                   3                   -            -         3 
----------------  --------  ------------------  -----------  -------- 
                     1,411                  71            -     1,482 
----------------  --------  ------------------  -----------  -------- 
 Europe             12,337                 254            -    12,591 
----------------  --------  ------------------  -----------  -------- 
 
 AMAP 
 India                   -                   -            -         - 
 Vodacom(1)              1                   1            -         2 
----------------  --------  ------------------  -----------  -------- 
                         1                   1            -         2 
----------------  --------  ------------------  -----------  -------- 
 
 Other AMAP 
 Turkey                363                  61            -       424 
 Egypt                 213                  18            -       231 
 New Zealand           412                  12            -       424 
 Qatar                   6                 (1)            -         5 
 Ghana                  41                   3            -        44 
----------------  --------  ------------------  -----------  -------- 
                     1,035                  93            -     1,128 
----------------  --------  ------------------  -----------  -------- 
 AMAP                1,036                  94            -     1,130 
----------------  --------  ------------------  -----------  -------- 
 
 Group              13,373                 348            -    13,721 
----------------  --------  ------------------  -----------  -------- 
 

Note:

 
 1   Vodacom refers to the Group's interests in Vodacom 
      Group Limited and its subsidiaries, including 
      those located outside of South Africa. 
 

ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES

In the discussion of the Group's reported operating results, information is presented to provide readers with additional financial information that is regularly reviewed by management. However, this additional information presented is not uniformly defined by all companies including those in the Group's industry. Accordingly, it may not be comparable with similarly titled measures and disclosures by other companies. Additionally, certain information presented is derived from amounts calculated in accordance with IFRS but is not itself an expressly permitted GAAP measure. Such alternative performance measures should not be viewed in isolation or as an alternative to the equivalent GAAP measure.

Service revenue

Service revenue comprises all revenue related to the provision of ongoing services including, but not limited to, monthly access charges, airtime usage, roaming, incoming and outgoing network usage by non-Vodafone customers and interconnect charges for incoming calls. We believe that it is both useful and necessary to report this measure for the following reasons:

 
 --   It is used for internal performance reporting; 
 --   It is used in setting director and management 
       remuneration; and 
 --   It is useful in connection with discussions 
       with the investment analyst community. 
 

A reconciliation of reported service revenue to the respective closest equivalent GAAP measure, revenue, is provided where used in the Operating Review on pages 2 to 6.

Organic growth

All amounts in this document marked with an "*" represent "organic growth" which presents performance on a comparable basis in terms of merger and acquisition activity and foreign exchange rates. While "organic growth" is neither intended to be a substitute for reported growth, nor is it superior to reported growth, we believe that the measure provides useful and necessary information to investors and other interested parties for the following reasons:

 
 --   it provides additional information on underlying 
       growth of the business without the effect of 
       certain factors unrelated to its operating 
       performance; 
 --   it is used for internal performance analysis; 
       and 
 --   it facilitates comparability of underlying 
       growth with other companies (although the term 
       "organic" is not a defined term under IFRS 
       and may not, therefore, be comparable with 
       similarly titled measures reported by other 
       companies). 
 

With effect from 1 April 2016, the Group changed the reporting of certain dealer commissions in India. The impact on revenues for the current and prior quarters was not material. Organic service revenue growth rates for the quarter ended 30 June 2016 of Vodafone India and the Group have been amended to exclude the impact of this change, which had no effect on earnings or cash flows.

Reconciliations of organic growth to reported growth are shown where used or in the table below.

 
                                                          Other 
                                                       activity 
                               Restated              (including    Foreign 
                        2016       2015   Reported         M&A)   exchange   Organic 
                        EURm       EURm          %          pps        pps         % 
 ------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 Quarter ended 30 
 June 
 Revenue 
 Germany               2,585      2,652      (2.5)            -          -     (2.5) 
 Italy                 1,473      1,454        1.3            -          -       1.3 
 UK                    1,842      2,080     (11.4)            -        8.0     (3.4) 
 Spain                 1,245      1,235        0.8            -          -       0.8 
 Other Europe          1,617      1,621      (0.2)            -          -     (0.2) 
 Eliminations           (47)       (37) 
                     -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 Europe                8,715      9,005      (3.2)            -        1.9     (1.3) 
-------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 
 India                 1,519      1,573      (3.4)          2.7        7.4       6.7 
 Vodacom               1,175      1,464     (19.7)          3.9       19.1       3.3 
 Other AMAP            1,674      1,623        3.1            -       11.2      14.3 
 Eliminations            (3)        (5) 
                     -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 AMAP                  4,365      4,655      (6.2)          2.2       12.6       8.6 
-------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 
 Other                   317        383 
 Eliminations           (20)       (36) 
                     -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 Total                13,377     14,007      (4.5)          0.7        5.3       1.5 
-------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 

ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES

 
                                                                Other 
                                                             activity 
                                     Restated              (including    Foreign 
                              2016       2015   Reported         M&A)   exchange   Organic 
                              EURm       EURm          %          pps        pps         % 
 ------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 Quarter ended 30 
  June 
 Service revenue 
 Germany                     2,479      2,441        1.6            -          -       1.6 
                           -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
  Mobile service 
   revenue                   1,510      1,515      (0.3)            -          -     (0.3) 
  Fixed service 
   revenue                     969        926        4.6            -        0.1       4.7 
 ------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 Italy                       1,281      1,265        1.3            -      (0.1)       1.2 
                           -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
  Mobile service 
   revenue                   1,071      1,055        1.5            -      (0.1)       1.4 
  Fixed service 
   revenue                     210        210          -            -        0.1       0.1 
 ------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 UK                          1,758      1,979     (11.2)            -        8.0     (3.2) 
                           -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
  Mobile service 
   revenue                   1,353      1,529     (11.5)            -        7.9     (3.6) 
  Fixed service 
   revenue                     405        450     (10.0)            -        8.2     (1.8) 
 ------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 Spain                       1,128      1,113        1.3            -          -       1.3 
 Other Europe                1,528      1,512        1.1            -        0.1       1.2 
                           -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
  Netherlands                  426        435      (2.1)            -      (0.1)     (2.2) 
  Ireland                      242        235        3.0            -      (0.2)       2.8 
  Other                        860        842 
 ------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 Eliminations                 (45)       (37) 
                           -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 Europe                      8,129      8,273      (1.7)          0.1        1.9       0.3 
                           -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
  Mobile service 
   revenue                   5,987      6,163      (2.9)            -        2.1     (0.8) 
  Fixed service 
   revenue                   2,142      2,110        1.5            -        1.8       3.3 
 ------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 
 India                       1,510      1,569      (3.8)          2.8        7.4       6.4 
 Vodacom                       992      1,172     (15.4)            -       19.8       4.4 
                           -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
  South Africa                 734        880     (16.6)            -       22.3       5.7 
  International 
   operations                  243        268      (9.3)            -       13.7       4.4 
  Other                         15         24 
 ------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 Other AMAP                  1,407      1,399        0.6            -       10.9      11.5 
                           -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
  Turkey                       585        543        7.7            -       11.8      19.5 
  Egypt                        362        393      (7.9)            -       17.3       9.4 
  New Zealand                  274        291      (5.8)            -        7.6       1.8 
  Ghana                         69         56       23.2            -      (2.9)      20.3 
  Other                        117        116 
 ------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 Eliminations                  (3)        (5) 
                           -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 AMAP                        3,906      4,135      (5.5)          1.1       12.1       7.7 
-------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 Other                         263        326 
 Eliminations                 (20)       (35) 
-------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 Total service revenue      12,278     12,699      (3.3)          0.4        5.1       2.2 
 Other revenue               1,099      1,308 
-------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 Total revenue              13,377     14,007      (4.5)          0.7        5.3       1.5 
-------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 
 Other metrics 
 Group - Enterprise 
  service revenue            3,409      3,511      (2.9)          1.1        4.4       2.6 
 Group - IoT revenues          174        149       16.8        (0.1)        3.4      20.1 
 Vodafone Global 
  Enterprise service 
  revenue                      801        766        4.6        (0.7)        2.4       6.3 
 India - Data browsing 
  revenue                      311        274       13.5            -        8.8      22.3 
 South Africa - 
  Data revenue                 277        297      (6.7)            -       24.7      18.0 
 Group - Service 
  revenue excluding 
  the impact of MTR 
  cuts                      12,278     12,699      (3.3)          0.6        5.1       2.4 
 Spain - Service 
  revenue excluding 
  the impact of handset 
  financing                  1,128      1,113        1.3          3.6          -       4.9 
 India - Service 
  revenue excluding 
  the impact of MTR 
  cuts and other             1,510      1,569      (3.8)          4.1        7.4       7.7 
-------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 

ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES

 
                                                                Other 
                                                             activity 
                                     Restated              (including    Foreign 
                              2016       2015   Reported         M&A)   exchange   Organic 
                              EURm       EURm          %          pps        pps         % 
 ------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 Quarter ended 31 
  March 
 Service revenue 
 Germany                     2,462      2,423        1.6            -          -       1.6 
                           -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
  Mobile service 
   revenue                   1,505      1,501        0.3            -          -       0.3 
  Fixed service 
   revenue                     957        922        3.8            -          -       3.8 
 ------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 Italy                       1,263      1,246        1.4            -      (0.1)       1.3 
                           -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
  Mobile service 
   revenue                   1,055      1,038        1.6            -          -       1.6 
  Fixed service 
   revenue                     208        208          -            -      (0.2)     (0.2) 
 ------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 UK                          1,903      2,093      (9.1)          5.4        3.6     (0.1) 
                           -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
  Mobile service 
   revenue                   1,412      1,493      (5.4)            -        3.5     (1.9) 
  Fixed service 
   revenue                     491        600     (18.2)         20.0        3.7       5.5 
 ------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 Spain                       1,094      1,131      (3.3)            -        0.1     (3.2) 
 Other Europe                1,516      1,481        2.4        (0.1)      (0.2)       2.1 
                           -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
  Netherlands                  428        434      (1.4)            -        0.1     (1.3) 
  Ireland                      238        232        2.6            -      (0.2)       2.4 
  Other                        850        815 
 ------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 Eliminations                 (36)       (44) 
                           -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 Europe                      8,202      8,330      (1.5)          1.1        0.9       0.5 
                           -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
  Mobile service 
   revenue                   5,995      6,101      (1.7)        (0.2)        0.8     (1.1) 
  Fixed service 
   revenue                   2,207      2,229      (1.0)          5.2        1.2       5.4 
 ------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 
 India                       1,532      1,547      (1.0)            -        6.3       5.3 
 Vodacom                       992      1,183     (16.1)            -       22.4       6.3 
                           -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
  South Africa                 717        888     (19.3)            -       25.8       6.5 
  International 
   operations                  259        271      (4.4)            -       14.6      10.2 
  Other                         16         24 
 ------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 Other AMAP                  1,404      1,477      (4.9)          7.0       10.0      12.1 
                           -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
  Turkey                       560        536        4.5            -       17.8      22.3 
  Egypt                        390        463     (15.8)         21.3        5.7      11.2 
  New Zealand                  272        303     (10.2)            -       10.6       0.4 
  Ghana                         68         62        9.7            -       11.6      21.3 
  Other                        114        113 
 ------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 Eliminations                    2       (14) 
                           -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 AMAP                        3,930      4,193      (6.3)          2.2       12.2       8.1 
-------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 Other                         338        453 
 Eliminations                 (63)       (95) 
-------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 Total service revenue      12,407     12,881      (3.7)          1.8        4.4       2.5 
 Other revenue               1,125      1,380 
-------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 Total revenue              13,532     14,261      (5.1)          1.6        4.6       1.1 
-------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 
 Other metrics 
 Group - Enterprise 
  service revenue            3,489      3,538      (1.4)          3.4      (0.5)       1.5 
 Group - IoT revenues          122        111        9.9         28.2      (2.5)      35.6 
 Vodafone Global 
  Enterprise service 
  revenue                      699        637        9.7        (5.0)      (2.6)       2.1 
 India - Data browsing 
  revenue                      294        231       27.3            -        7.7      35.0 
 South Africa - 
  Data revenue                 260        289     (10.0)            -       28.9      18.9 
 Group - Service 
  revenue excluding 
  the impact of MTR 
  cuts                      12,407     12,881      (3.7)          2.3        4.4       3.0 
 Spain - Service 
  revenue excluding 
  the impact of handset 
  financing                  1,094      1,131      (3.3)          3.8        0.1       0.6 
 India - Service 
  revenue excluding 
  the impact of MTR 
  cuts and other             1,532      1,547      (1.0)          4.9        6.3      10.2 
-------------------------  -------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  -------- 
 

OTHER INFORMATION

Notes

 
 1.   Vodafone, the Vodafone Portrait, the Vodafone 
       Speechmark, Vodacom, Vodafone One and M-Pesa 
       are trademarks of the Vodafone Group. The Vodafone 
       Rhombus is a registered design of the Vodafone 
       Group. Other product and company names mentioned 
       herein may be the trademarks of their respective 
       owners. 
 2.   All growth rates reflect a comparison to the 
       quarter ended 30 June 2015 unless otherwise 
       stated. 
 3.   References to "the quarter" are to the quarter 
       ended 30 June 2016 unless otherwise stated. 
       References to the "previous quarter" are to 
       the quarter ended 31 March 2016 unless otherwise 
       stated. References to the "year" or "current 
       financial year" are to the financial year ending 
       31 March 2017 and references to the "prior financial 
       year" are to the financial year ended 31 March 
       2016 unless otherwise stated. 
 4.   All amounts marked with an "*" represent organic 
       growth which presents performance on a comparable 
       basis, both in terms of merger and acquisition 
       activity and movements in foreign exchange rates. 
 5.   Vodacom refers to the Group's interests in Vodacom 
       Group Limited ('Vodacom') in South Africa and 
       its subsidiaries, including its operations in 
       The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, 
       Mozambique and Tanzania. 
 6.   Quarterly historical information including information 
       for service revenue, mobile customers, churn, 
       voice usage, messaging volumes, data volumes, 
       ARPU, smartphones and fixed broadband customers 
       is provided in a spreadsheet available at vodafone.com/investor. 
 7.   This trading update contains references to our 
       website. Information on our website is not incorporated 
       into this update and should not be considered 
       part of this update. We have included any website 
       as an inactive textual reference only. 
 

Definition of terms

 
 Term                   Definition 
---------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 ARPU                   Average revenue per user, defined 
                         as customer revenue and incoming revenue 
                         divided by average customers. 
---------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 Enterprise             The Group's customer segment for businesses. 
---------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 Fixed service          Service revenue relating to provision 
  revenue                of fixed line and carrier services. 
---------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 Incoming revenue       Comprises revenue from termination 
                         rates for voice and messaging to Vodafone 
                         customers. 
---------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 Mobile in-bundle       Represents revenue from bundles that 
  revenue                include a specified number of minutes, 
                         messages or megabytes of data that 
                         can be used for no additional charge, 
                         with some expectation of recurrence. 
                         Includes revenue from all contract 
                         bundles and add-ons lasting 30 days 
                         or more as well as revenue from prepay 
                         bundles lasting seven days or more. 
---------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 Mobile out-of-bundle   Revenue from minutes, messages or 
                         megabytes of data which are in excess 
                         of the amount included in customer 
                         bundles. 
---------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 Mobile service         Service revenue relating to the provision 
  revenue                of mobile services. 
---------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 Organic growth         An alternative performance measure 
                         which presents performance on a comparable 
                         basis, both in terms of merger and 
                         acquisition activity and movements 
                         in foreign exchange rates. See "Alternative 
                         performance measures" on page 10 for 
                         further details. 
---------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 Other revenue          Other revenue includes revenue from 
                         connection fees and equipment sales. 
---------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 Reported growth        Reported growth is based on amounts 
                         reported in euros as determined under 
                         IFRS. 
---------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 Service revenue        Service revenue comprises all revenue 
                         related to the provision of ongoing 
                         services including, but not limited 
                         to, monthly access charges, airtime 
                         usage, roaming, incoming and outgoing 
                         network usage by non-Vodafone customers 
                         and interconnect charges for incoming 
                         calls. See "Alternative performance 
                         measures" on page 10 for further details. 
---------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 VGE                    Vodafone Global Enterprise (VGE), 
                         which serves the Group's biggest multi-national 
                         customers. 
---------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 Internet of            The network of physical objects embedded 
  Things ('IoT')         with electronics, software, sensors, 
  (formerly              and network connectivity, including 
  Machine-to-Machine     built-in mobile SIM cards, that enables 
  ('M2M'))               these objects to collect data and 
                         exchange communications with one another 
                         or a database. 
---------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 

For definition of other terms please refer to pages 200 to 201 of the Group's Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2016.

Forward-looking statements

This report contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to the Group's financial condition, results of operations and businesses and certain of the Group's plans and objectives.

In particular, such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: expectations regarding the Group's financial condition or results of operations including the confirmation of the Group's guidance for the 2017 financial year, expectations for the Group's future performance generally; statements relating to the Group's Project Spring investment programme; expectations regarding the operating environment and market conditions and trends; intentions and expectations regarding the development, launch and expansion of products, services and technologies; growth in customers and usage; expectations regarding spectrum licence acquisitions; expectations regarding EBITDA, capital expenditure, free cash flow, and foreign exchange rate movements; and expectations regarding the integration or performance of current and future investments, associates, joint ventures, non-controlled interests and newly acquired businesses.

Forward-looking statements are sometimes, but not always, identified by their use of a date in the future or such words as "will", "anticipates", "aims", "could", "may", "should", "expects", "believes", "intends", "plans" or "targets" (including in their negative form). By their nature, forward-looking statements are inherently predictive, speculative and involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. There are a number of factors that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, the following: changes in economic or political conditions in markets served by operations of the Group; greater than anticipated competitive activity; higher than expected costs or capital expenditures; slower than expected customer growth and reduced customer retention; changes in the spending patterns of new and existing customers; the Group's ability to expand its spectrum position or renew or obtain necessary licences; the Group's ability to achieve cost savings; the Group's ability to execute its strategy in fibre deployment, network expansion, new product and service roll-outs, mobile data, Enterprise and broadband and in emerging markets; changes in foreign exchange rates, as well as changes in interest rates; the Group's ability to realise benefits from entering into partnerships or joint ventures and entering into service franchising and brand licensing; unfavourable consequences to the Group of making and integrating acquisitions or disposals; changes to the regulatory framework in which the Group operates; the impact of legal or other proceedings; loss of suppliers or disruption of supply chains; developments in the Group's financial condition, earnings and distributable funds and other factors that the Board takes into account when determining levels of dividends; the Group's ability to satisfy working capital and other requirements; changes in statutory tax rates or profit mix; and/or changes in tax legislation or final resolution of open tax issues.

Furthermore, a review of the reasons why actual results and developments may differ materially from the expectations disclosed or implied within forward-looking statements can be found under "Forward-looking statements" and "Risk management" in the Group's Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2016. The Annual Report can be found on the Group's website (vodafone.com/investor). All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company, to any member of the Group or to any persons acting on their behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the factors referred to above. No assurances can be given that the forward-looking statements in this document will be realised. Subject to compliance with applicable law and regulations, Vodafone does not intend to update these forward-looking statements and does not undertake any obligation to do so.

 
 For further information: 
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