VOD - Vodacom - Trading statement for annual results to 31 March

VOD - Vodacom - Trading statement for annual results to 31 March                
2011                                                                            
Vodacom Group Limited                                                           
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number 1993/005461/06)                                            
Share code VOD ISIN ZAE000132577                                                
("Vodacom")                                                                     
Trading statement for annual results to 31 March 2011                           
In   terms   of  paragraph  3.4(b)  of  the  JSE  Limited   Listings            
Requirements, companies are required to publish a trading  statement            
as soon as they become reasonably certain that the financial results            
for  the next period to be reported upon differ by at least 20% from            
those of the previous corresponding period.                                     
Annual results for the year ended 31 March 2011 are expected  to  be            
released on or about Monday 16 May 2011.                                        
Headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the year ended 31 March  2011            
are  expected to be between 25% and 30% higher than the  prior  year            
reported HEPS of 510 cents per share.                                           
Shareholders are reminded that basic earnings per share  (`EPS`)  in            
the  prior  year  were impacted by net impairment  charges  of  R3.4            
billion.   Vodacom  expects  to  recognise  impairment   losses   of            
approximately  R1.5 billion for the year ended  31  March  2011,  in            
relation  to Gateway as a result of increased price competition  and            
poorer trading trends.                                                          
EPS  for the year ended 31 March 2011 are therefore expected  to  be            
between 95% and 105% higher than the prior year reported EPS of  282            
cents per share.                                                                
The  financial information on which this trading statement is  based            
has  neither  been  reviewed  nor reported  on  by  Vodacom  Group`s            
auditors.                                                                       
Midrand                                                                         
28 April 2011                                                                   
Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Limited                                         
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