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      <amendmentNo>5</amendmentNo>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Ordinary Shares of 20 20/21 US cents each</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>07/17/2026</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
      <issuerInfo>
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        <issuerName>Vodafone Group Plc</issuerName>
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          <issuerCusipNumber>92857W308</issuerCusipNumber>
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        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
          <com:street1>VODAFONE HOUSE</com:street1>
          <com:street2>THE CONNECTION</com:street2>
          <com:city>NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE</com:city>
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          <com:zipCode>RG14 2FN</com:zipCode>
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      <designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
        <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(c)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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      <reportingPersonName>Atlas 2022 Holdings Limited</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>E9</citizenshipOrOrganization>
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        <soleDispositivePower>0.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>0.00</sharedDispositivePower>
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      <comments>Atlas 2022 Holdings Limited ("Atlas Holdings") is wholly-owned by Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC ("e&amp;"), which is in turn 60% owned by the Emirates Investment Authority ("EIA").</comments>
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      <reportingPersonName>Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC</reportingPersonName>
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      <comments>Atlas Holdings is wholly-owned by e&amp;, which is in turn 60% owned by EIA.</comments>
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      <reportingPersonName>Emirates Investment Authority</reportingPersonName>
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      <comments>Atlas Holdings is wholly-owned by e&amp;, which is in turn 60% owned by EIA. EIA is an integral part of the Federal Government and was established through Federal Decree Law No. 4 of 2007 as amended by Federal Decree Law No. 13 of 2009 and Federal Decree Law No. 11 of 2018. EIA has an independent legal identity with full capacity to act in fulfilling its statutory mandate and objectives.</comments>
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      <item1>
        <issuerName>Vodafone Group Plc</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 2FN, England</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
      </item1>
      <item2>
        <filingPersonName>This Schedule 13G is being filed by:

i. Atlas 2022 Holdings Limited, a limited liability exempted company formed under the laws of the Cayman Islands ("Atlas Holdings");

ii. Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC, a public joint-stock company incorporated under the laws of the United Arab Emirates ("e&amp;"); and

iii. Emirates Investment Authority, a public institution established under the laws of the United Arab Emirates ("EIA").

Each of the foregoing is referred to as a "Reporting Person" and collectively as the "Reporting Persons." Each of the Reporting Persons is party to that certain Joint Filing Agreement, as attached in exhibit 99.1. Accordingly, the Reporting Persons are hereby filing a joint Schedule 13G.

Atlas Holdings is a wholly-owned subsidiary of e&amp;, which in turn is 60% owned by EIA (which, therefore, is deemed a control person of Atlas Holdings and e&amp;).</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>The address of the principal business office of Atlas Holdings is 190 Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9001, Cayman Islands.

The address of the principal business office of e&amp; is Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC, Head Office Building A, Intersection of Zayed the 1st Street and Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, PO Box 3838, Abu Dhabi.

The address of the principal business office of EIA is PO Box 3235, International Tower, ADNEC Capital Centre, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>Rows (4) of the cover page for Atlas Holdings, e&amp; and EIA to this Schedule 13G, respectively, are hereby incorporated by reference.</citizenship>
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          <solePowerOrDirectToVote>0</solePowerOrDirectToVote>
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          <solePowerOrDirectToDispose>0</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>0</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
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      <item5>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <classOwnership5PercentOrLess>Y</classOwnership5PercentOrLess>
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      <item6>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item7>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>See Item 2 to this Schedule 13G.</subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>
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      <item8>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item9>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under § 240.14a-11.</certifications>
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    <exhibitInfo>99.1 Joint Filing Agreement, dated April 24, 2023, between Atlas Holdings, e&amp; and EIA (incorporated by reference to the Schedule 13D relating to Vodafone Group plc filed by Atlas Holdings, e&amp; and EIA on April 24, 2023).</exhibitInfo>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>Atlas 2022 Holdings Limited</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Mohamed Karim Bennis</signature>
        <title>Mohamed Karim Bennis, Group CFO and authorised signatory</title>
        <date>07/17/2026</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Masood M. Sharif Mahmood</signature>
        <title>Masood M. Sharif Mahmood, Group CEO</title>
        <date>07/17/2026</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>Emirates Investment Authority</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Mohamed Al Mehairi</signature>
        <title>Mohamed Al Mehairi, Chief Executive Officer</title>
        <date>07/17/2026</date>
      </signatureDetails>
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