VODAFONE CONTINUES STRONG PERFORMANCE IN CUSTOMER AND REVENUE GROWTH

Vodafone Group Plc ("Vodafone") announces today key performance indicators for
the quarter ended 30 June 2004. The main highlights are:

* 3.1 million organic net additions, and 2.7 million additions from
stake changes, increasing the proportionate customer base to 139.2 million;

* Blended annual ARPU up Euro1 to Euro362 in Italy, down Euro1 at Euro309 in Germany
and Y2,330 to Y78,365 in Japan, compared to March 2004. ARPU in the UK was up
#5 to #314, including a further #4 uplift from the acquisition of
Singlepoint;

* Total data revenues increased to 16.3% of controlled service revenues
for the year to June 2004 from 15.0% for the year to June 2003; controlled
data revenues for the quarter up 13% on an organic basis on the same quarter
last year;

* 9 million controlled Vodafone live!TM customers at the end of June
2004, with a further 1.3 million customers in non-controlled operations;

* Mobile Connect Card sales in controlled operations increased to over
300,000, including over 50,000 with 3G capability.

Talk of Santander bid being around 5.53p.. ANL closed on Friday at 5.80???

;-) d2k

LOL :-)) Beat ya!Also talk of counter bids from Citigroup/Lloy over weekend Boyse. Might be worth looking at lloy short based on that rumour. Santander price was down heavily on Friday??
Think were both just sad and get up too early.. :-))

LONDON (AFX) - Vodafone PLC reported strong Key Performance indicators for
the first quarter to June, and reiterated its full year guidance despite what it
called a "tougher competitive environment".
Vodafone reported 3.1 mln net new subscribers for the quarter from organic
growth, plus 2.7 mln additions from stake changes in associate companies. The
market had been expecting organic net new additions of 2.45 mln.
That boosted the proportionate customer base to 139.2 mln.
Average revenue per user (ARPU) rose 5 stg in the UK to 314 stg, including a
4 stg uplift from the acquisition of Singlepoint. The market had expected no
change.
ARPU rose 1 eur in Italy to 362; fell 1 eur in Germany to 309 and fell 2,330
yen to Y78,365 in Japan, compared to March.
Total data revenues increased to 16.3 pct of controlled service revenues for
the year to June from 15.0 pct a year earlier. Controlled data revenues for the
quarter were up 13 pct on an organic basis on the same quarter last year.
There were 9 mln controlled Vodafone live! customers at the end of June,
with a further 1.3 mlnn customers in non-controlled operations. Mobile Connect
Card sales in controlled operations increased to over 300,000, including over
50,000 with 3G capability.
Chief executive Arun Sarin said Vodafone had made a strong start to the
year.
"Our business is progressing well, despite a tougher competitive environment
in some markets," he said.
"These KPIs are in line with our expectations and we are therefore
reiterating our guidance for the year to March 2005."
email: newsdesk@afxnews.com
jm/

morning all

Santander releasing results 2 days early right now. ANL announcement should follow it , surely??? Its a paper bid by all accounts. Could be and interesting morning.
EDIT sorry its BBVA the "other" Spanish banks results coming out. Getting a little over excited!

ALSO
*PRUDENTIAL UPGRADED TO 'BUY' FROM 'NEUTRAL' BY UBS

*ROYAL & SUN ALLIANCE UPGRADED TO 'NEUTRAL' FROM 'REDUCE' BY UBS

*HHG DOWNGRADED TO 'NEUTRAL' FROM 'BUY' BY UBS

Morning All
These women will be moving the furniture around next
Well Done All
L

morning all - short barc short nxt

Good morning boys and girls.

Loads of news today and there will be for the rest of the week. Just a few small snippets:

WLF - looking forward to strong growth.
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200407260700161958B.html

POG - share price stalled after a good run. Maybe this can give them a lift.
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200407260700101945B.html

GLI - nice trading update. "Sales for the start of the current year significantly ahead"
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200407260700091943B.html

ASM - has gained exclusive rights to cancer drug.
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200407260700091942B.html

EXP - new partnership.
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200407260700091939B.html

BBY - new contracts.
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200407260700071928B.html

TLW - busy little outfit, handy little update.
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200407260700071927B.html

ACE - interesting market this lot are operating in.
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200407260700071921B.html

PYM - gained orphan drug status from FDA.
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200407260700071919B.html

CWK - AGM seems to confirm what everyone already knew. There was a fire in the sausage factory at Cottingham just in time for the B-B-Q season - handy! ;-))
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200407260700071930B.html

PLR - secured new credit facility.
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200407260700051910B.html

VPC - going from strength to strength IMO.
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200407260700041902B.html

HCEG - should be more good news.
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200407260700021800B.html

EAS - more traders!
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/20040726070000PD6DF.html

RB. - doing well (double-digits) and share buyback will be increased. Might kickstart the recent pullback.
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/20040726070000PC6D8.html

AGG - still showing increases despite adverse dollar and oil effects.
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/20040726070000PB429.html

RYB - looking OK for a tech mob.
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200407260700051908B.html

MSN - seemed to be doing well, but the divi being chopped might get punished.
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200407260700111946B.html

LCI - FY not likely to re-ignite the run?
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200407260700131954B.html

Have a good day.

It was thier results!
*SCH GIVES NO DETAIL OF ABBEY OFFER IN RESULTS STATEMENT

According to the BBC1 Business News this morning ANL will not be making an announcement until 09:00, to quote, "nothing sinister, just the lawyers need more time to draft the details". Sounds like it could be a complicated offer.

ANL crossing at 5.52 ATM with 2 mins to go.

ARM level II yellow strip out of line with detailed prices?
Or is it me?

Morning all. Expect to spend much of today setting up new terminal views. Long NFDS for the div, and long LGEN and (still) DCG (unfortunately).

sold Jrvs long very nice :-)

Regretting jumping out of JKX.

A few small oils looking strong today.

Foale,

Sorry I missed your posting earlier - ARM looks fine this end are you still having problems?

Ian

oops sorry about header changed