VODACOM GROUP LIMITED - Update on the Acquisition of a Further 20% Interest in Safaricom plc

What this filing means

Vodacom completes the 20% Safaricom stake increase agreed in December 2025, taking effect 30 June 2026 after a Nairobi Court of Appeal ruling cleared the last regulatory hurdle. Both legs have settled — a 15% block from the Government of Kenya via an NSE trade on 30 June 2026 and a 5% from Vodafone. But the deal terms (price, funding mix) were already in the market since the original announcement, and a main petition ruling remains undisclosed, so this reads as a closing announcement on a known…