LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Vodafone Group PLC (VOD.LN) said Tuesday it bought 11 million of its ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange, via Deutsche Bank AG London, at prices between 168.1 pence and 166.3 pence which it intends to hold in treasury.

MAIN FACTS:

-Since June 20, 2011, Vodafone has purchased 1.63 billion shares at a cost of GBP2.77 billion.

-Shares at 0930 GMT up 3 pence, or 1.6%, at 170 pence valuing the company at GBP84.59 billion.

-By Ian Walker, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9296; ian.walker@dowjones.com