the uslisted shares of vodafone group plc vod vod climbed 24 in midday trading monday after media company liberty global plc lbtya lbtyk said it has acquired a 49 stake in the ukbased telecommunication services company liberty said the purchase of the 1335 billion shares of vodafone was funding through a financing that required equity funding of about gbp225 million 2728 million liberty indicated its interest in vodafone is as a passive investors as it does not intend to seek seats on vodafone’s board of directors and that it isn’t considering making a buyout bid for the company liberty’s moreactive class a shares shed 04 in midday trading vodafone’s stock has lost 85 over the past three months while liberty shares have tacked on 33 and the sp 500 spx has advanced 34