pre_text: Share buybacks On 28 January 2019, Vodafone announced the commencement of a new irrevocable and non-discretionary share buy-back programme. The sole purpose of the programme was to reduce the issued share capital of Vodafone and thereby avoid any change in Vodafone’s issued share capital as a result of the maturing of the second tranche of the mandatory convertible bond (‘MCB’) in February 2019. In order to satisfy the second tranche of the MCB, 799.1 of million shares were reissued from treasury shares on 25 February 2019 at a conversion price of £1.8021. This reflected the conversion price at issue (£2.1730) adjusted for the pound sterling equivalent of aggregate dividends paid from August 2016 to February 2019. The share buyback programme started in February 2019 and is expected to complete by 20 May 2019. Details of the shares purchased under the programme, including those purchased under irrevocable instructions, are shown below.
table: Number of shares purchased Average price paid per share inclusive of transaction costs Total number of shares purchased under publicly announced share buyback programme Maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under the programme
table: Date of share purchase 000s Pence 000s 000s
table: February 2019 14,529 135.17 14,529 784,539
table: March 2019 305,099 140.56 319,628 479,440
table: April 2019 290,570 142.20 610,198 188,870
table: May 2019 (to date) 116,228 140.11 726,426 72,642
table: Total 726,426 141.04 726,426 72,642
question: Analyse this data from a financial earnings document. What is the percentage change between shares purchased in February and March 2019?