Rule 8.3 - VENTURE PRODUCTION
September 03 2007 - 10:08AM
UK Regulatory
FORM 8.3
DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
(Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)
1. KEY INFORMATION
Name of person dealing BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in VENTURE PRODUCTION
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.004
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 31 August 2007
2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE
(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)
Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant 5,031,249 3.54% 42,603 0.03%
securities
(2) Derivatives 489,427 0.34% 717,678 0.51%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 5,520,676 3.89% 760,281 0.54%
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
than the class dealt in (Note 3)
Class of Long Short
relevant
security:
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant
securities
(2) Derivatives
(other than
options)
(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total
(c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3)
Class of relevant security: Details
3. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
(GBP)
Purchase 10,516 7.2586
Purchase 186 7.4039
Purchase 200 7.3638
Purchase 271 7.2987
Purchase 98 7.3438
Purchase 676 7.3339
Purchase 3,403 7.3926
Purchase 3,416 7.3944
Purchase 500 7.3950
Purchase 3,409 7.4003
Purchase 7,429 7.2400
Purchase 18,027 7.3167
Sale 500 7.4358
Sale 1,345 7.3200
Sale 3,874 7.2541
Sale 2,500 7.3353
Sale 720 7.4010
Sale 1,000 7.4353
Sale 1,500 7.4350
Sale 2,441 7.3800
Sale 13,399 7.2330
Sale 2,977 7.2485
Sale 4,500 7.2650
Sale 62 7.3911
Sale 1,658 7.4237
Sale 4,162 7.3772
Sale 10,353 7.3374
Sale 2,000 7.4400
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name Long/Short Number of Price per
Securities unit
CFD Short 7429 7.2399
CFD Short 7686 7.2542
CFD Short 10516 7.2585
CFD Short 18027 7.3166
CFD Short 3403 7.3926
CFD Short 3416 7.3944
CFD Short 500 7.395
CFD Short 3409 7.4002
CFD Long 2977 7.2484
CFD Long 3874 7.2541
CFD Long 10353 7.3374
CFD Long 6586 7.3499
CFD Long 4162 7.3772
CFD Long 2441 7.38
CFD Long 1658 7.4237
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Product name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money
e.g. call selling, securities to price American, date paid/received
option purchasing, which the option European etc. per unit (GBP)
varying etc. relates (GBP)
(ii) Exercising
Product name, e.g. Number of Exercise price per
call option securities unit (Note 5)
(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)
Nature of transaction Details Price per unit
(Note 8) (if applicable)
(Note 5)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
None
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced. If none, this should be stated.
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO
Date of disclosure 03 September 2007
Contact name BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE
Telephone number 020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of
connection (Note 10)
Notes
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
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