Rule 8.3 - VENTURE PRODUCTION
September 28 2007 - 11:45AM
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 27 September 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 4,918,156 3.46% 39,118 0.03%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,369,362 0.96% 1,848,855 1.30%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 6,287,518 4.43% 1,887,973 1.33%
(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 147 6.7877
Purchase 292 6.7838
Purchase 260 6.8338
Purchase 144 6.8065
Purchase 1,500 6.8481
Purchase 2,913 6.8277
Purchase 4,000 6.8097
Purchase 1,458 6.8177
Purchase 1,000 6.8977
Purchase 1,500 6.8738
Purchase 1,456 6.8254
Purchase 1,000 6.9354
Purchase 100 6.8438
Purchase 2,000 6.8777
Purchase 1,500 6.9231
Purchase 23,757 6.8550
Purchase 1,360 6.8020
Purchase 3,488 6.7915
Purchase 2,645 6.7919
Purchase 2,645 6.7919
Purchase 500 6.8227
Sale 724 6.8359
Sale 34,367 6.7871
Sale 377 6.8410
Sale 173 6.8394
Sale 500 6.7866
Sale 2,645 6.7919
Sale 824 6.8337
Sale 3,600 6.7831
Sale 275 6.8310
Sale 1,320 6.8293
Sale 2,900 6.8422
Sale 7,000 6.9262
Sale 1,958 6.8187
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 2645 6.7918
CFD Short 1360 6.8019
CFD Short 34435 6.8024
CFD Short 23757 6.8549
CFD Long 3600 6.783
CFD Long 20017 6.8071
CFD Long 1958 6.8187
CFD Long 1320 6.8293
CFD Long 824 6.8337
CFD Long 724 6.8358
CFD Long 173 6.8393
CFD Long 2900 6.8422
(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 28 September 2007
Contact name Geoff Smith
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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