Rule 8.3 - VENTURE PRODUCTION
October 02 2007 - 10:09AM
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 01 october 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 4,849,731 3.41% 58,725 0.04%
(2) Derivatives 1,547,481 1.09% 1,922,508 1.35%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 6,397,212 4.50% 1,981,233 1.39%
(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 300 6.8465
Purchase 7,215 6.8490
Purchase 120 6.8404
Purchase 409 6.8720
Purchase 9,921 6.8609
Purchase 6,446 6.8678
Purchase 471 6.8288
Purchase 8,077 6.9073
Purchase 1,500 6.8677
Purchase 711 6.9366
Purchase 431 6.9366
Purchase 259 Transfer
Purchase 2,457 6.9050
Purchase 14,558 6.8472
Purchase 1,430 6.8720
Sale 259 Transfer
Sale 17,217 6.8949
Sale 6,196 6.9277
Sale 7,215 6.8490
Sale 6,446 6.8678
Sale 97 6.8713
Sale 6,446 6.8678
Sale 660 6.7920
Sale 7,215 6.8490
Sale 5,145 6.9229
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 14558 6.8471
CFD Short 13060 6.849
CFD Short 9921 6.8609
CFD Short 8077 6.9072
CFD Long 7215 6.8489
CFD Long 6446 6.8678
CFD Long 97 6.8713
CFD Long 42922 6.887
CFD Long 17217 6.8948
CFD Long 5145 6.9228
CFD Long 6196 6.9276
(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 02 October 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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