Rule 8.3 - VENTURE PRODUCTION
October 08 2007 - 9:54AM
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 05 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 4,658,181 3.28% 64,559 0.05%
(2) Derivatives 1,852,477 1.30% 2,046,949 1.44%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 6,510,658 4.58% 2,111,508 1.49%
(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 11,858 6.8306
Purchase 116 6.7888
Purchase 291 6.7838
Purchase 1,500 6.7888
Purchase 268 6.8663
Purchase 685 6.8788
Purchase 823 6.8411
Purchase 3,000 6.7997
Purchase 1,500 6.7786
Purchase 446 7.0127
Purchase 500 6.7988
Purchase 1,500 6.8777
Purchase 4,433 6.8952
Purchase 823 6.8411
Purchase 264 6.7927
Sale 148 6.8616
Sale 186 6.8910
Sale 1,050 6.8910
Sale 295 6.7860
Sale 7,328 6.8902
Sale 3,422 6.9569
Sale 3,923 6.7750
Sale 368 6.9674
Sale 7,320 6.8788
Sale 2,100 6.9067
Sale 823 6.8411
Sale 1,660 6.7750
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 11858 6.8305
CFD Short 823 6.8411
CFD Short 268 6.8663
CFD Short 14345 6.8749
CFD Short 4433 6.8951
CFD Long 12495 6.8596
CFD Long 7320 6.8787
CFD Long 7328 6.8901
CFD Long 2100 6.9066
CFD Long 3422 6.9568
CFD Long 368 6.9674
(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 08 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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