Rule 8.3 - VENTURE PRODUCTION
October 10 2007 - 11:36AM
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 09 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 4,607,238 3.24% 61,555 0.04%
(2) Derivatives 1,958,526 1.38% 2,117,212 1.49%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 6,565,764 4.62% 2,178,767 1.53%
(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 33,519 6.9095
Purchase 400 6.9954
Purchase 69 7.0288
Purchase 137 7.1565
Purchase 9,550 7.0700
Purchase 692 6.8788
Purchase 691 6.8938
Purchase 236 6.8697
Purchase 505 6.8186
Purchase 300 6.9762
Purchase 118 6.8686
Purchase 14,186 7.0082
Purchase 321 6.8709
Purchase 1,070 6.9800
Purchase 7,381 6.9500
Purchase 300 6.9762
Purchase 13,324 6.9139
Purchase 99 6.8686
Sale 14,806 7.0043
Sale 4,369 7.0650
Sale 133 6.8410
Sale 6,667 6.8738
Sale 4,187 6.9554
Sale 6 7.0383
Sale 685 7.0065
Sale 9,550 7.1150
Sale 292 6.9980
Sale 1,462 6.9554
Sale 13,900 6.8394
Sale 144 7.0300
Sale 200 7.0391
Sale 10,526 6.9702
Sale 300 6.9762
Sale 4,639 6.9002
Sale 692 6.9465
Sale 3,111 7.1053
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 33519 6.9094
CFD Short 13324 6.9138
CFD Short 300 6.9761
CFD Short 1070 6.98
CFD Short 14186 7.0081
CFD Short 1946 7.1305
CFD Long 6667 6.8738
CFD Long 25931 6.9476
CFD Long 10526 6.9702
CFD Long 14806 7.0043
CFD Long 6 7.0383
CFD Long 200 7.0391
(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 10 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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