Rule 8.3 - VENTURE PRODUCTION
November 12 2007 - 10:16AM
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 November 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 4,615,448 3.25% 72,777 0.05%
(2) Derivatives 2,822,786 1.99% 2,824,270 1.99%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 7,438,234 5.23% 2,897,047 2.04%
(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 624 7.4836
Purchase 1,092 7.7315
Purchase 375 7.4510
Purchase 382 7.7781
Purchase 1,320 7.5286
Purchase 1,043 Transfer
Purchase 2,022 7.3740
Purchase 4,209 7.8048
Purchase 8,421 7.6274
Purchase 1,838 7.7100
Purchase 4,860 7.7751
Purchase 16,598 7.5027
Purchase 7,543 7.5480
Purchase 16,688 7.5678
Purchase 227 7.7289
Purchase 7,543 7.5480
Purchase 33,771 7.6134
Sale 287 7.4710
Sale 382 7.4010
Sale 322 7.5960
Sale 3,011 7.5250
Sale 8,062 7.6573
Sale 292 7.4010
Sale 460 7.6024
Sale 1,043 Transfer
Sale 319 7.5315
Sale 1,600 7.4950
Sale 100 7.5241
Sale 18,851 7.5747
Sale 7,543 7.5480
Sale 400 7.6020
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 3252 7.4739
CFD Short 16598 7.5027
CFD Short 7543 7.548
CFD Short 16688 7.5678
CFD Short 33771 7.6134
CFD Short 8421 7.6274
CFD Short 1838 7.71
CFD Short 4860 7.7751
CFD Long 1141 7.4902
CFD Long 1600 7.495
CFD Long 100 7.5241
CFD Long 13750 7.5481
CFD Long 18851 7.5746
CFD Long 6921 7.6848
(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 12 November 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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