TIDMVPC TIDMCNA 
 
RNS Number : 1312P 
Venture Production plc 
19 March 2009 
 

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 
 
 
1. Name of Issuer 
 
 
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| VENTURE PRODUCTION PLC                                                | 
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2. Reason for Notification 
 
 
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| ACQUISITION OF VOTING RIGHTS                                          | 
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3. Full Name of person(s) subject to notification obligation 
 
 
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| CENTRICA PLC                                           |               | 
| CENTRICA HOLDINGS LIMITED                              |               | 
| GB GAS HOLDINGS LIMITED                                |               | 
| CENTRICA RESOURCES (UK) LIMITED                        |               | 
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3 above) 
 
 
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| CENTRICA RESOURCES (UK) LIMITED                                       | 
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5. Date of the transaction 
 
 
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| 18 MARCH 2009                                                         | 
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6. Date on which issuer notified 
 
 
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| 19 MARCH 2009                                                         | 
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached 
 
 
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| 23%                                                                   | 
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8. Notified Details 
 
 
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| *  Voting Rights Attached to shares                                   | 
| Number of voting rights (Direct) - 35,291,993                         | 
| % of voting rights (Direct) - 23.6%                                   | 
| Number of voting rights (Indirect) - N/A                              | 
| % of voting rights (Indirect) - N/A                                   | 
| *  Financial Instruments                                              | 
| N/A                                                                   | 
|                   Total (A) + (B)                                     | 
|                   Total number of voting rights - 35,291,993          | 
|                   Total % of Voting Rights - 23.6%                    | 
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the 
financial instruments are effectively held 
 
 
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| Centrica                                                              | 
| Resources                                                             | 
| (UK)                                                                  | 
| Limited                                                               | 
| directly                                                              | 
| holds the                                                             | 
| voting                                                                | 
| rights                                                                | 
| which are                                                             | 
| the                                                                   | 
| subject                                                               | 
| of this                                                               | 
| notification                                                          | 
| and it is a                                                           | 
| wholly-owned                                                          | 
| subsidiary                                                            | 
| of GB Gas                                                             | 
| Holdings                                                              | 
| Limited. GB                                                           | 
| Gas Holdings                                                          | 
| Limited is a                                                          | 
| wholly-owned                                                          | 
| subsidiary                                                            | 
| of Centrica                                                           | 
| Holdings                                                              | 
| Limited                                                               | 
| which, in                                                             | 
| turn, is a                                                            | 
| wholly-owned                                                          | 
| subsidiary                                                            | 
| of Centrica                                                           | 
| plc.                                                                  | 
|                                                                       | 
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Proxy Voting 
 
 
10. Name of Proxy holder 
 
 
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| N/A                                                                   | 
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold 
 
 
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| N/A                                                                   | 
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights 
 
 
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| N/A                                                                   | 
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13. Any additional information 
 
 
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| The total number of voting rights in the issuer used to calculate the | 
| relevant percentages in this notification was 149,769,828, being the  | 
| number disclosed by the issuer to the market on 31 December 2008      | 
| pursuant to DTR 5.6.1.                                                | 
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14. Name of contact and telephone number for queries 
 
 
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| PAMELA COLES01753 494006                                              | 
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15. Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company 
responsible for making this notification 
 
 
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| SIMON WAITE                                                           | 
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Date of notification 
 
 
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| 19 march 2009                                                         | 
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This information is provided by RNS 
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange 
   END 
 
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