Rule 8.3 - VENTURE PRODUCTION
March 20 2009 - 7:43AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMBARC TIDMVPC
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 19 March 2009
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 4,356,330 2.91% 173,011 0.12%
securities
(2) Derivatives 171,868 0.11% 459,792 0.31%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 4,528,198 3.02% 632,803 0.42%
(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
Purchase 37,552 7.4909
Purchase 19,876 7.5622
Purchase 15,290 7.5770
Purchase 1,982 7.5200
Purchase 7,170 7.5320
Purchase 1,982 7.5200
Purchase 2,228 7.5436
Sale 3,024 7.5736
Sale 1,230 Transfer
Sale 1,428 7.5500
Sale 1,531 Transfer
Sale 1,982 7.5200
Sale 2,204 7.5500
Sale 55 7.4891
Sale 2,770 7.5378
Sale 131,002 7.2500
Sale 9,708 7.5207
Sale 10,950 7.5431
Sale 15,331 7.5455
Sale 17,881 7.5401
Sale 2,419 7.5174
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 2419 7.5173
CFD Long 9708 7.5206
CFD Long 2770 7.5378
CFD Long 17881 7.54
CFD Long 10950 7.543
CFD Long 15331 7.5455
CFD Long 3024 7.5736
CFD Short 5816 7.5183
CFD Short 2228 7.5435
CFD Short 19876 7.5621
CFD Short 15290 7.5769
(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 20 March 2009
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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