VPC Venture Prod.

 
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               23 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       4,419,454       2.95%      187,068      0.12% 
securities 
(2) Derivatives      166,390       0.11%      444,426      0.30% 
(other than 
options) 
(3) Options and            0       0.00%            0      0.00% 
agreements to 
purchase/sell 
Total              4,585,844       3.06%      631,494      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      6,410                7.9773 
Purchase      28,409               7.9665 
Purchase      12,949               7.9802 
Purchase      8,705                7.9561 
Purchase      1,071                8.0421 
Purchase      1,100                7.9063 
Purchase      15,562               7.8750 
Purchase      3,196                7.8814 
Sale          1,270                7.9700 
Sale          2,679                7.9700 
Sale          3,196                8.0738 
Sale          4,350                7.8880 
Sale          4,654                7.9732 
Sale          1,067                7.9995 
Sale          15,562               8.0567 
Sale          28,578               7.9884 
Sale          15,562               7.8750 
Sale          24                   7.8687 
Sale          5,335                7.8910 
Sale          5,768                7.9453 
Sale          7,544                8.0054 
 
(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options) 
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per 
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP) 
CFD            Long          24            7.8687 
CFD            Long          5335          7.8909 
CFD            Long          5768          7.9452 
CFD            Long          3671          7.9715 
CFD            Long          4654          7.9732 
CFD            Long          28578         7.9883 
CFD            Long          1067          7.9995 
CFD            Long          3196          8.0737 
CFD            Long          5402          8.0793 
CFD            Long          3092          8.107 
CFD            Short         3196          7.8814 
CFD            Short         1100          7.9063 
CFD            Short         488           7.9304 
CFD            Short         28409         7.9665 
CFD            Short         6410          7.9772 
CFD            Short         12949         7.9802 
CFD            Short         583           8.1355 
 
(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                         24 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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