TIDMVPC 
 
RNS Number : 9251R 
UBS AG (EPT) 
08 May 2009 
 

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|                                                                                                                               FORM 38.5(b) | 
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|          DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS, OR           | 
|          WITH RI STATUS BUT NOT DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY (Rule 38.5(b) of the Takeover           | 
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| 1. KEY INFORMATION                      | 
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| Name of exempt principal trader                       | UBS AG London Branch                                                                             |     | 
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| Company dealt in                                      | VENTURE PRODUCTION                                                                               | 
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| Class of relevant security to which the               | ORDINARY                                                                                         | 
| dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)              |                                                                                                  | 
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| Date of dealing                                       | 07 MAY 2009                                                                                      | 
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| 2. INTERESTS SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE                                                                         | 
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| (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in                                 |  (Note 2)               | 
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|                                                       |                  Long |                 |                  Short |                   | | 
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|                                                       | Number                |             (%) | Number                 |               (%) | 
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| (1) Relevant securities                               | 105262                |          0.07 % | 791649                 |            0.53 % | 
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| (2) Derivatives (other than options)                  |                       |                 |                        |                   | 
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| (3) Options and agreements to                         |                       |                 |                        |                   | 
| purchase/sell                                         |                       |                 |                        |                   | 
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| Total                                                 | 105262                |          0.07 % | 791649                 |            0.53 % | 
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| (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in                                                   | 
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|   (Note 2)                                                                                                                                               | 
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| Class of relevant security:                           |                 Long                  |                      Short                       |       | 
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|                                                       | Number (%)                            |                                              (%) | 
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| (1) Relevant securities                               |                                       |                                                  | 
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| (2) Derivatives (other than options)                  |                                       |                                                  | 
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| (3) Options and agreements to                         |                                       |                                                  | 
| purchase/sell                                         |                                       |                                                  | 
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| Total                                                 |                                       |                                                  | 
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| (c) Rights to                     |  (Note 2)                       | 
| subscribe                         |                                 | 
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| Class of relevant security:                           | Details                                                                                          |     | 
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|                                                       |                                                                                                  | 
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| 3.                  | (Note 3)                          | 
| DEALINGS            |                                   | 
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| (a) Purchases and sales                           | 
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|            Purchase/sale              |               Number of securities                |     Price per unit | (Note 4)                                | 
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|                  B                    |                       1605                        |        805         |                                   pence | 
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|                  B                    |                        13                         |        805         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        826                        |        805         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        56                         |        805         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                       1424                        |        805         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        457                        |        805         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        272                        |        805         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        347                        |        805         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        666                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        374                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        254                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        500                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        24                         |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        600                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                       1026                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                       1530                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                       1904                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        165                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                       1931                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        417                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                       1583                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                       1045                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        505                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        450                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        444                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        426                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                       1047                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        109                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                       1958                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                       2000                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        145                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                       1422                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        74                         |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        145                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        576                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                       1800                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        145                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        148                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        145                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        802                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        594                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        46                         |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        400                        |        798         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        220                        |       798.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        319                        |       798.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        324                        |        798         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        457                        |       798.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        297                        |       798.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        139                        |       798.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        502                        |        797         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        38                         |       798.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        191                        |       798.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        375                        |       798.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        138                        |       798.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        93                         |       798.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        513                        |       798.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        282                        |       798.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        231                        |       798.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        421                        |       799.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        322                        |       798.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                       4469                        |      807.0329      |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                       1050                        |        812         |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                      -1550                        |      805.9684      |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                      -15092                       |      810.6071      |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                      -2923                        |      805.105       |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                      -1200                        |      813.375       |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                       7692                        |      806.2867      |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                       7554                        |      812.6918      |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                      30000                        |      809.1667      |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                      -30000                       |      809.1667      |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -478                        |       816.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        500                        |       815.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        550                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -550                        |        811         |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -347                        |       808.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        499                        |        808         |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -650                        |        815         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        650                        |        814         |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -550                        |        820         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        550                        |       819.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        146                        |        815         |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -500                        |        816         |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -390                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        211                        |       809.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        179                        |       809.5        |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -666                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        666                        |        809         |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -500                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        221                        |       810.5        |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -221                        |        811         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        400                        |        812         |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                      -1050                        |       812.5        |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -550                        |       812.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        507                        |        811         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        650                        |        812         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                       1149                        |        814         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                       1701                        |        814         |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                      -2600                        |       814.5        |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -805                        |       813.5        |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -418                        |        811         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        400                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        708                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        671                        |       813.5        |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -800                        |        814         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        700                        |        811         |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -700                        |       811.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        912                        |        810         |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -308                        |       818.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        600                        |        818         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        650                        |       807.5        |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -650                        |        808         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        850                        |        805         |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -841                        |        806         |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -602                        |       805.5        |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -261                        |        806         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        808                        |       805.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                       1100                        |        803         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                       1600                        |        803         |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                        -85                        |       803.5        |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -207                        |       803.5        |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -254                        |       803.5        |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -254                        |       803.5        |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -800                        |       803.5        |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -255                        |       804.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        550                        |       805.5        |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -550                        |        806         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        900                        |        803         |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -319                        |       804.5        |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -581                        |       804.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        576                        |       804.5        |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -650                        |       805.5        |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                      -1491                        |       801.5        |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        885                        |        801         |                                         | 
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|                  B                    |                        276                        |        801         |                                         | 
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|                  S                    |                       -882                        |        804         |                                         | 
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|              TOTAL BUYS               |                      106792                       |                    |                                         | 
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|              TOTAL SALES              |                      71530                        |                    |                                         | 
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| (b) Derivative transactions (other than options)                          | 
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| Product name,               | Long/short    |  (Note 5)       | Number of securities    |  (Note 6)    | Price per     | (Note 4)                        | 
| e.g. CFD                    |               |                 |                         |              | unit          |                                 | 
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|                             |                                 |                                        |                                                 | 
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| (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities                          | 
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| (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying                             | 
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| Product | Writing,    | Number of securities  | Exercise price              | Type, e.g.          | Expiry | Option money paid/received per unit (Note | 
| name,   | selling,    | to which the option   |                             | American,European   | date   | 4)                                        | 
| e.g.    | purchasing, | relates (Note 6)      |                             | etc.                |        |                                           | 
| call    | varying etc |                       |                             |                     |        |                                           | 
| option  |             |                       |                             |                     |        |                                           | 
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|         |             |                       |                             |                     |        |                   |                       |     | 
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| (ii)                      | 
| Exercising                | 
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| Product name, e.g. call               | Number of securities                              | Exercise price per       | (Note 4)                            | 
| option                                |                                                   | unit                     |                                     | 
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|                                       |                                                   |                                                                | 
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| (d) Other dealings (including new securities)                         | (Note 3)      | 
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| Natute            | (Note 7)    | Details                           | Price per unit (if applicable)     | (Note 4)                                | 
| of                |             |                                   |                                    |                                         | 
| transaction       |             |                                   |                                    |                                         | 
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| 4. OTHER INFORMATION                                        | 
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| Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives                                    | 
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| 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.                                                                                            | 
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| Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached?                  | (Note 8)                        |   YES/NO                             | 
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| Date of disclosure                                    | 08 May 2009                                                                      |                     | 
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| Contact name                                          | Nimisha Sachdev                                                                  | 
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| Telephone number                                      | +44 (0)20 7568 9289                                                              | 
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| Name of offeree/offeror with which                    | VENTURE PRODUCTION                                                               | 
| associated                                            |                                                                                  | 
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| Nature of connection (Note 9)                         | CONNECTED ADVISOR                                                                | 
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| Notes                                                                                                                                | 
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| The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at  http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/                      | 
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