TIDMVPC 
 
RNS Number : 4072T 
Venture Production plc 
04 June 2009 
 

 
 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                      | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the          |                                          | 
| underlying issuer of existing shares to   | VENTURE PRODUCTION PLC                   | 
| which voting rights are attached:         |                                          | 
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):             | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                           |               | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which  |               | 
| may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which       |               | 
| voting rights are attached                                            |               | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic       |               | 
| effect to qualifying financial instruments                            |               | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                      |               | 
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| Other (please     | CHANGE OF DTRs ON 1 JUNE 2009                     |      X        | 
| specify):         |                                                   |               | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to      | NORTH SEA INVESTORS LIMITED              | 
| the notification obligation:              |                                          | 
|                                           |                                          | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if        |  N/A                                     | 
| different from 3.):                       |                                          | 
|                                           |                                          | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date       | THRESHOLD DEEMED TO BE CROSSED ON        | 
| on which the threshold is crossed         | 1 JUNE 2009                              | 
| or reached:                               |                                          | 
|                                           |                                          | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:         |  4 JUNE 2009                             | 
|                                           |                                          | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed       |  10%                                     | 
| or reached:                               |                                          | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                          | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                           | 
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| Class/type   | Situation previous  | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction     | 
| of           | to the triggering   |                                                          | 
| shares       | transaction         |                                                          | 
| if possible  |                     |                                                          | 
| using        |                     |                                                          | 
| the ISIN     |                     |                                                          | 
| CODE         |                     |                                                          | 
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|              | Number       | Number   | Number   | Number of voting      | % of voting rights  | 
|              | of           | of       | of       | rights                |                     | 
|              | Shares       | Voting   | shares   |                       |                     | 
|              |              | Rights   |          |                       |                     | 
+              +              +          +----------+-----------------------+---------------------+ 
|              |              |          | Direct       | Direct   | Indirect | Direct   | Indirect   | 
+--------------+--------------+----------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+------------+ 
|  0.4p        |          |          |          | 8,110,208  |  SEE     | 5.41%    | SEE        | 
| ORDINARY     |          |          |          |            | SECTION  |          | SECTION 9  | 
|              |          |          |          |            | 9 BELOW  |          | BELOW      | 
+--------------+          +          +          +            +          +          +            + 
|              |          |          |          |            |          |          |            | 
+--------------+----------+----------+----------+------------+----------+----------+------------+ 
 
 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                       | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                      | 
|                                                                                           | 
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| Type of          | Expiration | Exercise/       | Number of voting | % of voting          | 
| financial        | date       | Conversion      | rights that may  | rights               | 
| instrument       |            | Period          | be               |                      | 
|                  |            |                 | acquired if the  |                      | 
|                  |            |                 | instrument is    |                      | 
|                  |            |                 | exercised/       |                      | 
|                  |            |                 | converted.       |                      | 
|                  |            |                 |                  |                      | 
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|  N/A             |            |                 |                  |                      | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments              | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                   | 
|                                                                                                        | 
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| Type of       | Exercise     | Expiration | Exercise/  | Number of      | % of voting rights           | 
| financial     | price        |            | Conversion | voting         |                              | 
| instrument    |              | date       |            | rights         |                              | 
|               |              |            | period     | instrument     |                              | 
|               |              |            |            | refers to      |                              | 
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| CONVERTIBLE   | 915p         | 06/08/2010 | ANY TIME   | 8,251,366      |    Nominal    |    Delta     | 
| BOND          |              |            | FROM       |                |               |              | 
|               |              |            | 16/02/2008 |                |               |              | 
+               +              +            +            +                +---------------+--------------+ 
|               |              |            |            |                |  5.51%        |              | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                        | 
|                                                                                      | 
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| Number of voting rights                   | Percentage of voting rights              | 
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|  16,361,574                               | 10.92%                                   | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the      | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                          | 
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| NORTH SEA INVESTORS LIMITED HOLDS A DIRECT BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE TOTAL NUMBER  | 
| OF VOTING RIGHTS DISCLOSED IN SECTION 8 ABOVE. NORTH SEA INVESTORS LIMITED IS OWNED | 
| BY NSGP CO-INVEST L.P. (CAYMAN), WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY NSGP CO-INVEST G.P. LIMITED | 
| (CAYMAN), WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY AFFILIATES OF ARCLIGHT CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC.      | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                        | 
|                                                                                      | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:             |  N/A                                     | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder  |  N/A                                     | 
| will cease to hold:                       |                                          | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease |  N/A                                     | 
| to hold voting rights:                    |                                          | 
|                                           |                                          | 
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| 13. Additional information:               | NOTIFICATION USING TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS   | 
|                                           | OF 149,769,828                           | 
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| 14. Contact name:                         | CHRISTOPHER J PICOTTE                    | 
|                                           |                                          | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:             |  020 3178 4024                           | 
|                                           |                                          | 
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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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| 4 june 2009                                                           | 
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