TIDMVPC 
 
RNS Number : 3993X 
Venture Production plc 
13 August 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           |  VENTURE PRODUCTION   | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights are                |          PLC          | 
| 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                                |    X    | 
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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      |                                                       |         | 
| specify):          |                                                       |         | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s)        | CREDIT SUISSE GROUP AG                            | 
| subject to the                   |                                                   | 
| notification obligation:         |                                                   | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)   | CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (EUROPE) LTD             | 
|  (if different from 3.):         | CREDIT SUISSE INTERNATIONAL                       | 
|                                  | CREDIT SUISSE                                     | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and   | 11.08.09                                          | 
| date on                          |                                                   | 
| which the threshold is crossed   |                                                   | 
| or                               |                                                   | 
| reached:                         |                                                   | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer          | 12.08.09                                          | 
| notified:                        |                                                   | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are      | 6%                                                | 
| crossed 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 of  | Situation previous                               | Resulting situation after the triggering                                         | 
| shares         | to the triggering                                | transaction                                                                      | 
| if possible    | transaction                                      |                                                                                  | 
| using          |                                                  |                                                                                  | 
| the ISIN CODE  |                                                  |                                                                                  | 
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|                | Number                         | Number          | Number            | Number                 | % of voting rights                  | 
|                | of                             | of              | of                | of                     |                                     | 
|                | Shares                         | Voting          | shares            | voting                 |                                     | 
|                |                                | Rights          |                   | rights                 |                                     | 
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|                |                                |                 | Direct            | Direct     | Indirect  | Direct                 | Indirect   | 
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| ORD            | 9,020,979                      | 9,020,979       | N/A               | N/A        | 8,977,100 | N/A                    | 5.99%      | 
| GB0031423188   |                                |                 |                   |            |           |                        |            | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                                  | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                 | 
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| Type of financial         | Expiration                      | Exercise/                         | Number of voting                   | % of voting   | 
| instrument                | date                            | Conversion                        | rights that may be                 | rights        | 
|                           |                                 | Period                            | 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 xv, xvi                                                    | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                 | 
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| Type of financial      | Exercise   | Expiration date          | Exercise/                         | Number of      | % of voting                    | 
| instrument             | price      |                          | Conversion                        | voting         | rights                         | 
|                        |            |                          | period                            | rights         |                                | 
|                        |            |                          |                                   | instrument     |                                | 
|                        |            |                          |                                   | refers to      |                                | 
|                        |            |                          |                                   |                |                                | 
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|                        |            |                          |                                   |                | Nominal              | Delta   | 
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|                        |            |                          |                                   |                |                      |         | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                        | 
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| Number of voting rights                                                            | Percentage of voting rights                                     | 
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|                                     8,977,100                                      |                              5.99%                              | 
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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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| 1.    Credit Suisse Group AG                                                     | 
| 2.    Credit Suisse                                                              | 
| 2.1. Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd                                       | 
| 2.2. Credit Suisse International                                                 | 
| 3.    Clariden Leu AG                                                            | 
| 4.    Credit Suisse Asset Management                                             | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                    | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                  |                                 | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will  |                                 | 
| cease                                          |                                 | 
| to hold:                                       |                                 | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to   |                                 | 
| hold                                           |                                 | 
| voting rights:                                 |                                 | 
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| 13. Additional information:                |                                     | 
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| 14. Contact name:                          | Simon Crawley/Carolyn Collins       | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:              | +44 (0) 20 7888 5416                | 
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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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| 13 AUGUST 2009                                                        | 
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