Rule 8.3 - VENTURE PRODUCTION
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 10 october 2007
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 4,565,761 3.21% 113,222 0.08%
(2) Derivatives 2,032,651 1.43% 2,132,413 1.50%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 6,598,412 4.64% 2,245,635 1.58%
(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
(GBP)
Purchase 695 6.9088
Purchase 1,163 6.9550
Purchase 8,486 6.9550
Purchase 300 6.9434
Purchase 700 7.0038
Purchase 3,721 6.9077
Purchase 4,486 6.9410
Purchase 1,792 6.9205
Purchase 2,702 6.9297
Purchase 357 6.9338
Purchase 835 6.9938
Purchase 1,792 6.9205
Purchase 722 6.8738
Purchase 106 7.0013
Sale 4,633 6.9621
Sale 722 6.9718
Sale 835 6.9938
Sale 691 7.0110
Sale 100 6.9310
Sale 6,657 6.9396
Sale 277 6.9265
Sale 835 6.9938
Sale 4,486 6.9410
Sale 4,486 6.9410
Sale 700 7.0038
Sale 39,138 6.9266
Sale 3,002 6.9960
Sale 29 6.9338
Sale 251 7.0087
Sale 1,792 6.9205
Sale 700 7.0038
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 3721 6.9077
CFD Short 1792 6.9204
CFD Short 2702 6.9296
CFD Short 6880 6.9411
CFD Short 106 7.0013
CFD Long 39138 6.9265
CFD Long 29 6.9337
CFD Long 14394 6.9358
CFD Long 6657 6.9396
CFD Long 4486 6.941
CFD Long 4633 6.9621
CFD Long 835 6.9938
CFD Long 3002 6.9959
CFD Long 700 7.0038
CFD Long 251 7.0086
(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 11 October 2007
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