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 04 August 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 3,762,726 2.51% 27,508 0.02%
securities
(2) Derivatives 318,987 0.21% 614,264 0.41%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 4,081,713 2.73% 641,772 0.43%
(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 1,480 8.3474
Purchase 503 8.3405
Purchase 23,896 8.3498
Sale 2,137 8.3400
Sale 2,148 8.3400
Sale 2,164 8.3400
Sale 2,170 8.3400
Sale 291 8.3400
Sale 2,198 8.3400
Sale 2,066 8.3400
Sale 90 8.3400
Sale 169 8.3400
Sale 254 8.3400
Sale 278 8.3400
Sale 288 8.3400
Sale 2,179 8.3500
Sale 2,079 8.3400
Sale 352 8.3500
Sale 2,062 8.3400
Sale 2,022 8.3400
Sale 2,013 8.3400
Sale 1,972 8.3400
Sale 1,969 8.3400
Sale 1,932 8.3400
Sale 1,919 8.3400
Sale 1,911 8.3400
Sale 1,905 8.3500
Sale 1,886 8.3400
Sale 1,879 8.3500
Sale 1,859 8.3500
Sale 2,082 8.3500
Sale 473 8.3500
Sale 572 8.3400
Sale 564 8.3400
Sale 559 8.3400
Sale 544 8.3516
Sale 539 8.3400
Sale 533 8.3400
Sale 525 8.3400
Sale 515 8.3500
Sale 515 8.3400
Sale 511 8.3400
Sale 511 8.3400
Sale 492 8.3500
Sale 306 8.3500
Sale 474 8.3400
Sale 1,184 8.3400
Sale 440 8.3400
Sale 437 8.3400
Sale 430 8.3400
Sale 430 8.3400
Sale 421 8.3500
Sale 412 8.3400
Sale 386 8.3400
Sale 382 8.3500
Sale 380 8.3500
Sale 365 8.3400
Sale 1,845 8.3400
Sale 313 8.3500
Sale 489 8.3400
Sale 1,328 8.3400
Sale 1,853 8.3400
Sale 1,506 8.3400
Sale 1,502 8.3400
Sale 1,492 8.3400
Sale 1,492 8.3400
Sale 1,452 8.3500
Sale 1,426 8.3400
Sale 1,416 8.3400
Sale 1,400 8.3400
Sale 1,392 8.3400
Sale 1,369 8.3400
Sale 1,354 8.3400
Sale 1,533 8.3400
Sale 1,339 8.3400
Sale 1,537 8.3500
Sale 1,306 8.3500
Sale 1,291 8.3400
Sale 1,285 8.3400
Sale 1,274 8.3500
Sale 1,273 8.3400
Sale 1,267 8.3400
Sale 1,264 8.3400
Sale 1,245 8.3400
Sale 1,242 8.3400
Sale 1,240 8.3400
Sale 1,228 8.3400
Sale 1,211 8.3400
Sale 1,350 8.3500
Sale 1,750 8.3400
Sale 2,260 8.3500
Sale 906 8.3400
Sale 905 8.3400
Sale 897 8.3400
Sale 883 8.3400
Sale 882 8.3400
Sale 1,818 8.3400
Sale 1,812 8.3400
Sale 1,800 8.3400
Sale 1,797 8.3400
Sale 1,773 8.3400
Sale 1,770 8.3400
Sale 1,509 8.3400
Sale 1,759 8.3400
Sale 1,847 8.3400
Sale 1,680 8.3400
Sale 1,672 8.3400
Sale 1,665 8.3400
Sale 1,650 8.3500
Sale 1,642 8.3400
Sale 1,640 8.3400
Sale 1,638 8.3400
Sale 1,627 8.3400
Sale 1,607 8.3400
Sale 1,600 8.3500
Sale 1,552 8.3400
Sale 1,550 8.3400
Sale 1,766 8.3400
Sale 15,264 8.3400
Sale 2,212 8.3400
Sale 827 8.3400
Sale 825 8.3500
Sale 824 8.3400
Sale 823 8.3400
Sale 816 8.3400
Sale 787 8.3400
Sale 782 8.3400
Sale 772 8.3400
Sale 757 8.3400
Sale 755 8.3400
Sale 750 8.3400
Sale 830 8.3500
Sale 18,931 8.3400
Sale 831 8.3400
Sale 14,335 8.3404
Sale 10,151 8.3487
Sale 7,957 8.3400
Sale 6,796 8.3400
Sale 6,455 8.3500
Sale 6,414 8.3500
Sale 745 8.3400
Sale 6,075 8.3414
Sale 5,374 8.3400
Sale 5,215 8.3400
Sale 4,743 8.3400
Sale 4,538 8.3400
Sale 746 8.3400
Sale 1,013 8.3400
Sale 1,151 8.3400
Sale 1,150 8.3400
Sale 1,144 8.3400
Sale 1,142 8.3400
Sale 1,126 8.3400
Sale 1,113 8.3400
Sale 1,108 8.3400
Sale 1,108 8.3400
Sale 1,087 8.3500
Sale 1,087 8.3400
Sale 1,086 8.3400
Sale 1,072 8.3500
Sale 827 8.3400
Sale 1,027 8.3400
Sale 4,013 8.3500
Sale 999 8.3400
Sale 996 8.3400
Sale 988 8.3400
Sale 981 8.3400
Sale 976 8.3400
Sale 952 8.3500
Sale 925 8.3400
Sale 922 8.3400
Sale 913 8.3400
Sale 908 8.3500
Sale 870 8.3400
Sale 863 8.3400
Sale 1,062 8.3400
Sale 2,679 8.3400
Sale 597 8.3400
Sale 589 8.3500
Sale 583 8.3500
Sale 3,288 8.3500
Sale 582 8.3400
Sale 3,218 8.3400
Sale 3,000 8.3400
Sale 2,906 8.3500
Sale 2,900 8.3400
Sale 2,861 8.3400
Sale 2,861 8.3400
Sale 2,732 8.3400
Sale 4,349 8.3400
Sale 2,680 8.3400
Sale 618 8.3500
Sale 2,632 8.3400
Sale 2,615 8.3400
Sale 2,563 8.3400
Sale 2,523 8.3400
Sale 2,396 8.3400
Sale 2,378 8.3500
Sale 2,351 8.3400
Sale 2,335 8.3400
Sale 2,303 8.3500
Sale 2,301 8.3500
Sale 2,299 8.3400
Sale 1,181 8.3400
Sale 2,726 8.3400
Sale 700 8.3400
Sale 2,223 8.3400
Sale 3,991 8.3400
Sale 3,914 8.3400
Sale 3,889 8.3400
Sale 3,868 8.3400
Sale 3,659 8.3400
Sale 3,609 8.3400
Sale 3,467 8.3400
Sale 3,438 8.3400
Sale 732 8.3400
Sale 727 8.3500
Sale 725 8.3400
Sale 604 8.3400
Sale 709 8.3400
Sale 606 8.3400
Sale 700 8.3400
Sale 695 8.3400
Sale 661 8.3400
Sale 657 8.3400
Sale 657 8.3400
Sale 644 8.3400
Sale 636 8.3400
Sale 633 8.3400
Sale 628 8.3500
Sale 626 8.3400
Sale 624 8.3400
Sale 624 8.3400
Sale 4,146 8.3400
Sale 719 8.3400
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 14335 8.3404
CFD Long 10151 8.3487
CFD Long 544 8.3515
CFD Long 19388 8.36
CFD Short 503 8.3404
CFD Short 23896 8.3498
(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 05 August 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