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 June 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 4,101,049 2.74% 24,984 0.02%
securities
(2) Derivatives 59,706 0.04% 669,283 0.45%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 4,160,755 2.78% 694,267 0.46%
(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 4,023 8.0352
Purchase 970 8.0850
Purchase 2 8.0450
Purchase 1,866 8.0930
Purchase 310 8.1000
Purchase 3,106 8.0654
Purchase 1,120 8.0462
Purchase 4,911 8.1114
Purchase 82 8.0509
Purchase 79 8.0197
Purchase 10,443 8.0275
Sale 238 Transfer
Sale 124 8.0239
Sale 250 Transfer
Sale 270 8.0388
Sale 244 Transfer
Sale 304 Transfer
Sale 1,764 8.0817
Sale 14,529 8.0493
Sale 1,989 Transfer
Sale 4,544 Transfer
Sale 5,286 8.0957
Sale 7,284 8.0548
Sale 7,381 8.0850
Sale 1,300 8.0768
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 124 8.0238
CFD Long 657 8.0285
CFD Long 270 8.0387
CFD Long 14529 8.0493
CFD Long 4770 8.054
CFD Long 2514 8.0562
CFD Long 1300 8.0768
CFD Long 1764 8.0816
CFD Long 663 8.14
CFD Short 1355 7.9959
CFD Short 10443 8.0275
CFD Short 3797 8.0377
CFD Short 2 8.045
CFD Short 1120 8.0462
CFD Short 82 8.0508
CFD Short 2668 8.055
CFD Short 310 8.1
(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 June 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