Rule 8.3 - VENTURE PRODUCTION
Rule 8.3 Notification filed on Friday 5 June 2009 showed an incorrect relevant securities figure. This has been
corrected on today's filing.
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 05 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 4,288,381 2.86% 15,423 0.01%
securities
(2) Derivatives 61,573 0.04% 673,502 0.45%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 4,349,954 2.90% 688,925 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 1,740 7.9712
Purchase 251 8.1463
Purchase 373 7.9500
Purchase 1,569 7.9754
Purchase 7,381 8.1175
Purchase 1,828 8.0083
Purchase 2,103 8.0191
Purchase 2,454 7.9776
Purchase 2,770 8.0915
Sale 2 7.9750
Sale 1,010 7.9650
Sale 589 8.0400
Sale 3,340 8.0044
Sale 274 8.0414
Sale 4,472 8.0342
Sale 233 Transfer
Sale 1,300 8.0142
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 1867 7.95
CFD Long 1010 7.965
CFD Long 2 7.975
CFD Long 1213 7.9902
CFD Long 2127 8.0124
CFD Long 1300 8.0142
CFD Long 4472 8.0341
CFD Short 1740 7.9711
CFD Short 1569 7.9753
CFD Short 1828 8.0083
CFD Short 2103 8.0191
CFD Short 4082 8.0332
CFD Short 2770 8.0915
CFD Short 251 8.1462
(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 08 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