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 19 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 4,153,914 2.77% 28,401 0.02%
securities
(2) Derivatives 92,230 0.06% 572,367 0.38%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 4,246,144 2.84% 600,768 0.40%
(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 14,914 7.7642
Purchase 1,331 7.7150
Purchase 2,590 7.8009
Purchase 6,759 7.7943
Purchase 8,121 7.7734
Purchase 14,271 7.7486
Purchase 1,220 7.6700
Purchase 623 7.7150
Purchase 323 7.7150
Purchase 500 7.7910
Purchase 259 7.6300
Sale 6,833 7.7691
Sale 1,474 7.7150
Sale 2,553 7.7522
Sale 3,106 7.7492
Sale 12,437 7.7562
Sale 475 7.6800
Sale 400 7.7637
Sale 1,311 7.7150
Sale 269 7.7150
Sale 29,050 7.8438
Sale 120 7.7505
Sale 5,496 7.7804
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 475 7.68
CFD Long 3106 7.7491
CFD Long 2553 7.7522
CFD Long 3521 7.7575
CFD Long 400 7.7637
CFD Long 6833 7.769
CFD Long 2562 7.7835
CFD Long 1975 7.8211
CFD Long 29050 7.8438
CFD Short 1220 7.67
CFD Short 14914 7.7642
CFD Short 8121 7.7734
CFD Short 1878 7.7811
CFD Short 500 7.791
CFD Short 4881 7.7994
CFD Short 2590 7.8008
(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 22 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