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 22 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 4,146,091 2.77% 40,335 0.03%
securities
(2) Derivatives 101,845 0.07% 565,568 0.38%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 4,247,936 2.84% 605,903 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 3,865 7.7825
Purchase 18,285 7.7763
Purchase 17,910 7.7783
Purchase 8,627 7.8041
Purchase 2,798 7.8187
Sale 996 7.7500
Sale 1,300 7.8925
Sale 1,599 7.7600
Sale 2,835 7.8483
Sale 3,774 7.8188
Sale 489 7.8900
Sale 6,196 7.8433
Sale 20,797 7.7821
Sale 8,660 7.7689
Sale 9,069 7.7836
Sale 11,128 7.7909
Sale 4,399 7.7500
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 1599 7.76
CFD Long 8660 7.7689
CFD Long 20797 7.7821
CFD Long 9069 7.7835
CFD Long 1808 7.7894
CFD Long 3589 7.8079
CFD Long 3774 7.8188
CFD Long 2835 7.8483
CFD Long 3486 7.8836
CFD Long 489 7.89
CFD Long 2607 7.8919
CFD Long 1300 7.8925
CFD Short 741 7.75
CFD Short 2850 7.7721
CFD Short 15435 7.777
CFD Short 17910 7.7783
CFD Short 3865 7.7825
CFD Short 2798 7.8186
(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 23 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