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 24 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 4,148,310 2.77% 31,192 0.02%
securities
(2) Derivatives 81,879 0.05% 569,470 0.38%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 4,230,189 2.82% 600,662 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 15,306 7.9168
Purchase 12,286 7.9604
Purchase 8,583 7.9380
Purchase 4,683 7.9678
Purchase 3,266 7.9732
Purchase 299 7.8363
Purchase 500 7.9112
Purchase 2,061 7.9260
Purchase 1,996 7.9304
Sale 3,266 7.9088
Sale 650 8.0038
Sale 1,268 8.0000
Sale 1,856 7.9437
Sale 1,857 8.0000
Sale 2,338 7.9067
Sale 4,185 7.9781
Sale 7,816 7.8871
Sale 2,304 7.9265
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 7816 7.887
CFD Long 1304 7.8934
CFD Long 2338 7.9066
CFD Long 3266 7.9088
CFD Long 1563 7.9525
CFD Long 1000 7.9695
CFD Long 4185 7.978
CFD Long 650 8.0038
CFD Short 299 7.8362
CFD Short 2992 7.8729
CFD Short 3436 7.9003
CFD Short 500 7.9111
CFD Short 13911 7.9163
CFD Short 1395 7.921
CFD Short 2061 7.926
CFD Short 8583 7.938
CFD Short 12286 7.9603
CFD Short 4683 7.9677
CFD Short 3266 7.9731
(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 25 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