Holding(s) in Company
September 15 2009 - 8:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMVPC TIDMCNA
RNS Number : 0838Z
Venture Production plc
15 September 2009
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi |
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer | VENTURE PRODUCTION |
| of existing shares to which voting rights are | PLC |
| attached: ii | |
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): |
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X |
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may | |
| result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights | |
| are attached | |
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to | |
| qualifying financial instruments | |
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | |
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| Other (please | | |
| specify): | | |
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| 3. Full name of person(s) | CENTRICA PLC |
| subject to the | CENTRICA HOLDINGS LIMITED |
| notification obligation: iii | GB GAS HOLDINGS LIMITED |
| | CENTRICA RESOURCES (UK) LIMITED |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) | CENTRICA RESOURCES (UK) LIMITED |
| (if different from 3.):iv | |
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| 5. Date of the transaction and | 14 SEPTEMBER 2009 |
| date on | |
| which the threshold is crossed | |
| or | |
| reached: v | |
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| 6. Date on which issuer | 15 SEPTEMBER 2009 |
| notified: | |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are | 86% - 90% |
| crossed or | |
| reached: vi, vii | |
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| 8. Notified details: |
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix |
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| Class/type | Situation previous | Resulting situation after the triggering |
| of | to the triggering | transaction |
| shares | transaction | |
| if | | |
| possible | | |
| using | | |
| the ISIN | | |
| CODE | | |
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| | Number | Number | Number | Number of voting | % of voting |
| | of | of | of shares | rights | rights x |
| | Shares | Voting | | | |
| | | Rights | | | |
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| | | | Direct | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect |
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| 0.4p | 128,518,471 | 128,518,471 | 135,149,422 | 135,149,422 | SEE | 90.24% | SEE |
| ORDINARY | | | | | SECTION | | SECTION 9 |
| | | | | | 9 BELOW | | BELOW |
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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| Type of financial | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of voting | % of voting |
| instrument | date xiii | Conversion | rights that may | rights |
| | | Period xiv | be | |
| | | | acquired if the | |
| | | | instrument is | |
| | | | exercised/ | |
| | | | converted. | |
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| N/A | | | | |
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial |
| Instruments xv, xvi |
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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| Type of | Exercise price | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of | % of voting |
| financial | | date xvii | Conversion | voting rights | rights xix, xx |
| instrument | | | period xviii | instrument | |
| | | | | refers to | |
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| N/A | | | | | Nominal | Delta |
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| Total (A+B+C) |
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| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
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| 135,149,422 | 90.24% |
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the |
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi |
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| CENTRICA RESOURCES (UK) LIMITED DIRECTLY HOLDS THE VOTING RIGHTS WHICH ARE THE SUBJECT OF |
| THIS NOTIFICATION AND IT IS A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF GB GAS HOLDINGS LIMITED. GB GAS |
| HOLDINGS LIMITED IS A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF CENTRICA HOLDINGS LIMITED WHICH, IN TURN, |
| IS A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF CENTRICA PLC. |
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| Proxy Voting: |
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A |
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease | N/A |
| to hold: | |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold | N/A |
| voting rights: | |
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| 13. Additional information: | The total number of voting rights in the |
| | issuer used to calculate the percentages |
| | in this notification is 149,769,828, being |
| | the number disclosed by the issuer to the |
| | market on 18 March 2009 pursuant to Rule |
| | 2.10 of the City Code on Takeovers and |
| | Mergers. |
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| 14. Contact name: | PHIL RAPER |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7774 1000 |
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Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company responsible
for making this notification
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| SIMON WAITE |
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Date of notification
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| 15 september 2009 |
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