13th Aug 2007 08:15
Venture Production PLC13 August 2007 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of Issuer VENTURE PRODUCTION PLC 2. Reason for Notification ACQUISITION OF VOTING RIGHTS 3. Full Name of person(s) subject to notification obligation 3I GROUP PLC (Direct)3I INVESTMENTS PLC (Indirect) 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3 above) N/A 5. Date of the transaction 8 AUGUST 2007 6. Date on which issuer notified 10 AUGUST 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached 3% 8. Notified Details (A) Voting Rights Attached to shares Number of voting rights (Direct) - 4,881,259% of voting rights (Direct) - 3.435% Number of voting rights (Indirect) - See section 9 below% of voting rights (Indirect) - See section 9 below (B) Financial Instruments - n/a Total (A) + (B)Total number of voting rights - 4,881,259 Total % of Voting Rights - 3.435% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held 3i Group plc has a direct beneficial interest in the total number of votingrights disclosed in section 8 above. 3i investments plc (a wholly owned subsidiary of 3i group plc) has an indirectinterest in the total number of voting rights disclosed in section 8 above inits capacity as the discretionary investment manager of 3Igroup plc. 3i holdings PLC and 3i plc are both wholly owned subsidiary undertakings of 3igroup plc and parent undertakings of 3i investments plc. Proxy Voting 10. Name of Proxy holder N/A 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold N/A 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights N/A 13. Any additional information NOTIFICATION USING TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS OF 142,088,209 14. Name of contact and telephone number for queries SOFIA BERNSAND 020 7975 3228 15. Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed companyresponsible for making this notification SIMON WAITE 01224 619000 Date of notification 13 AUGUST 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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