20th Feb 2006 09:55
Venture Production PLC20 February 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of listed company VENTURE PRODUCTION PLC 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest BARCLAYS PLC 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 BARCLAYS BANK PLC 366,852BARCLAYS BANK PLC 381,566BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD 699,891BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS LTD 7,293,844BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS AUSTRALIA LTD 135,063BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS JAPAN LTD 145,776BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS LTD 3,816,320BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS, N.A. 1,873,960BARCLAYS LIFE ASSURANCE CO LTD 595,401GERRARD LTD 1,620GERRARD LTD 6,849WOOLWICH UNIT TRUST MANAGERS LTD 782,877 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them REGISTERED HOLDER A/C HOLDINGBANK OF IRELAND 258227 87,632BANK OF IRELAND 4239749 129,160BANK OF IRELAND NOMINEES LTD CREST 11X13 366,852BANK OF IRELAND NOMINEES LTD CREST 11X13 381,566BANK OF NEW YORK 210405 91,562BANK OF NEW YORK 214075 507,293BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 71,115BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 428,441BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 468,142BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 34,157BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LTD 699,891BNP PARIBAS 27,379BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 39,243BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 66,926BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 72,344BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD 501577191 3,490CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 62,268CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16530 16,327CHASE NOMINEES LTD 18243 16,215CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 30,881CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 232,263CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 5,505,773CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 126,028CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 77,835CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 7,414CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 17,146CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 93,874CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 84,978CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 40,922CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 200,856CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 18,924CITIBANK 6010782807 44,720HSBC 813168 124,655HSBC 845315 6,366INVESTORS BANK & TRUST CO 373,248INVESTORS BANK & TRUST CO 30,194INVESTORS BANK & TRUST CO 950,733INVESTORS BANK & TRUST CO 108,261INVESTORS BANK & TRUST CO 23,162JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 41,695JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 190,576JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 67,798JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 63,205JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 106,227JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 832,226JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16482 600,002JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 25,490JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16621 24,959JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16644 69,143JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 15,082JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 78,876JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 12,440JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 383,271JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 72,335JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 39515 5,713JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 39525 3,754JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 135,063JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 27,469JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 53,515JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 64,792MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 240,227MELLON TRUST - US CUSTODIAN 44,942MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 47,694MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 266,354NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 142,440NORTHERN TRUST SCO06 37,519NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 45,703NORTHERN TRUST UKE01 85,424NORTHERN TRUST USF12 250,507NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 66,344NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 60,061NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 15,887RC GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED 1,020RC GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED 250RC GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED AK1 3,805RC GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED GP1 600RC GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED GP1 2,794STATE STREET 2RJ2 13,316STATE STREET JD12 60,555STATE STREET JFBL 38,614STATE STREET N3B6 20,895STATE STREET N3YZ 6,070STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI 55,366STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA 21,609THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY 30,156 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired NOT INFORMED 6. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) NOT INFORMED 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed NOT INFORMED 8. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) NOT INFORMED 9. Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.4P EACH 10. Date of transaction NOT INFORMED 11. Date listed company informed 17 February 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 16,100,019 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (anytreasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage) 12.94% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries BRIAN HOBDEN 01224 619000 16. Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed companyresponsible for making this notification BRIAN HOBDEN Date of notification 20 February 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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