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Venture Production PLC29 July 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of 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 CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD 730,546BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS LTD 6,452,217BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS AUSTRALIA LTD 40,984BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS JAPAN LTD 116,561BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS LTD 3,859,313BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS, N.A. 1,119,523BARCLAYS LIFE ASSURANCE CO LTD 434,518GERRARD LTD 4,717GERRARD LTD 6,899WOOLWICH UNIT TRUST MANAGERS LTD 749,403 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 85,822BANK OF IRELAND 4239749 121,708BANK OF NEW YORK 214075 495,229BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 67,414BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 359,496BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 387,828BANK OF NEW YORK 392177 41,275BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 26,322BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 730,546BNP PARIBAS 20,156BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 39,243BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 58,518BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 52,986BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD 501577191 3,490CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 62,268CHASE NOMINEES LTD 18243 11,680CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 29,755CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 224,419CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 4,747,797CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 126,028CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 72,192CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 8,367CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27795 10,476CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 17,146CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27799 41,999CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 91,451CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 42,651CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 96,511CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 195,640CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 11,853CITIBANK 6010782807 42,201HSBC 813168 102,320HSBC 814537 8,345HSBC 845315 2,802INVESTORS BANK & TRUST COMPANY 93356 13,433INVESTORS BANK & TRUST CO 597,858INVESTORS BANK & TRUST CO 23,147INVESTORS BANK & TRUST CO 70,344INVESTORS BANK & TRUST CO 213,228INVESTORS BANK & TRUST CO 6,474JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 41,695JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 68,419JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 164,158JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 60,110JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 100,136JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 795,979JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16482 598,931JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 20,860JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16621 24,959JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16644 65,436JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 15,082JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 68,228JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 11,164JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27795 36,338JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27799 104,619JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 383,271JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 72,335JPM FRANKFURT 27717 103,373JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 40,984JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 19,090JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 24,048JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 42,772JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 30,651MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 265,935MELLON TRUST - BOSTON & SF 29,630MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 37,474MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 289,398NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 118,766NORTHERN TRUST SCO06 37,519NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 44,446NORTHERN TRUST USF12 215,761NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 44,659NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 41,058NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 10,209RC GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED AK1 3,805RC GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED GP1 1,717RC GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED GP1 3,094RC GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED SA1 3,000STATE STREET 2RJ2 13,316STATE STREET JD12 60,555STATE STREET N3B6 21,780STATE STREET N3YZ 6,070STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA 13,433 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired NOT INFORMED 6. Percentage of issued class NOT INFORMED 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed N/A 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.4P EACH 10. Date of transaction NOT INFORMED 11. Date company informed 29 JULY 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 13,514,681 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 11.00% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries BRIAN HOBDEN 01224 619000 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification BRIAN HOBDEN Date of notification 29 July 2005 The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of thisdocument or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damagesfor loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwisefrom the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained init, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document orany such material. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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