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Venture Production PLC18 January 2008 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 SCHRODERS PLC 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3 above) 5. Date of the transaction 17 JANUARY 2008 6. Date on which issuer notified 18 JANUARY 2008 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached FROM 9% - 10% 8. Notified Details Voting Rights Attached to sharesNumber of voting rights (Direct) - N/A% of voting rights (Direct) - N/ANumber of voting rights (Indirect) - 14,640,542% of voting rights (Indirect) - 10.22%Financial Instruments -Total (A) + (B)Total number of voting rights - 14,640,542Total % of Voting Rights - 10.22% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED 13,696,359 9.56%SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT NORTH AMERICA LIMITED 944,183 0.66% 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 The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by thosefirms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment managementagreements. 14. Name of contact and telephone number for queries TARYN O'DONOGHUE 020 7658 2959 15. Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed companyresponsible for making this notification SIMON WAITE Date of notification 18 JANUARY 2008 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Schroders