26th Oct 2005 12:17
Venture Production PLC26 October 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 1,058,070BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS LTD 7,412,856BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS AUSTRALIA LTD 131,087BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS JAPAN LTD 145,776BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS LTD 5,314,656BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS, N.A. 1,866,170BARCLAYS LIFE ASSURANCE CO LTD 603,752GERRARD LTD 1,620GERRARD LTD 6,899WOOLWICH 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 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 392177 41,275BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 26,322BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 1,058,070BNP PARIBAS 32,048BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 39,243BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 66,926BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 50,730BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD 501577191 3,490CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 62,268CHASE NOMINEES LTD 18243 16,215CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 30,881CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 232,263CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 5,489,637CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 126,028CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 77,835CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 7,414CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27795 10,476CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 17,146CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27799 41,999CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 93,874CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 101,632CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 48,652CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 200,856CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 18,924CITIBANK 6010782807 44,720FORTIS 844 283,810HSBC 813168 124,655HSBC 845315 2,802IBT 583996 615,057INVESTORS BANK & TRUST CO 352,919INVESTORS BANK & TRUST CO 28,261INVESTORS BANK & TRUST CO 945,918INVESTORS BANK & TRUST CO 102,968INVESTORS BANK & TRUST CO 31,136JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 41,695JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 68,419JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 173,922JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 63,205JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 106,227JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,006,554JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16482 598,763JP 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) 27795 41,110JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27799 107,438JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 383,271JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 72,335JPM FRANKFURT 27717 103,373JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 131,087JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 27,469JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 53,515JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 64,792MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 286,606MELLON TRUST - US CUSTODIAN 45,617MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 54,631MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 295,424NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 142,440NORTHERN TRUST SCO06 37,519NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 45,703NORTHERN TRUST USF12 250,507NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 70,669NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 60,061NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 15,887NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY 30,156RC GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED AK1 3,805RC GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED GP1 600RC GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED GP1 3,094RC GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED RC1 1,020STATE STREET 2RJ2 13,316STATE STREET JD12 60,555STATE STREET JFBL 38,614STATE STREET N3B6 20,895STATE STREET N3YZ 6,070STATE STREET VE4J 62,481STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI 55,366STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA 21,609UBS 486039 284,639 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 company informed 26 October 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 17,323,763 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) 13.95% 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 26 October 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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