8th Aug 2006 16:28
Venture Production PLC08 August 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 765,406BARCLAYS BANK PLC 274,817BARCLAYS BANK FRANCE SA 3,700BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC 46,000BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD 811,223BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS LTD 6,992,928BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS LTD 3,257,718BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS AUSTRALIA LTD 138,061BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS JAPAN LTD 149,156BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS, N.A. 1,862,083BARCLAYS LIFE ASSURANCE CO LTD 592,373GERRARD LTD 600GERRARD LTD 8,079WOOLWICH UNIT TRUST MANAGERS LTD 275,584 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 765,406BANK OF IRELAND NOMINEES LTD CREST 11X13 274,817BANK OF NEW YORK 210405 91,562BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 71,115BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 192,650BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 211,093BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 34,157BARCLAYS BANK FRANCE SA 2X56853916013 3,000BARCLAYS BANK FRANCE SA 2X58738801015 700BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LTD 634,023BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LTD 177,200BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LTD 46,000BNP PARIBAS 23,346BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 39,243BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 65,117BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 114,716BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD 501577191 2,511CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 62,268CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 30,881CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 232,263CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 5,522,446CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 126,028CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 77,029CHASE 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 3,862IBT 91262 44,148INVESTORS BANK & TRUST CO 918,741INVESTORS BANK & TRUST CO 21,189INVESTORS BANK & TRUST CO 103,949INVESTORS BANK & TRUST CO 30,888INVESTORS BANK & TRUST CO 379,224JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 38,075JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 190,576JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 68,390JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 63,205JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 106,227JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 528,257JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16482 561,868JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 25,490JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 15,082JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 77,345JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 12,440JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 335,254JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 72,335JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 35360 15,623JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 38245 14,729JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 39515 5,713JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 39525 3,754JPM FRANKFURT 39746 3,841JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 66,726JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 26,146JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 56,284JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 138,061MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 212,286MELLON TRUST - US CUSTODIAN 41,896MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 24,631MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 266,354NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 142,440NORTHERN TRUST SCO06 37,519NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 45,703NORTHERN TRUST UKE01 140,365NORTHERN TRUST USF12 250,507NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 13,308NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 52,069NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 62,429RC GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED AK1 3,805RC GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED CM1 1,480RC GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED GP1 600RC GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED GP1 2,794STATE STREET 2RJ2 11,755STATE STREET JD12 60,555STATE STREET JFBL 33,504STATE STREET N3B6 20,895STATE STREET N3YZ 6,070STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI 55,366STATE STREET BOSTON 44,148STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA 41,819THE 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 08 August 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 15,177,728 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) 11.52% 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 08 August 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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