4th Oct 2006 14:45
Venture Production PLC04 October 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 431,275BARCLAYS BANK PLC 233,317BARCLAYS BANK FRANCE SA 3,700BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD 794,722BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS LTD 6,795,303BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS LTD 3,244,903BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS AUSTRALIA LTD 129,466BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS JAPAN LTD 149,156BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS, N.A. 1,712,847BARCLAYS LIFE ASSURANCE CO LTD 603,440GERRARD LTD 2,600GERRARD LTD 8,079WOOLWICH UNIT TRUST MANAGERS LTD 272,818 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 431,275BANK OF IRELAND NOMINEES LTD CREST 11X13 233,317BANK 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 794,722BNP PARIBAS 23,346BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 39,243BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 65,117BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 124,452BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD 501577191 2,511CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 62,268CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 30,881CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 232,263CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 5,284,773CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 127,437CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 77,029CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 7,414CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 17,146CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 93,874CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 132,788CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 200,856CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 17,137CITIBANK 6010782807 44,720HSBC 813168 124,655HSBC 845315 3,862IBT 91262 41,260INVESTORS BANK & TRUST CO 1,344,875JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 38,075JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 263,145JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 63,205JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 106,227JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 528,257JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16482 590,771JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 25,490JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 15,082JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 77,345JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 9,674JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 335,254JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 72,335JP 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 129,466JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 66,726MASTER TRUST BANK 26,146MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 212,286MELLON TRUST - US CUSTODIAN 38,687MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 23,233MIDLAND 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 101,852RC GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED 500RC GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED AK1 3,805RC GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED AK1 1,500RC GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED CM1 1,480RC GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED GP1 600RC GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED GP1 2,794STATE STREET 2RJ2 11,755STATE STREET JD12 66,251STATE STREET JFBL 33,504STATE STREET N3B6 20,895STATE STREET N3YZ 6,070STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI 55,366STATE STREET BOSTON 41,260STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA 39,307THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY 27,774TRUST & CUSTODY SERVICES BANK 56,284UBS (MASTER) 10 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 04 October 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 14,381,626 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) 10.91% 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 04 October 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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