Holding(s) in Company


 

TIDMVPC TIDMCNA 
 
RNS Number : 3318Y 
Venture Production plc 
01 September 2009 
 

 
 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                      | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer           | VENTURE PRODUCTION    | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights are                | PLC                   | 
| attached: ii                                                 |                       | 
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):            | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                |    X    | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may   |         | 
| result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights  |         | 
| are attached                                                               |         | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to  |         | 
| qualifying financial instruments                                           |         | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                           |         | 
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| Other (please      |                                                       |         | 
| specify):          |                                                       |         | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s)        | CENTRICA PLC                                      | 
| subject to the                   | CENTRICA HOLDINGS LIMITED                         | 
| notification obligation: iii     | GB GAS HOLDINGS LIMITED                           | 
|                                  | CENTRICA RESOURCES (UK) LIMITED                   | 
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|                                  | CENTRICA RESOURCES (UK) LIMITED                   | 
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)   |                                                   | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv       |                                                   | 
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|                                  | 28 AUGUST 2009                                    | 
| 5. Date of the transaction and   |                                                   | 
| date on                          |                                                   | 
| which the threshold is crossed   |                                                   | 
| or                               |                                                   | 
| reached: v                       |                                                   | 
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|                                  | 1 SEPTEMBER 2009                                  | 
| 6. Date on which issuer          |                                                   | 
| notified:                        |                                                   | 
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|                                  | 67% - 70%                                         | 
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are      |                                                   | 
| crossed or                       |                                                   | 
| reached: vi, vii                 |                                                   | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                                                                                | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                                                                        | 
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| Class/type of | Situation previous                     | Resulting situation after the triggering                                                   | 
| shares        | to the triggering                      | transaction                                                                                | 
| if possible   | transaction                            |                                                                                            | 
| using         |                                        |                                                                                            | 
| the ISIN CODE |                                        |                                                                                            | 
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|               | Number                | Number         | Number                       | Number of                             | % of voting         | 
|               | of                    | of             | of shares                    | voting                                | rights x            | 
|               | Shares                | Voting         |                              | rights                                |                     | 
|               |                       | Rights         |                              |                                       |                     | 
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|               |                       |                | Direct                       | Direct xi   | Indirect xii            | Direct | Indirect   | 
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| 0.4p ORDINARY | 99,433,177            | 99,433,177     | 105,008,649                  | 105,008,649 | SEE                     | 70.11% | SEE        | 
|               |                       |                |                              |             | SECTION                 |        | SECTION 9  | 
|               |                       |                |                              |             | 9 BELOW                 |        | BELOW      | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                                 | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                | 
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| Type of financial                 | Expiration     | Exercise/                                  | Number of                        | % of voting    | 
| instrument                        | date xiii      | Conversion                                 | voting                           | rights         | 
|                                   |                | Period xiv                                 | rights that                      |                | 
|                                   |                |                                            | may be                           |                | 
|                                   |                |                                            | acquired if                      |                | 
|                                   |                |                                            | the                              |                | 
|                                   |                |                                            | instrument is                    |                | 
|                                   |                |                                            | exercised/                       |                | 
|                                   |                |                                            | converted.                       |                | 
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| N/A                               |                |                                            |                                  |                | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                                                                       | 
| Instruments xv, xvi                                                                                                                                 | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                | 
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| Type of financial             | Exercise price | Expiration            | Exercise/    | Number of              | % of voting                        | 
| instrument                    |                | date xvii             | Conversion   | voting                 | rights xix, xx                     | 
|                               |                |                       | period xviii | rights                 |                                    | 
|                               |                |                       |              | instrument             |                                    | 
|                               |                |                       |              | refers to              |                                    | 
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| 3.25% Convertible             | 911p           | 06/08/2010            | ANY          | 8,287,596              | Nominal                   | Delta  | 
| Unsecured Bonds               |                |                       | TIME         |                        |                           |        | 
| due 2010                      |                |                       | FROM         |                        |                           |        | 
|                               |                |                       | 16/02/2008   |                        |                           |        | 
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|                               |                |                       |              |                        | 5.53%                     | N/A    | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                       | 
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| Number of voting rights                                                           | Percentage of voting rights                                     | 
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| 113,296,245                                                                       | 75.65%                                                          | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the   | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                   | 
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| CENTRICA RESOURCES (UK) LIMITED DIRECTLY HOLDS THE VOTING RIGHTS WHICH ARE THE   | 
| SUBJECT OF THIS NOTIFICATION AND IT IS A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF GB GAS       | 
| HOLDINGS LIMITED. GB GAS HOLDINGS LIMITED IS A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF        | 
| CENTRICA HOLDINGS LIMITED WHICH, IN TURN, IS A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF        | 
| CENTRICA PLC.                                                                    | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                    | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                  |                             N/A | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will  |                             N/A | 
| cease                                          |                                 | 
| to hold:                                       |                                 | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to   |                             N/A | 
| hold                                           |                                 | 
| voting rights:                                 |                                 | 
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| 13. Additional information:                | The total number of voting rights   | 
|                                            | in the issuer used to calculate the | 
|                                            | percentages in this notification is | 
|                                            | 149,769,828, being the number       | 
|                                            | disclosed by the issuer to the      | 
|                                            | market on 18 March 2009 pursuant to | 
|                                            | Rule 2.10 of the City Code on       | 
|                                            | Takeovers and Mergers.              | 
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| 14. Contact name:                          | PHIL RAPER                          | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:              | 020 7774 1000                       | 
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Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company responsible 
for making this notification 
 
 
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| SIMON WAITE                                                           | 
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Date of notification 
 
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| 1 september 2009                                                      | 
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