In gleans baseball almanac order for shows holders of Venture ADSs to participate in theOffer, such holders would need first to withdraw their underlying Shares fromthe relevant depositary facility, by exchanging their Venture ADSs with therelevant depositary for the underlying Shares in time to be able to participatein the Offer, or make such other arrangements as the depositary may agree to inorder for it to accept the offer on their behalf. of the fullydiluted ordinary share capital of Venture or such lower percentage as CentricaResources may decide provided that such condition will not be satisfied unlessCentrica Resources and/or any other members of the Centrica Group shall haveacquired or agreed to acquire, whether pursuant to the Offer or otherwise,Shares carrying in aggregate more than 50 per cent. Centrica Resources reserves the right to reduce the percentage ofShares required to satisfy the Acceptance Condition at any time prior to all theConditions being satisfied, fulfilled or, where permitted, waived. of the voting rights thennormally exercisable at general meetings of Venture (the "AcceptanceCondition"). Reduction of the Acceptance ConditionThe Offer is conditional, amongst other things, on valid acceptances beingreceived (and not, where permitted, withdrawn) by 13 August 2009 so as to resultin Centrica Resources having received pursuant to the Offer or otherwise suchnumber of Shares so as to give it an interest of over 50 per cent. The Offer Document has been prepared for the purposes of complying with Englishand Scottish law and the Code and the information disclosed may not be the sameas that which would have been disclosed if the Offer Document had been preparedin accordance with the laws and regulations of any jurisdiction outside ofEngland or Scotland.

Neither the US Securitiesand Exchange Commission (the "SEC") nor any US state securities commission hasapproved or disapproved the Offer or passed upon the adequacy or completeness ofthe Offer Document Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offence baseball game tickets . Any person (including, without limitation, custodians,nominees and trustees) who would, or otherwise intends to, or who may have acontractual or legal obligation to, forward the Offer Document and/or any otherrelated document to any jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom or the UnitedStates should inform themselves of, and observe, any applicable legal orregulatory requirements of any relevant jurisdiction . Accordingly, unless otherwise determined by CentricaResources, copies of documentation relating to the Offer are not being, and mustnot be, directly or indirectly, mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed orsent in or into or from any Restricted Jurisdiction and persons receiving suchdocuments (including custodians, nominees and trustees) must not mail orotherwise forward, distribute or send any such documents in or into or from anysuch Restricted Jurisdiction, as doing so may invalidate any purportedacceptance of the Offer . Unless otherwise determined by Centrica Resources, the Offer is not being, andwill not be, made, directly or indirectly, in or into or by the use of the mailsof, or by any other means (including, without limitation, electronic mail,facsimile transmission, telex, telephone, internet or other forms of electroniccommunication) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facility of anational securities exchange of any Restricted Jurisdiction and will not becapable of acceptance by any such use, means or facility or from within any suchRestricted Jurisdiction .

Please see Part I of the OfferDocument for a discussion of certain UK and US federal income tax consequencesof the Offer baseball tickets . Each holder of Venture securities is urged to consult hisindependent professional adviser immediately regarding the tax consequences ofacceptance of the Offer . The distribution of the Offer Document in jurisdictions other than the UnitedKingdom or the United States may be restricted by the laws of thosejurisdictions and therefore persons into whose possession the Offer Documentcomes should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions.Failureto comply with any such restrictions may constitute a violation of thesecurities laws of any such jurisdiction.The Offer is not directed to Shareholders located in the US state of Oregon.Centrica Resources will not accept securities tendered by, or make cash paymentsto, Shareholders located in Oregon unless such Shareholder is represented by andacting through a broker-dealer registered in Oregon who accepts responsibilityfor effecting the transaction . The receipt of cash pursuant to the Offer by a US Shareholder will be a taxabletransaction for US federal income tax purposes . In addition, in accordance with, and to the extent permitted by, theCode, normal UK market practice and Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act, GoldmanSachs International, J.P.

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