Rule 8.3 - BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL GROUP

FORM 8.3

    DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
              (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)


1.   KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing        BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in              BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL GROUP
Class of relevant security    ORD GBP0.60
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               24 March 2010


2.   INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE

(a)  Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)

                            Long                     Short

                      Number       (%)         Number       (%)

(1) Relevant       1,959,888     0.85%        485,652     0.21%
securities
(2) Derivatives      385,848     0.17%        743,917     0.32%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0     0.00%              0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total              2,345,736     1.02%      1,229,569     0.54%

(b)  Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
     than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of                    Long                     Short
relevant
security:

                  Number              (%)   Number              (%)

(1) Relevant
securities

(2) Derivatives
(other than
options)

(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total


  (c)  Rights to subscribe (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:   Details



3.   DEALINGS (Note 4)

  (a)  Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
                                   (GBP)
Purchase      12,107               5.7165
Purchase      722                  5.6850
Purchase      886                  5.6859
Purchase      965                  5.6850
Purchase      1,102                5.6700
Purchase      2,549                5.6760
Purchase      2,600                5.7410
Purchase      3,018                5.7449
Purchase      3,432                5.7134
Purchase      4,939                5.7052
Purchase      10,700               5.6066
Purchase      104,873              5.6651
Purchase      14,950               5.6500
Purchase      16,258               5.7109
Purchase      44,850               5.6751
Purchase      85,057               5.7270
Purchase      64,504               5.5926
Purchase      59,242               5.7177
Purchase      18,492               5.6800
Purchase      29,481               5.5926
Purchase      29,392               5.7273
Sale          1,619                5.6795
Sale          92,458               5.6679
Sale          790                  5.6907
Sale          19,528               5.7020
Sale          930                  5.6700
Sale          70,100               5.6943
Sale          2,549                5.6755
Sale          13,072               5.6506
Sale          7,533                5.6743
Sale          27,215               5.7174
Sale          28,759               5.7238
Sale          35,050               5.6869
Sale          600                  5.7225
Sale          4,682                5.7754
Sale          1,030                5.6956

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Long          2549          5.6754
CFD            Long          35050         5.6868
CFD            Long          70100         5.6943
CFD            Long          600           5.7225
CFD            Long          4682          5.7753
CFD            Short         886           5.6859
CFD            Short         4939          5.7051
CFD            Short         3432          5.7134
CFD            Short         59242         5.7177
CFD            Short         2600          5.7409
Swap           Short         236000        5.6562

(c)  Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,   Writing,          Number of          Exercise  Type, e.g.      Expiry      Option money
e.g. call       selling,          securities to      price     American,       date        paid/received
option          purchasing,       which the option             European etc.               per unit (GBP)
                varying etc.      relates (GBP)



(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g.  Number of           Exercise price per
call option         securities          unit (Note 5)




(d)  Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)


Nature of transaction Details           Price per unit
(Note 8)                                (if applicable)
                                        (Note 5)




4.   OTHER INFORMATION
None

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives


Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced.  If none, this should be stated.




Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9)                 NO


Date of disclosure                         25 March 2010
Contact name                               Geoff Smith
Telephone number                           020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of
connection (Note 10)