Rule 8.3 - BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS

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              BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS
Class of relevant security    ORD GBP0.10
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               27 March 2007

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         9,584,766   3.93%       671,362     0.28%
securities
(2) Derivatives        349,021   0.14%       869,144     0.36%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                9,933,787   4.08%     1,540,506     0.63%


(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         60,000             11.6800
Purchase         14,300             11.3747
Purchase            110             11.4000
Purchase            114             11.3676
Purchase            124             11.7740
Purchase            968             11.4000
Purchase          2,961             11.3770
Purchase          2,762             11.3500
Purchase         26,283             11.3672
Purchase            378             11.7740
Purchase            163             11.3760
Purchase          1,918             11.4900
Purchase         15,800             11.4900
Purchase          3,496             11.3382
Purchase         22,906             11.5074
Sale             15,800             11.4900
Sale                896             11.3777
Sale              1,306             11.4000
Sale             60,000             11.6800
Sale              4,960             11.3287
Sale             21,098             11.4152
Sale             37,095             11.3709
Sale                257             11.3620
Sale              1,918             11.4900
Sale              6,916             11.3928
NB: The below transactions which were previously disclosed have been cancelled
Deal Date
21/03/2007 Purchase 300              11.4380


(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities
CFD               Short           3496              11.3381
CFD               Short          14300              11.3746
CFD               Short           2961              11.377
CFD               Short            623              11.3827
CFD               Short          22906              11.5074
CFD               Long           37095              11.3709
CFD               Long             896              11.3777
CFD               Long            6916              11.3927
CFD               Long           21098              11.4152

(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                         28 March 2007
Contact name                               BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE
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)


Notes

The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk