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               02 April 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         9,751,010   4.00%       695,758     0.29%
securities
(2) Derivatives        373,417   0.15%     1,045,520     0.43%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                10,124,427  4.15%     1,741,278     0.71%


(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        153,443              10.9463
Purchase            350              10.9790
Purchase            400              10.9011
Purchase          1,559              11.0200
Purchase            600              10.9214
Purchase            188              10.9590
Purchase          2,228              10.9915
Purchase            400              10.9490
Purchase          1,100              10.9116
Purchase          5,500              10.9368
Purchase            108              Transfer
Purchase         80,743              10.9826
Purchase          1,051              10.9200
Purchase            267              11.0080
Sale                491              10.9200
Sale                186              Transfer
Sale                108              Transfer
Sale                386              10.9400
Sale                312              10.9315
Sale                534              10.9315
Sale              1,508              10.9315
Sale              1,427              10.9315
Sale              1,365              10.9315
Sale              1,514              10.9315
Sale                680              10.9720
Sale              3,853              10.9315
Sale                120              11.0578
Sale                187              11.0000
Sale              1,263              10.9315
Sale                142              10.8912
Sale                913              10.9315
Sale             15,103              10.9978
Sale             23,052              10.9653
Sale             20,539              10.9981
Sale                133              Transfer
Sale                534              10.9315
Sale              3,182              10.9748
Sale              3,040              10.9315
Sale                400              10.9212
Sale                905              10.9315
Sale                223              10.9315
Sale                905              10.9315
Sale                161              10.9110
Sale              4,917              10.9078

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities
CFD                 Short           400               10.9011
CFD                 Short          1100               10.9116
CFD                 Short           600               10.9213
CFD                 Short          5500               10.9368
CFD                 Short        108020               10.9445
CFD                 Short         28523               10.95
CFD                 Short         16900               10.9516
CFD                 Short         80743               10.9825
CFD                 Short          2228               10.9915
CFD                 Long           4917               10.9078
CFD                 Long          23052               10.9653
CFD                 Long           3182               10.9748
CFD                 Long          15103               10.9977
CFD                 Long          20539               10.998
CFD                 Long            120               11.0577

(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                         03 April 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