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               10 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         9,654,210   3.96%       707,117     0.29%
securities
(2) Derivatives        380,491   0.16%       940,992     0.39%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total               10,034,701   4.11%     1,648,109     0.68%


(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       222                   11.6280
Purchase       165                   Transfer
Purchase       169                   Transfer
Purchase       98                    Transfer
Purchase       428                   11.6090
Purchase       15,763                11.6481
Purchase       1,400                 11.6223
Purchase       3,699                 11.6300
Purchase       1,196                 11.6000
Purchase       1,856                 11.6300
Purchase       17,779                11.6327
Purchase       16,800                11.6482
Purchase       277                   11.6584
Purchase       12                    11.5325
Purchase       2,168                 11.6300
Sale           865                   11.6500
Sale           183                   11.5540
Sale           169                   Transfer
Sale           51                    11.5976
Sale           36,874                11.6235
Sale           165                   Transfer
Sale           800                   11.6483
Sale           133                   11.6220
Sale           172                   11.6510
Sale           149                   11.6777
Sale           26                    11.6785
Sale           98                    Transfer
Sale           10,000                11.6460


(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities
CFD              Short          12                 11.5325
CFD              Short          1196               11.6
CFD              Short          1730               11.6075
CFD              Short          1400               11.6223
CFD              Short          17779              11.6327
CFD              Short          15763              11.648
CFD              Long           51                 11.5976
CFD              Long           36874              11.6235
CFD              Long           10000              11.646
CFD              Long           800                11.6482
CFD              Long           149                11.6776
CFD              Long           26                 11.6784


(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                         11 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