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               13 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         9,360,334   3.84%       713,905     0.29%
securities
(2) Derivatives        329,881   0.14%       791,277     0.32%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                9,690,215   3.97%     1,505,182     0.62%


(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       1,745                 11.4500
Purchase       370                   11.4660
Purchase       591                   11.3900
Purchase       263                   11.4600
Purchase       1,102                 11.4511
Purchase       4,266                 11.4345
Purchase       7,424                 11.4500
Purchase       464                   11.4715
Purchase       7,460                 11.4523
Purchase       400                   11.4323
Purchase       591                   11.3975
Purchase       28                    11.4200
Purchase       141                   11.4690
Purchase       16,768                11.4798
Purchase       876                   11.4600
Purchase       32,731                11.4439
Purchase       28                    11.4200
Sale           5,500                 11.4234
Sale           11                    11.5273
Sale           2,000                 11.4886
Sale           13,969                11.6300
Sale           25,51                 11.4590
Sale           458                   11.4377
Sale           2,023                 11.4790
Sale           758                   11.4500
Sale           591                   11.3900
Sale           184                   11.4520

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities
CFD              Short          400                11.4322
CFD              Short          24347              11.4369
CFD              Short          12106              11.4429
CFD              Short          1102               11.451
CFD              Short          7460               11.4522
CFD              Short          8384               11.4642
CFD              Short          5734               11.4653
CFD              Short          464                11.4715
CFD              Short          16768              11.4798
CFD              Long           5500               11.4234
CFD              Long           458                11.4377
CFD              Long           25513              11.459
CFD              Long           2023               11.479
CFD              Long           2000               11.4885
CFD              Long           11                 11.5272


(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                         16 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