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               16 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         9,365,671   3.84%       713,905     0.29%
securities
(2) Derivatives        319,237   0.13%       791,277     0.32%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                9,684,908   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                 202 11.4600
Purchase                 168 11.4600
Purchase               3,234 11.4641
Purchase                 632 11.4600
Purchase               3,158 11.4600
Purchase                  13 11.4515
Purchase               1,770 11.4600
Purchase                 590 11.4480
Purchase                 116 11.4600
Purchase                 482 11.4823
Purchase               3,279 11.4404
Purchase                 484 11.4988
Purchase                  46 11.4770
Purchase               1,590 11.5000
Purchase                  99 11.4500
Purchase               2,118 11.4600
Purchase               6,665 11.4623
Purchase                  78 11.4600
Purchase              36,140 11.4683
Sale                   2,196 11.4600
Sale                     419 11.4649
Sale                     486 11.4636
Sale                   1,489 11.4552
Sale                     219 11.4552
Sale                   1,453 11.4347
Sale                      15 11.5680
Sale                   4,333 11.4490
Sale                   2,789 11.5043
Sale                   1,590 11.5000
Sale                   6,069 11.4832
Sale                   1,048 11.4649
Sale                   3,419 11.4649
Sale                     320 11.4552
Sale                  10,099 11.4944
Sale                   1,590 11.5067
Sale                   2,751 11.4636
Sale                     525 11.4552
Sale                   1,551 11.4552
Sale                     159 11.4910
Sale                   1,605 11.4649
Sale                   1,313 11.4552
Sale                   5,840 11.4432
Sale                   1,489 11.4552
Sale                     457 11.4510
Sale                   1,695 11.4649
Sale                     608 11.4636

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities
CFD                 Short         3279                 11.4403
CFD                 Short           13                 11.4515
CFD                 Short         6665                 11.4622
CFD                 Short         3234                 11.4641
CFD                 Short        10644                 11.4658
CFD                 Short        36140                 11.4683
CFD                 Short          482                 11.4823
CFD                 Long          1453                 11.4347
CFD                 Long          5840                 11.4431
CFD                 Long          6069                 11.4832
CFD                 Long          2789                 11.5042
CFD                 Long            15                 11.568


(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                         17 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