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               19 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         9,280,438   3.81%       734,546     0.30%
securities
(2) Derivatives        342,995   0.14%       779,376     0.32%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                9,623,433   3.95%     1,513,922     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       16,133                11.1222
Purchase       117                   11.2422
Purchase       391                   11.4025
Purchase       532                   11.0900
Purchase       184                   11.1769
Purchase       3,534                 11.1200
Purchase       270                   11.1200
Purchase       4,115                 11.2005
Purchase       276                   11.1438
Purchase       2,751                 11.1200
Purchase       23,848                11.0891
Purchase       4,221                 11.1048
Sale           38                    11.1387
Sale           56                    11.0812
Sale           43,903                11.1382
Sale           200                   11.2489
Sale           16,818                11.1692
Sale           42,099                11.1181
Sale           603                   11.0778
Sale           188                   Transfer
Sale           25,000                11.3368
Sale           3,365                 11.2041
Sale           1,730                 11.1305


(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities
CFD              Short          23848              11.0891
CFD              Short          4221               11.1047
CFD              Short          15945              11.1109
CFD              Short          16133              11.1222
CFD              Short          1767               11.1976
CFD              Short          4115               11.2004
CFD              Short          117                11.2422
CFD              Long           603                11.0777
CFD              Long           4161               11.109
CFD              Long           42099              11.118
CFD              Long           43903              11.1381
CFD              Long           38                 11.1386
CFD              Long           12657              11.189
CFD              Long           3365               11.204
CFD              Long           200                11.2488


(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                         20 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