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               23 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         9,762,723   4.00%       692,446     0.28%
securities
(2) Derivatives        299,560   0.12%       890,882     0.37%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total               10,062,283   4.13%     1,583,328     0.65%


(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       13,339                10.9700
Purchase       6,850                 10.9700
Purchase       29,010                11.0263
Purchase       1,536                 11.0338
Purchase       1                     11.0500
Purchase       21,779                10.9700
Purchase       4,844                 10.9700
Purchase       68,047                10.9700
Purchase       17,588                10.9700
Purchase       1,900                 10.9745
Purchase       31,249                10.9700
Purchase       2,375                 10.9700
Purchase       800                   11.0061
Purchase       2,426                 10.9700
Purchase       41                    11.0422
Purchase       2,784                 10.9700
Purchase       1,636                 10.9700
Purchase       400                   11.0090
Purchase       2,934                 10.9700
Purchase       2,800                 10.9803
Purchase       334                   11.0000
Purchase       7,602                 10.9700
Sale           2,117                 10.9800
Sale           225                   10.9521
Sale           121                   10.9721
Sale           800                   11.0439
Sale           9,326                 11.0118
Sale           795                   11.0224


(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities
CFD              Short          1900               10.9745
CFD              Short          2800               10.9803
CFD              Short          10706              10.9973
CFD              Short          800                11.0061
CFD              Short          29010              11.0263
CFD              Short          1536               11.0338
CFD              Short          41                 11.0421
CFD              Short          1                  11.05
CFD              Long           2117               10.98
CFD              Long           9326               11.0118
CFD              Long           3893               11.0219
CFD              Long           800                11.0439


(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                         24 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