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               25 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         9,902,530   4.06%        705,241    0.29%
securities
(2) Derivatives        312,497   0.13%        978,873    0.40%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total               10,215,027   4.19%      1,684,114    0.69%


(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          30,364              10.9119
Purchase           1,252              10.9300
Purchase         142,428              10.9700
Purchase           6,797              10.9100
Purchase          29,676              10.9100
Purchase           5,340              10.9578
Purchase          11,105              10.9100
Purchase           3,064              10.9560
Purchase          16,354              10.9122
Purchase             200              10.9211
Purchase              94              Transfer
Purchase           5,280              10.9300
Purchase             317              Transfer
Purchase           6,303              10.9538
Sale             142,428              10.9700
Sale               5,280              10.9300
Sale                 344              10.9412
Sale                  94              Transfer
Sale               1,000              11.0336
Sale                 317              Transfer
Sale               2,965              10.8700
Sale               5,628              10.9256
Sale                 400              10.9889
Sale                 309              10.8878
Sale               1,252              10.9300
Sale              42,691              10.9810
Sale               3,222              10.8901


(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities
CFD                 Short         30364              10.9119
CFD                 Short         16354              10.9121
CFD                 Short           200              10.9211
CFD                 Short          6303              10.9538
CFD                 Short          3064              10.9559
CFD                 Short          5340              10.9578
CFD                 Long           2965              10.87
CFD                 Long            309              10.8878
CFD                 Long           3222              10.8901
CFD                 Long           5628              10.9256
CFD                 Long          21343              10.9654
CFD                 Long            400              10.9889
CFD                 Long          21348              10.9965
CFD                 Long           1830              11.0225
CFD                 Long           1000              11.0336


(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                         26 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