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 February 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         8,566,280   3.51%       840,596     0.34%
securities
(2) Derivatives        236,499   0.10%       367,234     0.15%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                8,802,779   3.61%     1,207,830     0.50%


(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      5,716                12.4325
Purchase      8,936                12.3200
Purchase      12,880               12.4071
Purchase      66                   12.3090
Purchase      3,092                12.4025
Purchase      388                  12.4090
Purchase      23,940               12.4071
Purchase      29,090               12.3200
Purchase      598                  12.3880
Purchase      6,380                12.4071
Purchase      1,700                12.4100
Sale          75                   12.4300
Sale          52,235               12.4022
Sale          8,936                12.3200
Sale          4,876                12.4300
Sale          201                  12.3979
Sale          1,300                12.3781
Sale          24,005               12.3798
Sale          207                  12.3710
Sale          5,917                12.4148
Sale          8,936                12.3200
Sale          130                  12.4012
Sale          8,336                12.3979
Sale          4,170                12.3979
Sale          30,468               12.4046
Sale          8,503                12.4055
Sale          3,136                12.3979
Sale          47,911               12.3981

  (b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities
CFD              Short          3092               12.4024
CFD              Short          1700               12.4100
CFD              Short          5716               12.4324
CFD              Long           1300               12.3781
CFD              Long           24005              12.3798
CFD              Long           30468              12.4045
CFD              Long           5917               12.4148

(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

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                         14 February 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