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               14 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         8,526,904   3.50%       768,730     0.32%
securities
(2) Derivatives        213,670   0.09%       361,380     0.15%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                8,740,574   3.59%     1,130,110     0.46%


(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          5,231              12.5025
Purchase             31              12.4516
Purchase         28,941              12.4872
Purchase         12,193              12.5000
Purchase             17              12.5000
Sale              2,073              12.5537
Sale              3,890              12.3979
Sale                591              12.3979
Sale              8,726              12.3979
Sale                956              12.4639
Sale             10,700              12.4737
Sale              1,859              12.4975
Sale                241              12.4920
Sale              1,050              12.3979
Sale              2,000              12.5220
Sale              1,908              12.4639
Sale              2,711              12.4639
Sale                908              12.4639
Sale                852              12.4639
Sale             19,716              12.4731
Sale              1,825              12.4639

  (b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities
CFD                Short            31              12.4516
CFD                Short         19120              12.4616
CFD                Short         28941              12.4871
CFD                Short          5231              12.5025
CFD                Long          19716              12.4730
CFD                Long          10700              12.4737
CFD                Long           1859              12.4974
CFD                Long           2000              12.5220
CFD                Long           2073              12.5536

(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                         15 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