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               20 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         8,920,010   3.66%       818,364     0.34%
securities
(2) Derivatives        178,625   0.07%       441,437     0.18%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                9,098,635   3.73%     1,259,801     0.52%


(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      1,473                12.3376
Purchase      43                   12.3316
Purchase      2,100                12.3700
Purchase      26,080               12.4100
Purchase      733                  12.4100
Purchase      9                    12.3500
Purchase      315                  12.4100
Purchase      80,717               12.4100
Purchase      151                  12.4100
Purchase      607                  12.3500
Purchase      24,965               12.4100
Purchase      2,326                12.4100
Purchase      2,706                12.4100
Purchase      2,438                Transfer
Purchase      8,541                12.4100
Purchase      150                  12.4100
Purchase      11,217               12.3525
Purchase      3,712                12.3500
Purchase      3,200                12.4100
Purchase      126                  12.4240
Purchase      52,381               12.4100
Purchase      1,149                12.4100
Sale          28,075               12.3660
Sale          609                  12.4775
Sale          8,900                12.3630
Sale          5,000                12.3505
Sale          7,862                12.3950
Sale          423                  12.3100
Sale          201                  12.3732
Sale          135                  12.4020
Sale          2,000                12.3735
Sale          1,636                12.3475
Sale          47,592               12.3876

  (b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities
CFD              Short          43                 12.3316
CFD              Short          1473               12.3376
CFD              Short          11217              12.3524
CFD              Short          2100               12.3700
CFD              Long           1636               12.3475
CFD              Long           5000               12.3504
CFD              Long           8900               12.3629
CFD              Long           28075              12.3659
CFD              Long           2000               12.3734
CFD              Long           7862               12.3950
CFD              Long           609                12.4775


(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                         21 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