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               21 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         8,936,946   3.67%       763,928     0.31%
securities
(2) Derivatives        156,033   0.06%       401,899     0.16%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                9,092,979   3.73%     1,165,827     0.48%


(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         320                 12.4900
Purchase         280                 12.4900
Purchase         280                 12.4900
Purchase         320                 12.4900
Purchase      16,504                 12.4981
Purchase         320                 12.4900
Purchase         304                 12.4980
Purchase         280                 12.4900
Purchase       2,784                 Transfer
Purchase       2,162                 12.4300
Purchase         280                 12.4900
Purchase         425                 12.4900
Purchase         320                 12.4900
Purchase         320                 12.4900
Purchase         500                 12.4900
Purchase         600                 12.4900
Purchase         525                 12.4900
Purchase         380                 12.4900
Purchase         320                 12.4900
Purchase         320                 12.4900
Purchase         320                 12.4900
Purchase         320                 12.4900
Purchase         420                 12.4900
Purchase         280                 12.4900
Purchase       2,559                 12.4300
Purchase         440                 12.4900
Purchase         300                 12.4900
Purchase         280                 12.4900
Purchase         320                 12.4900
Purchase       8,000                 12.5266
Purchase         320                 12.4900
Purchase         320                 12.4900
Purchase         680                 12.4900
Purchase       1,350                 12.4900
Purchase          13                 12.3700
Purchase         320                 12.4900
Purchase         280                 12.4900
Purchase          54                 12.4190
Purchase         320                 12.4900
Purchase         320                 12.4900
Purchase         520                 12.4900
Purchase         280                 12.4900
Purchase      18,471                 12.5325
Purchase         320                 12.4900
Purchase      13,573                 12.3725
Purchase         280                 12.4900
Purchase         320                 12.4900
Purchase       3,000                 12.4725
Purchase         565                 12.4900
Purchase         280                 12.4900
Purchase          28                 12.4114
Purchase         280                 12.4900
Sale           3,000                 12.4632
Sale          14,075                 12.4895
Sale           7,878                 12.4707
Sale           2,357                 12.4378
Sale             643                 12.5184
Sale             119                 12.4675
Sale           2,574                 12.5100
Sale           2,529                 12.4600
Sale          13,145                 12.4780
Sale           3,471                 12.4665
Sale           5,050                 12.4800
Sale          10,900                 12.5044

  (b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities
CFD                Short          13573              12.3724
CFD                Short             28              12.4114
CFD                Short           2559              12.4287
CFD                Short           2162              12.4300
CFD                Short           3000              12.4724
CFD                Short          16504              12.4980
CFD                Short           8000              12.5265
CFD                Short          18471              12.5325
CFD                Long            3000              12.4632
CFD                Long            3471              12.4665
CFD                Long             119              12.4674
CFD                Long            7878              12.4706
CFD                Long           13145              12.4780
CFD                Long           14075              12.4895
CFD                Long           10900              12.5044
CFD                Long             643              12.5184
CFD                Long           28012              12.5325


(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                         22 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