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               22 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         9,023,284   3.70%       719,093     0.30%
securities
(2) Derivatives        118,603   0.05%       398,028     0.16%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                9,141,887   3.75%     1,117,121     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         550                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         450                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         524                 12.4876
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase       5,402                 12.6266
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         550                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         450                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         450                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         550                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         550                 12.5300
Purchase         450                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         194                 12.6160
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         550                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         550                 12.5300
Purchase         775                 12.5300
Purchase       1,150                 12.5300
Purchase         450                 12.5300
Purchase         324                 12.5500
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase      38,151                 12.5876
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         450                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         625                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase       2,784                 Transfer
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         450                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         775                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         775                 12.5300
Purchase         775                 12.5300
Purchase         625                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         550                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         450                 12.5300
Purchase         550                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         550                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         625                 12.5300
Purchase         550                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         550                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         450                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         450                 12.5300
Purchase         450                 12.5300
Purchase       1,150                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         127                 12.5883
Purchase         450                 12.5300
Purchase         479                 12.5325
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase       1,300                 12.5346
Purchase         728                 12.6157
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Purchase         775                 12.5300
Purchase         400                 12.5300
Purchase         350                 12.5300
Sale           1,294                 Transfer
Sale           2,500                 12.4800
Sale          10,100                 12.6397
Sale              28                 12.6086
Sale           2,703                 12.5700

  (b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities
CFD                Short            479              12.5325
CFD                Short           1300              12.5346
CFD                Short          38151              12.5875
CFD                Short            127              12.5882
CFD                Short            728              12.6157
CFD                Short           5402              12.6265
CFD                Long            2500              12.4800
CFD                Long              28              12.6085
CFD                Long           10100              12.6396


(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                         23 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