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               26 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         9,040,630   3.71%       726,888     0.30%
securities
(2) Derivatives        105,551   0.04%       348,347     0.14%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                9,146,181   3.75%     1,075,235     0.44%


(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           525             12.6760
Purchase           300             12.6760
Purchase         2,582             12.7247
Purchase         2,616             12.6725
Purchase        56,666             12.7500
Purchase         1,220             12.7200
Purchase           423             12.6478
Purchase           100             12.5460
Purchase           146             12.7560
Purchase         1,200             12.7200
Purchase            99             12.7440
Purchase           400             12.7912
Purchase           142             12.7440
Purchase           300             12.6760
Purchase            96             12.7480
Purchase           356             12.6725
Purchase           577             12.7480
Purchase            88             12.7480
Sale            23,905             12.7325
Sale               157             12.7220
Sale             1,038             12.6700
Sale               639             12.7092
Sale             1,300             12.7800
Sale             1,109             12.7200
Sale             3,800             12.7218
Sale             3,100             12.5726

  (b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities
CFD               Short            423              12.6477
CFD               Short           2972              12.6725
CFD               Short           2420              12.72
CFD               Short           2582              12.7246
CFD               Short            400              12.7912
CFD               Long            3100              12.5726
CFD               Long             691              12.6788
CFD               Long             639              12.7091
CFD               Long            3800              12.7218
CFD               Long           23214              12.7341
CFD               Long            1300              12.78


(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                         27 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