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               12 March 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         9,512,763   3.90%       747,111     0.31%
securities
(2) Derivatives        236,603   0.10%       730,793     0.30%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                9,749,366   4.00%     1,477,904     0.61%


(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      5,740                11.6437
Purchase      2,664                11.6062
Purchase      350                  11.7540
Purchase      21,095               11.6055
Purchase      80                   11.6200
Purchase      4,145                11.5623
Purchase      11,100               11.6437
Purchase      21,460               11.6437
Purchase      200                  11.6540
Purchase      335                  11.8360
Purchase      19,361               11.6485
Purchase      7,048                11.5953
Purchase      10,000               11.6125
Purchase      16,200               11.6130
Purchase      19,526               11.6767
Purchase      736                  11.6200
Purchase      400                  11.8360
Sale          566                  11.5940
Sale          1,046                11.6374
Sale          11,163               11.5718
Sale          10,163               11.5733
Sale          843                  11.6400
Sale          336                  11.5820
Sale          15,400               11.7477
Sale          19,526               11.6767
Sale          10,862               11.5287
Sale          9,969                11.6774
Sale          50,800               11.5583
Sale          207                  11.7460
Sale          19,526               11.7479
Sale          14,280               11.6510


(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities
CFD              Short          4145               11.5623
CFD              Short          7048               11.5952
CFD              Short          21095              11.6054
CFD              Short          2664               11.6061
CFD              Short          10000              11.6124
CFD              Short          16200              11.6129
CFD              Short          19361              11.6484
CFD              Long           10862              11.5286
CFD              Long           50800              11.5583
CFD              Long           11163              11.5717
CFD              Long           10163              11.5733
CFD              Long           14280              11.6509
CFD              Long           34127              11.6576
CFD              Long           15400              11.7476
CFD              Long           19526              11.7479


(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
None

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                         13 March 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