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               13 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         9,479,738   3.89%       721,295     0.30%
securities
(2) Derivatives        232,397   0.10%       664,753     0.27%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                9,712,135   3.99%     1,386,048     0.57%


(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      3,100                11.4105
Purchase      298                  11.5640
Purchase      41                   11.4715
Purchase      375                  11.3380
Purchase      16,300               11.3793
Purchase      6,478                11.6532
Purchase      276                  11.3480
Purchase      19,52                11.6767
Purchase      371                  11.5160
Purchase      815                  11.3890
Purchase      2,571                11.3277
Purchase      15,000               11.6406
Purchase      6,693                11.3440
Purchase      10,262               11.6223
Purchase      1,936                11.3400
Purchase      184                  11.3400
Purchase      2,200                11.5200
Purchase      375                  11.5140
Purchase      6,699                11.5413
Purchase      534                  11.5123
Sale          3,300                11.6788
Sale          2,406                11.3790
Sale          1,925                11.3762
Sale          4,145                11.7014
Sale          43,873               11.3782
Sale          10,758               11.3380
Sale          20,976               11.7492
Sale          300                  11.3689
Sale          1,14                 11.6073
Sale          36,58                11.6714
Sale          523                  11.6760
Sale          453                  11.5240
Sale          35                   11.3486
Sale          638                  11.6877

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities
CFD              Short          2571               11.3276
CFD              Short          16300              11.3793
CFD              Short          815                11.389
CFD              Short          3100               11.4104
CFD              Short          41                 11.4714
CFD              Short          534                11.5123
CFD              Short          6699               11.5412
CFD              Short          10262              11.6223
CFD              Short          15000              11.6406
CFD              Short          6478               11.6531
CFD              Short          19526              11.6767
CFD              Long           1075               11.338
CFD              Long           35                 11.3485
CFD              Long           300                11.3688
CFD              Long           1925               11.3762
CFD              Long           43873              11.3782
CFD              Long           240                11.3789
CFD              Long           16554              11.3815
CFD              Long           114                11.6072
CFD              Long           36582              11.6713
CFD              Long           523                11.676
CFD              Long           3300               11.6788
CFD              Long           638                11.6876
CFD              Long           4145               11.7014
CFD              Long           11492              11.7246
CFD              Long           9484               11.7788


(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                         14 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