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               14 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         9,524,148   3.91%       704,979     0.29%
securities
(2) Derivatives        279,389   0.11%       718,071     0.29%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                9,803,537   4.02%     1,423,050     0.58%


(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      8,808                10.8322
Purchase      115                  10.9880
Purchase      28,038               10.9158
Purchase      3,161                10.8200
Purchase      957                  10.8870
Purchase      277                  10.8300
Purchase      10,758               10.9112
Purchase      40,800               10.8836
Purchase      147                  10.8300
Purchase      104                  10.8822
Purchase      2,500                10.9411
Purchase      10,758               10.9112
Purchase      156                  10.9675
Purchase      300                  10.9250
Purchase      18,472               11.0069
Sale          3,586                10.8337
Sale          3,774                10.8610
Sale          20,406               10.8281
Sale          10,758               10.9112
Sale          1,905                10.8289
Sale          3,200                10.9589
Sale          36,712               10.8817
Sale          3,000                10.8778

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities
CFD              Short          8808               10.8321
CFD              Short          104                10.8822
CFD              Short          40800              10.8836
CFD              Short          957                10.887
CFD              Short          10758              10.9112
CFD              Short          28038              10.9157
CFD              Short          2500               10.941
CFD              Short          18472              11.0068
CFD              Long           20406              10.8281
CFD              Long           3586               10.8336
CFD              Long           3774               10.8609
CFD              Long           3000               10.8778
CFD              Long           36712              10.8816
CFD              Long           33433              10.8906
CFD              Long           3200               10.9589

(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                         15 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