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               15 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         9,647,166   3.96%       676,258     0.28%
securities
(2) Derivatives        295,533   0.12%       809,283     0.33%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                9,942,699   4.08%     1,485,541     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      373                  11.0900
Purchase      1,474                11.0900
Purchase      750                  11.0980
Purchase      30,000               11.1291
Purchase      818                  11.0713
Purchase      2,283                11.0900
Purchase      16,026               11.0549
Purchase      2,717                11.0900
Purchase      1,108                10.9022
Purchase      7,878                10.9902
Purchase      20,406               11.0656
Purchase      11,582               11.0922
Purchase      59,667               11.0624
Purchase      20,406               11.0656
Sale          500                  11.0624
Sale          23                   11.0900
Sale          2,283                11.0900
Sale          4,251                11.0100
Sale          923                  11.0936
Sale          1,196                11.0878
Sale          362                  11.0120
Sale          20,406               11.0656
Sale          1,115                11.0936
Sale          1,108                11.0978
Sale          20,179               11.0667
Sale          124                  Transfer


(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities
CFD              Short          1108               10.9021
CFD              Short          7878               10.9901
CFD              Short          16026              11.0548
CFD              Short          59667              11.0623
CFD              Short          20406              11.0656
CFD              Short          11582              11.0922
CFD              Short          30000              11.1291
CFD              Long           4251               11.01
CFD              Long           20179              11.0667
CFD              Long           44865              11.0818
CFD              Long           1196               11.0877
CFD              Long           1108               11.0977


(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                         16 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