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               16 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         9,642,892   3.96%       688,317     0.28%
securities
(2) Derivatives        336,156   0.14%       812,138     0.33%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                9,979,048   4.09%     1,500,455     0.62%


(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         2,618              11.1613
Purchase         1,187              11.0368
Purchase         6,571              10.9900
Purchase           242              10.9900
Purchase         1,130              10.9659
Purchase         1,276              11.0400
Purchase           758              10.9900
Purchase         2,289              11.0414
Purchase            66              10.9900
Purchase         2,452              10.9991
Purchase        11,600              10.9780
Purchase           500              10.9714
Purchase         1,000              10.9660
Purchase        32,743              10.9751
Purchase           727              11.0022
Purchase         4,202              10.9922
Purchase         2,784              10.9900
Sale                86              10.9900
Sale               314              10.9820
Sale            11,426              10.9995
Sale               373              11.0900
Sale               503              Transfer
Sale            44,690              11.0306
Sale             3,500              10.9900
Sale             1,187              11.0368
Sale             2,289              11.0186
Sale             1,187              11.0368
Sale             1,256              11.1378
Sale             1,474              11.0900
Sale             8,134              11.0361


(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities
CFD               Short            500              10.9713
CFD               Short          32743              10.9751
CFD               Short          11600              10.978
CFD               Short           4202              10.9921
CFD               Short           2452              10.9991
CFD               Short            727              11.0022
CFD               Short           6727              11.0369
CFD               Short           1276              11.04
CFD               Short           2289              11.0413
CFD               Long           35936              10.9839
CFD               Long            3500              10.99
CFD               Long           11426              10.9995
CFD               Long            2289              11.0186
CFD               Long           44690              11.0305
CFD               Long            1187              11.0368
CFD               Long            1256              11.1377


(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                         19 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