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               20 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         9,531,938   3.91%       707,352     0.29%
securities
(2) Derivatives        358,613   0.15%       783,662     0.32%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                9,890,551   4.06%     1,491,014     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            400              11.1860
Purchase            910              11.3400
Purchase          6,820              11.3103
Purchase          2,294              11.1522
Purchase          6,841              11.2036
Purchase            450              11.2060
Purchase         12,619              11.2371
Purchase            343              Transfer
Purchase         18,781              11.3200
Purchase         12,619              11.2371
Purchase         17,718              11.2500
Purchase          3,412              11.3200
Purchase            349              11.2460
Sale                343              Transfer
Sale             10,178              11.3177
Sale             12,619              11.2371
Sale                134              11.2040
Sale              2,012              11.1889
Sale                 75              11.1400
Sale              4,275              11.1889
Sale                142              Transfer
Sale              2,120              11.1889
Sale             17,718              11.2500
Sale              3,589              11.1833
Sale              1,010              11.1500
Sale                141              Transfer
Sale              1,356              11.1500
Sale              5,411              11.1889
Sale              1,301              11.1889
Sale             34,184              11.1843
Sale             10,161              11.1833
Sale                244              11.1940
Sale                228              11.1500
Sale                329              11.0606
Sale              1,537              11.1500
Sale              1,196              11.1889
Sale              1,179              11.1500
Sale              1,935              11.1889


(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities
CFD                Short          16071             11.1518
CFD                Short           2294             11.1522
CFD                Short           4841             11.2231
CFD                Short          12619             11.2371
CFD                Short           6820             11.3103
CFD                Long           34184             11.1842
CFD                Long           10178             11.3177


(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                         21 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