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               22 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         9,468,825   3.89%       752,397     0.31%
securities
(2) Derivatives        400,310   0.16%       789,385     0.32%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                9,869,135   4.05%     1,541,782     0.63%


(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             11                11.4718
Purchase              1                11.5700
Purchase             88                11.7380
Purchase            221                11.6800
Purchase            199                11.6200
Purchase          3,712                11.6800
Purchase          6,777                11.6932
Purchase            181                Transfer
Purchase        122,840                11.4991
Purchase          1,500                11.6317
Purchase         18,724                11.5685
Purchase         19,755                11.6777
Purchase            896                11.6156
Purchase         14,284                11.6823
Purchase            325                11.7276
Sale              9,889                11.6577
Sale             43,771                11.7250
Sale                181                Transfer
Sale              2,600                11.4983
Sale                428                Transfer
Sale            115,252                11.5933
Sale                154                11.8000
Sale             34,761                11.6780
Sale                  1                11.9400
Sale              1,500                11.7182
Sale                199                11.7300
Sale             32,809                11.8161
Sale              6,277                11.7221
Sale              1,498                11.3877
Sale              3,000                11.7377
Sale                447                11.7520

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities
CFD                Short               11             11.4718
CFD                Short           122840             11.4991
CFD                Short            18724             11.5684
CFD                Short                1             11.57
CFD                Short              896             11.6156
CFD                Short             1500             11.6317
CFD                Short             9316             11.645
CFD                Short            19755             11.6777
CFD                Short            14284             11.6823
CFD                Short             6777             11.6931
CFD                Long              1498             11.3877
CFD                Long              2600             11.4982
CFD                Long             57491             11.5676
CFD                Long             57761             11.6188
CFD                Long              9889             11.6576
CFD                Long             34761             11.6779
CFD                Long              1500             11.7182
CFD                Long              3000             11.7376
CFD                Long             32809             11.8161
CFD                Long                 1             11.94


(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                         23 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