Rule 8.3 - BOC GROUP PLC

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              BOC GROUP PLC
Class of relevant security    ORD GBP 0.25
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing                15 JUNE 2006



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          25,848,450   (5.03%)       103,540    (0.02%)
securities
(2) Derivatives            2,422   (0.00%)       234,607    (0.05%)
(other than
options)
(3) Options and          100,000   (0.02%)             0    (0.00%)
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                 25,950,872   (5.05%)       338,147    (0.07%)


(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      2,796                15.6600
Purchase      1,681                15.6600
Purchase      778                  Transfer
Purchase      1,545                Transfer
Purchase      192                  Transfer
Purchase      830                  15.6900
Purchase      519                  15.6816
Purchase      2,585                15.6816
Purchase      200                  15.6939
Sale          330                  15.6800
Sale          500                  15.6800
Sale          655                  15.6925
Sale          1,100                15.6930
Sale          575                  15.6800
Sale          400                  15.6800
Sale          700                  15.6800
Sale          325                  15.6800
Sale          445                  15.6800
Sale          500                  15.6800
Sale          425                  15.6800
Sale          500                  15.6800
Sale          425                  15.6800
Sale          350                  15.6800
Sale          500                  15.6800
Sale          900                  15.6800
Sale          500                  15.6800
Sale          385                  15.6800
Sale          1,350                15.6800
Sale          308                  15.6825
Sale          1,250                15.6800
Sale          500                  15.6800
Sale          450                  15.6800
Sale          340                  15.6800
Sale          400                  15.6800
Sale          575                  15.6800
Sale          460                  15.6800
Sale          571                  15.6600
Sale          300                  15.6800
Sale          475                  15.6800
Sale          475                  15.6800
Sale          500                  15.6800
Sale          1,000                15.6800
Sale          385                  15.6800
Sale          475                  15.6800
Sale          1,225                15.6800
Sale          475                  15.6800
Sale          600                  15.6800
Sale          450                  15.6800
Sale          500                  15.6800
Sale          500                  15.6800
Sale          375                  15.6800
Sale          500                  15.6800
Sale          445                  15.6800
Sale          425                  15.6800
Sale          475                  15.6800
Sale          500                  15.6800
Sale          500                  15.6800
Sale          500                  15.6800
Sale          350                  15.6800
Sale          400                  15.6800
Sale          340                  15.6800
Sale          575                  15.6800
Sale          650                  15.6800
Sale          750                  15.6800
Sale          600                  15.6800
Sale          192                  Transfer
Sale          4,628                Transfer
Sale          1,545                Transfer
Sale          1,548                Transfer
Sale          37,147               Transfer
Sale          519                  15.6584
Sale          1,701                15.6884
Sale          2,585                 15.6744



(b)  Derivatives transactions
     (other than options)
Product Name  Long/Short  Number of         Price per unit
                          securities
CFD           Short       200               15.6939
CFD           Long        1701              15.68843034
CFD           Long        2585              15.67443327
CFD           Short       2585              15.68156673


(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 (Note 7)



(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

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 June 2006
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