Rule 8.3 - CARPETRIGHT

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 CARPETRIGHT Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.01 to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 22 November 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 1,306,125 1.92% 173,391 0.26% securities (2) Derivatives 1,296,776 1.91% 1,043,767 1.54% (other than options) (3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00% agreements to purchase/sell Total 2,602,901 3.83% 1,217,158 1.79% (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 243 11.1582 Purchase 2,872 10.7689 Purchase 3,504 10.7942 Purchase 2,044 10.8116 Purchase 200 10.9121 Purchase 3,078 10.7574 Purchase 2,872 10.7689 Sale 2,872 10.7689 Sale 243 11.1582 Sale 1,011 10.8889 Sale 1,868 10.9448 Sale 12,873 10.8504 Sale 243 11.1582 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name Long/Short Number of Price per Securities unit CFD Short 3078 10.7574 CFD Short 2872 10.7688 CFD Short 3504 10.7941 CFD Short 200 10.912 CFD Long 12873 10.8503 CFD Long 1011 10.8889 CFD Long 1868 10.9448 CFD Long 243 11.1581 (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 November 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)

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Barclays (BARC)
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