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               20 December 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        1,473,192    2.17%         66,848     0.10%
securities
(2) Derivatives        57,837    0.09%         92,951     0.14%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and             0    0.00%              0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total               1,531,029    2.25%        159,799     0.24%


(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      194                  10.5815
Purchase      2,379                10.6178
Purchase      17,008               10.5508
Purchase      56                   10.6218
Purchase      2,874                10.5918
Purchase      17,008               10.5508
Purchase      132                  10.5620
Purchase      2,874                10.5918
Purchase      56                   10.6218
Purchase      930                  10.5320
Purchase      12,337               10.5327
Purchase      1,230                10.6185
Purchase      16,814               10.5504
Purchase      194                  10.5815
Sale          16,814               10.5504
Sale          930                  10.5300
Sale          1,701                10.6800
Sale          2,874                10.5918
Sale          194                  10.5815
Sale          17,008               10.5508
Sale          12,337               10.5327
Sale          1,230                10.6174
Sale          194                  10.5815
Sale          194                  10.5795
Sale          2,379                10.6178
Sale          56                   10.6218
Sale          132                  10.5600


(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name   Long/Short    Number of     Price per
                             Securities    unit
CFD            Short         930           10.532
CFD            Short         12337         10.5326
CFD            Short         132           10.5619
CFD            Short         2874          10.5917
CFD            Short         2379          10.6177
CFD            Short         1230          10.6184
CFD            Short         56            10.6217
CFD            Long          194           10.5795


(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 December 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)