Rule 8.3 - CORUS GROUP

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              CORUS GROUP
Class of relevant security    ORD GBP0.50
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               23 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          16,605,183    1.75%       475,854    0.05%
securities
(2) Derivatives          170,990    0.02%     1,869,695    0.20%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and                0    0.00%             0    0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total                 16,776,173    1.77%     2,345,549    0.25%


(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      20,442               6.0500
Purchase      88                   6.0500
Purchase      735                  6.0550
Sale          11,245               Transfer
Sale          834,547              Transfer
Sale          1,111,224            Transfer
Sale          192,473              Transfer
Sale          94,875               Transfer
Sale          31,826               Transfer
Sale          46,024               Transfer
Sale          147,154              Transfer
Sale          49,48                Transfer
Sale          739                  Transfer
Sale          6,591,27             Transfer
Sale          2,958                Transfer
Sale          209,37               Transfer
Sale          49,227               Transfer
Sale          13,629               Transfer
Sale          258,106              Transfer
Sale          3,755                Transfer
Sale          50,146               Transfer
Sale          107,404              Transfer
Sale          56,968               Transfer
Sale          31,739               Transfer
Sale          77,586               Transfer
Sale          15,234               Transfer
Sale          6,046                Transfer
Sale          42,036               Transfer
Sale          721,717              Transfer
Sale          53,882               Transfer
Sale          148,37               Transfer
Sale          40,624               Transfer
Sale          23,776               Transfer
Sale          263,396              Transfer
Sale          52,984               Transfer
Sale          173,48               Transfer
Sale          3,533                Transfer
Sale          15,065               Transfer
Sale          56,601               Transfer
Sale          80,436               Transfer
Sale          5,909                Transfer
Sale          32,153               Transfer
Sale          34,878               Transfer
Sale          31,716               Transfer
Sale          33,563               Transfer
Sale          3,373,651            Transfer
Sale          75,389               Transfer
Sale          212,929              Transfer
Sale          44,149               Transfer
Sale          91,217               Transfer
Sale          59,857               Transfer
Sale          871,928              Transfer
Sale          51,531               Transfer
Sale          41,069               Transfer
Sale          34,658               Transfer
Sale          20,247               Transfer
Sale          25,755               Transfer
Sale          24,669               Transfer
Sale          325,561              Transfer
Sale          108,829              Transfer
Sale          188                  6.0514
Sale          28,672               Transfer
Sale          48,938               Transfer
Sale          23,272               Transfer
Sale          229,84               Transfer
Sale          361,008              Transfer
Sale          155,763              Transfer
Sale          115,137              Transfer
Sale          26,750               Transfer
Sale          89,115               Transfer
Sale          15,428               Transfer
Sale          103,795              Transfer
Sale          2,162,161            Transfer
Sale          282,858              Transfer
Sale          760,772              Transfer
Sale          88,20                Transfer
Sale          4,814                Transfer
Sale          54,556               Transfer
Sale          27,974               Transfer
Sale          129,907              Transfer
Sale          87,060               Transfer
Sale          1,759,690            Transfer
Sale          79,923               Transfer
Sale          521,874              Transfer
Sale          80,423               Transfer
Sale          27,321               Transfer
Sale          28,462               Transfer
Sale          33,932               Transfer
Sale          45,780               Transfer
Sale          43,876               Transfer
Sale          9,823                Transfer
Sale          90,576               Transfer
Sale          51,724               Transfer
Sale          251,785              Transfer
Sale          138,813              Transfer
Sale          21,813               Transfer
Sale          80,170               Transfer
Sale          99,359               Transfer
Sale          429,848              Transfer
Sale          51,516               Transfer
Sale          84,868               Transfer
Sale          933                  Transfer
Sale          206,672              Transfer

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product Name  Long/Short Number of          Price per unit
                         securities


(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 (Note 5)
                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
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                         26 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