Rule 8.3 - IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES

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              IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
Class of relevant security    ORD GBP1
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               31 October 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      80,001,370     6.69%          962,232   0.08%
securities
(2) Derivatives   19,645,666     1.64%       25,399,270   2.12%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0     0.00%                0   0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total             99,647,036     8.33%       26,361,502   2.20%

(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      731                  6.5900
Purchase      2,771                Transfer
Purchase      5,671                Transfer
Purchase      50,000               6.5810
Purchase      19,980               Transfer
Purchase      9,305                6.5913
Purchase      750                  6.5880
Purchase      319,774              6.5862
Purchase      2,624                Transfer
Purchase      5,421                Transfer
Purchase      5,671                Transfer
Sale          5,671                Transfer
Sale          363                  6.5900
Sale          68,677               6.5800
Sale          2,419                6.5900
Sale          1,042                6.5800
Sale          10,229               Transfer
Sale          5,039                6.5900
Sale          4,211                6.5900
Sale          5,550                Transfer
Sale          7,447                6.5800
Sale          5,421                Transfer
Sale          14,099               Transfer
Sale          7,346                6.5900
Sale          14,933               Transfer
Sale          3,181                Transfer
Sale          6,296                6.5900
Sale          4,758                Transfer

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name   Long/Short    Number of     Price per
                             Securities    unit
CFD            Short         50000         6.5809
CFD            Short         319774        6.5861
CFD            Short         9305          6.5912
CFD            Long          7447          6.58

(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                         01 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)


Notes

The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk