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               18 September 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      64,108,468     5.36%        1,044,767   0.09%
securities
(2) Derivatives   15,730,045     1.32%       18,089,573   1.51%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0     0.00%               0    0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total             79,838,513     6.68%       19,134,340   1.60%


(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      7,850                6.3700
Purchase      5,230                6.3750
Purchase      7,186                6.3750
Purchase      5,084                6.3750
Purchase      780                  6.3600
Purchase      1,500                6.3615
Purchase      20,965               6.3700
Purchase      3,013                6.3700
Purchase      18,515               6.3636
Purchase      400                  6.3761
Purchase      221,518              6.3707
Purchase      800                  6.3600
Purchase      5,805                6.3550
Purchase      400                  6.3761
Purchase      169,087              6.3644
Purchase      670                  6.3750
Purchase      411,599              6.3700
Sale          5,815                6.3544
Sale          108,180              6.3700
Sale          5,084                6.3750
Sale          5,084                6.3750
Sale          5,230                6.3750
Sale          13,120               6.3759
Sale          400                  6.3761
Sale          651                  6.3645
Sale          6,616                6.3703
Sale          16,019               6.3550
Sale          5,230                6.3750
Sale          5,591                6.3636
Sale          11,050               6.3703
Sale          1,617                6.3850
Sale          7,186                6.3750
Sale          3,374                6.3700
Sale          21,000               6.3745
Sale          67,652               6.3700
Sale          411,599              6.3700
Sale          28,733               6.3700
Sale          2,205                6.3636
Sale          7,186                6.3750
Sale          4,384                6.3645

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name   Long/Short    Number of     Price per
                             Securities    unit
CFD            Short         5805          6.355
CFD            Short         800           6.36
CFD            Short         1500          6.3614
CFD            Short         18515         6.3635
CFD            Short         169087        6.3643
CFD            Short         221518        6.3707
CFD            Short         400           6.376
CFD            Long          5815          6.3543
CFD            Long          16019         6.355
CFD            Long          13120         6.3759

(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                         19 September 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