Rule 8.3 - NORTHERN ROCK PLC

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              NORTHERN ROCK PLC
Class of relevant security    ORD GBP0.25
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               27 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        23,962,304   5.69%         653,512    0.16%
securities
(2) Derivatives      1,823,491   0.43%         990,745    0.24%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and         22,319   0.01%                0   0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                25,808,114  6.13%         1,644,257  0.39%


(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      100                  1.9200
Purchase      250                  1.9380
Purchase      5,189                1.9270
Purchase      2,000                1.9330
Purchase      3,112                1.9280
Purchase      15,628               1.9100
Purchase      4,500                1.9690
Purchase      509                  1.9310
Purchase      3,000                1.9700
Purchase      1,000                1.9526
Purchase      255                  1.9567
Purchase      513                  1.9480
Purchase      1,000                1.9556
Purchase      2,953                1.9500
Purchase      5,000                1.9130
Purchase      10,000               1.9150
Purchase      3,000                1.9170
Purchase      854                  1.9887
Purchase      20,000               1.9490
Purchase      5,016                1.9810
Purchase      5,000                1.9560
Purchase      2,596                1.9257
Purchase      10,291               1.9330
Purchase      1,000                1.7640
Purchase      5,192                1.9150
Purchase      408                  1.9490
Purchase      500                  1.9508
Purchase      2,593                1.9140
Purchase      761                  1.9696
Purchase      3,000                1.9270
Purchase      510                  1.9350
Purchase      13,020               1.9200
Purchase      95                   1.9497
Purchase      492                  1.9850
Purchase      365                  1.9160
Purchase      102                  1.9598
Purchase      2,525                1.9800
Purchase      254                  1.9680
Purchase      500                  1.9300
Purchase      526                  1.8990
Purchase      2,000                1.9130
Purchase      4,000                1.9530
Purchase      1,023                1.9547
Purchase      260                  1.9180
Purchase      1,500                1.8990
Purchase      769                  1.9250
Purchase      445                  1.9790
Purchase      300                  1.9638
Purchase      1,000                1.9270
Purchase      500                  1.9100
Purchase      250                  1.9377
Purchase      4,672                1.9260
Purchase      500                  1.9530
Purchase      2,000                1.9090
Purchase      128                  1.9490
Purchase      2,000                1.9800
Purchase      387                  1.9100
Purchase      49                   1.9540
Purchase      685                  1.9498
Purchase      251                  1.9300
Purchase      76                   1.9736
Purchase      2,600                1.9100
Purchase      11,700               1.8300
Purchase      2,604                1.9200
Purchase      517                  1.8990
Purchase      3,772                1.9880
Purchase      1,015                1.9700
Purchase      150                  1.9874
Purchase      500                  1.9150
Purchase      1,000                1.9840
Purchase      20,000               1.9277
Purchase      5,211                1.9190
Purchase      1,368                1.9858
Purchase      2,000                1.9140
Purchase      3,000                1.9110
Purchase      200                  1.9227
Purchase      2,000                1.9200
Purchase      3,505                1.9850
Purchase      4,076                1.9510
Purchase      244                  1.9850
Purchase      250                  1.9120
Purchase      7,086                1.9640
Purchase      757                  1.9800
Purchase      3,021                1.9860
Purchase      5,378                1.8500
Purchase      1,300                1.9297
Purchase      52                   1.9190
Purchase      125                  1.8942
Purchase      1,712                1.9270
Purchase      1,867                1.9510
Purchase      247                  1.9860
Purchase      1,798                1.9300
Purchase      239                  1.9472
Purchase      276                  1.9490
Purchase      500                  1.9330
Purchase      504                  1.9497
Purchase      1,000                1.7640
Purchase      481                  1.9240
Purchase      2,026                1.9600
Purchase      420                  1.9000
Purchase      400                  1.9648
Purchase      1,000                1.8850
Purchase      259                  1.9278
Purchase      92                   1.9530
Purchase      1,554                1.9302
Purchase      1,034                1.9330
Purchase      96                   1.9876
Purchase      503                  1.9846
Purchase      745                  1.9260
Purchase      101                  1.9636
Purchase      245                  1.9793
Purchase      97                   1.9278
Purchase      117                  1.9556
Purchase      258                  1.9600
Purchase      3,842                1.9390
Purchase      5,000                1.9380
Purchase      500                  1.9120
Purchase      750                  1.9300
Purchase      212                  1.9600
Purchase      21                   1.9840
Purchase      5,000                1.9800
Purchase      987                  1.9917
Purchase      1,500                1.9617
Purchase      94                   1.9700
Purchase      1,193                1.9270
Purchase      993                  2.0121
Purchase      5,000                1.9550
Purchase      1,000                1.9480
Purchase      255                  1.9567
Purchase      250                  1.9242
Purchase      5,000                1.9680
Purchase      2,000                1.9140
Purchase      72                   1.9480
Purchase      1,100                1.9297
Purchase      1,000                1.9580
Purchase      1,546                1.9224
Purchase      2,000                1.9600
Purchase      4,717                1.9500
Purchase      2,000                1.9800
Purchase      1,023                1.9380
Purchase      462                  1.9197
Purchase      2,497                1.9870
Purchase      1,500                1.9680
Purchase      3,900                1.9190
Purchase      25,000               1.9290
Purchase      379                  1.9490
Purchase      396                  1.9640
Purchase      4,505                1.9860
Purchase      245                  1.9180
Purchase      520                  1.9350
Purchase      5,720                1.9120
Purchase      303                  1.9270
Purchase      3,000                1.9190
Purchase      3,200                1.9500
Purchase      644                  1.9900
Purchase      800                  1.9834
Purchase      2,498                1.9880
Purchase      2,615                1.8990
Purchase      1,000                1.9888
Purchase      119                  1.9500
Purchase      2,586                1.9330
Purchase      1,000                1.9150
Purchase      875                  1.9500
Purchase      5,000                1.8990
Purchase      1,111                1.9590
Purchase      195                  1.9740
Purchase      2,000                1.9280
Purchase      521                  1.9190
Purchase      700                  1.9292
Purchase      95                   1.9490
Purchase      1,000                1.9287
Purchase      1,000                1.9240
Purchase      51                   1.9480
Purchase      94                   1.9877
Purchase      514                  1.9200
Purchase      2,212                1.9730
Purchase      100                  1.9570
Purchase      3,000                1.9150
Purchase      5,160                1.9260
Purchase      3,000                1.9300
Purchase      1,029                1.9697
Purchase      1,037                1.9280
Purchase      9,000                1.8430
Purchase      1,000                1.9547
Purchase      513                  1.9240
Purchase      234                  1.9624
Purchase      507                  1.9690
Purchase      102,301              1.9550
Purchase      1,014                1.9500
Purchase      3,523                1.9750
Purchase      1,500                1.9640
Purchase      545                  1.9840
Purchase      3,817                1.9528
Purchase      2,552                1.9590
Purchase      97                   1.9190
Purchase      500                  1.9270
Purchase      40                   1.9567
Purchase      1,500                1.9548
Purchase      557                  1.9200
Purchase      5,000                1.9372
Purchase      2,534                1.9600
Purchase      2,000                1.9220
Purchase      1,000                1.9490
Purchase      755                  1.9590
Purchase      991                  1.9878
Purchase      2,000                1.9320
Purchase      364                  1.9190
Purchase      1,300                1.6980
Purchase      800                  1.9470
Purchase      148                  1.9287
Purchase      2,011                1.9610
Purchase      756                  1.9960
Purchase      251                  1.9452
Purchase      496                  1.9785
Purchase      614                  1.9305
Purchase      326                  1.9850
Purchase      2,000                1.9270
Purchase      2,594                1.9270
Purchase      5,078                1.9690
Purchase      5,000                1.9150
Purchase      10,000               1.9150
Purchase      503                  1.9858
Purchase      906                  1.9310
Purchase      1,000                1.9580
Purchase      2,000                1.9100
Purchase      508                  1.9350
Purchase      248                  1.9550
Purchase      3,000                1.9810
Purchase      295                  1.9740
Purchase      3,614                1.9250
Purchase      194,436              1.9476
Purchase      413                  1.9340
Purchase      255                  1.9560
Purchase      1,500                1.9138
Purchase      1,300                1.9330
Purchase      251                  1.9270
Purchase      332                  1.9100
Purchase      7,000                1.9200
Purchase      784                  1.9130
Purchase      3,100                1.9350
Purchase      9,000                1.8430
Purchase      754                  1.9620
Purchase      477                  1.9548
Purchase      6,000                1.9570
Purchase      518                  1.9300
Purchase      5,109                1.9570
Purchase      500                  1.9640
Purchase      499                  1.9680
Purchase      259                  1.9266
Purchase      4,692                1.9180
Purchase      257                  1.9452
Purchase      5,189                1.9270
Purchase      2,598                1.9240
Purchase      514                  1.9200
Purchase      3,368                1.9600
Purchase      253                  1.9190
Purchase      6,261                1.9050
Purchase      577                  1.9605
Purchase      2,590                1.9300
Purchase      26                   1.9497
Purchase      509                  1.9300
Purchase      2,586                1.9330
Purchase      379                  1.9490
Purchase      500                  1.9880
Purchase      5,000                1.9180
Purchase      4,127                1.9270
Purchase      2,319                1.9870
Purchase      514                  1.9448
Purchase      1,000                1.9274
Purchase      1,783                1.9000
Purchase      1,500                1.8850
Purchase      3,000                1.9290
Purchase      1,542                1.9448
Purchase      3,045                1.9700
Purchase      5,000                1.9190
Purchase      2,564                1.9500
Purchase      4,500                1.8990
Purchase      380                  1.9278
Purchase      1,008                1.9500
Purchase      2,000                1.9668
Purchase      500                  1.9800
Purchase      20,768               1.9260
Purchase      1,500                1.9190
Purchase      253                  1.9710
Purchase      5,000                1.9700
Purchase      3,813                1.9540
Purchase      2,000                1.9190
Purchase      1,000                1.9270
Sale          5,000                1.9550
Sale          650                  2.0000
Sale          102,301              1.9650
Sale          462                  1.8970
Sale          1,000                1.9320
Sale          1,000                1.9480
Sale          900                  1.9304
Sale          3,000                1.9410
Sale          500                  1.9812
Sale          886                  1.9150
Sale          30,000               1.9230
Sale          1,000                1.9348
Sale          1,500                1.9504
Sale          72                   1.9460
Sale          500                  1.9644
Sale          1,000                1.9320
Sale          2,741                1.9900
Sale          250                  1.9290
Sale          1,775                1.9780
Sale          4,500                1.9670
Sale          500                  1.9910
Sale          2,000                1.9430
Sale          195                  1.9484
Sale          300                  1.9100
Sale          1,500                1.9300
Sale          1,050                1.9250
Sale          981                  1.9400
Sale          500                  1.9400
Sale          175                  1.9600
Sale          3,000                1.9560
Sale          2,000                1.9170
Sale          2,849                1.9310
Sale          2,000                1.9830
Sale          644                  2.0000
Sale          10,000               1.9700
Sale          40                   Transfer
Sale          2,485                1.8750
Sale          1,000                1.9410
Sale          5,000                1.9100
Sale          200                  1.9450
Sale          5,000                1.9460
Sale          2,785                1.9780
Sale          4,000                1.9500
Sale          500                  2.0250
Sale          521                  1.9200
Sale          1,573                1.9854
Sale          1,369                1.9050
Sale          4,000                1.9060
Sale          5,000                1.9300
Sale          901                  1.9950
Sale          269                  1.9200
Sale          3,000                1.9620
Sale          1,603                1.9510
Sale          500                  1.9000
Sale          100                  1.9020
Sale          2,353                1.9420
Sale          1,500                1.9835
Sale          2,500                1.9220
Sale          232                  1.9300
Sale          1,100                1.9350
Sale          500                  1.9110
Sale          5,000                1.9000
Sale          1,000                1.9602
Sale          1,000                1.9520
Sale          160                  1.9800
Sale          1,459                1.9380
Sale          4,286                1.9500
Sale          7,000                1.9290
Sale          2,000                1.9400
Sale          1,000                1.9530
Sale          618                  1.9503
Sale          3,900                1.9280
Sale          1,000                1.9300
Sale          5,218                1.9180
Sale          3,021                1.9810
Sale          1,132                1.9233
Sale          500                  1.9670
Sale          13,263               1.8760
Sale          1,000                1.9513
Sale          7,581                1.9310
Sale          710                  Transfer
Sale          1,142                1.9504
Sale          5,189                1.9490
Sale          271                  1.9190
Sale          8,000                1.9150
Sale          1,342                2.0000
Sale          1,169                1.9350
Sale          555                  1.9503
Sale          2,500                1.9080
Sale          2,000                1.9074
Sale          3,233                1.9830
Sale          3,731                1.9810
Sale          500                  1.9300
Sale          6,500                1.9350
Sale          2,594                1.9260
Sale          3,112                1.9780
Sale          1,500                1.9502
Sale          5,000                1.9800
Sale          1,111                1.9310
Sale          1,000                1.9500
Sale          1,000                1.9120
Sale          588                  1.9350
Sale          1,400                1.9484
Sale          3,000                1.9460
Sale          2,000                1.9810
Sale          1,147                1.9404
Sale          28,301               1.9500
Sale          5,000                1.9530
Sale          2,000                1.9330
Sale          2,596                1.9770
Sale          24,500               1.9170
Sale          500                  1.9280
Sale          500                  1.9280
Sale          400                  1.9280
Sale          1,200                1.9280
Sale          1,100                1.9280
Sale          1,200                1.9280
Sale          1,000                1.9280
Sale          1,200                1.9280
Sale          493                  1.9492
Sale          700                  1.9280
Sale          244                  1.9492
Sale          500                  1.9280
Sale          500                  1.9280
Sale          324                  1.9500
Sale          350                  1.9280
Sale          550                  1.9280
Sale          500                  1.9280
Sale          750                  1.9280
Sale          3,000                1.9280
Sale          750                  1.9280
Sale          315                  1.9280
Sale          250                  1.9492
Sale          800                  1.9280
Sale          880                  1.9210
Sale          525                  1.9280
Sale          1,000                1.9210
Sale          1,400                1.9280
Sale          500                  1.9780
Sale          500                  1.9210
Sale          500                  1.9280
Sale          4,127                1.9850
Sale          1,000                1.9620
Sale          10,432               1.9180
Sale          200                  1.9780
Sale          1,033                1.9620
Sale          200                  1.9503
Sale          673                  1.9180
Sale          200                  1.9790
Sale          533                  1.9483
Sale          500                  1.9820
Sale          3,184                1.9810
Sale          235                  1.9350
Sale          380                  1.9564
Sale          500                  1.9900
Sale          600                  1.9280
Sale          500                  1.9280
Sale          425                  1.9280
Sale          250                  1.9280
Sale          900                  1.9210
Sale          2,250                1.9280
Sale          2,000                1.9280
Sale          3,000                1.9810
Sale          800                  1.9280
Sale          252                  1.9020
Sale          1,460                1.9570
Sale          3,045                1.9450
Sale          209                  1.9555
Sale          15,000               1.9460
Sale          547                  1.9066
Sale          500                  1.9280
Sale          600                  1.9280
Sale          1,100                1.9280
Sale          750                  1.9280
Sale          1,000                1.9280
Sale          275                  1.9280
Sale          850                  1.9280
Sale          2,900                1.9280
Sale          500                  1.9210
Sale          1,500                1.9280
Sale          3,000                1.9280
Sale          1,000                1.9670
Sale          500                  1.9280
Sale          9,000                1.9280
Sale          400                  1.9280
Sale          350                  1.9492
Sale          369                  1.9492
Sale          200,789              1.9374
Sale          500                  1.9280
Sale          500                  1.9280
Sale          2,500                1.9280
Sale          1                    1.9400
Sale          600                  1.9280
Sale          550                  1.9280
Sale          550                  1.9280
Sale          965                  1.9210
Sale          750                  1.9280
Sale          500                  1.9280
Sale          490                  1.9280
Sale          400                  1.9280
Sale          1,940                1.9210
Sale          1,500                1.9280
Sale          400                  1.9280
Sale          675                  1.9280
Sale          2,804                1.9500
Sale          500                  1.9280
Sale          600                  1.9280
Sale          500                  1.9280
Sale          950                  1.9210
Sale          820                  1.9280
Sale          600                  1.9280
Sale          430                  1.9210
Sale          550                  1.9280
Sale          250                  1.9280
Sale          1,000                1.9280
Sale          800                  1.9280
Sale          413                  1.9210
Sale          1,400                1.9280
Sale          2,000                1.9280
Sale          450                  1.9280
Sale          750                  1.9280
Sale          1,500                1.9280
Sale          980                  1.9250
Sale          500                  1.9280
Sale          1,400                1.9280
Sale          650                  1.9210
Sale          500                  1.9280
Sale          550                  1.9280
Sale          375                  1.9280
Sale          184,541              1.9508
Sale          550                  1.9280
Sale          375                  1.9280
Sale          525                  1.9280
Sale          2,100                1.9280
Sale          500                  1.9074
Sale          1,000                1.9642
Sale          2,840                1.9300
Sale          3,523                1.9810
Sale          141                  2.0000
Sale          4,500                1.9340
Sale          400                  1.9280
Sale          3,521                1.9670
Sale          1,500                1.9620
Sale          1,147                1.9480
Sale          708                  1.9310
Sale          100                  1.9110
Sale          4,078                1.9300
Sale          600                  1.9300
Sale          888                  1.9623
Sale          4,535                1.9880
Sale          250                  1.9230
Sale          1,206                1.9614
Sale          388                  1.9850
Sale          3,200                1.9230
Sale          422                  1.9300
Sale          1,112                1.9902
Sale          3,500                1.9000
Sale          8,269                1.9200
Sale          183                  1.9800
Sale          4,000                1.9910
Sale          3,614                1.9540
Sale          524                  1.9110
Sale          690                  1.9520
Sale          3,000                1.9700
Sale          3,066                1.9850
Sale          2,000                1.9350
Sale          2,500                1.9510
Sale          1,351                1.9900
Sale          3,505                1.9380
Sale          531                  2.0000
Sale          1,201                1.9700
Sale          2,500                1.9300
Sale          675                  1.9065
Sale          1,000                1.9622
Sale          5,400                1.9850
Sale          500                  1.9060
Sale          6,000                1.9780
Sale          250                  1.9604
Sale          30,000               1.9200
Sale          2,000                1.9640
Sale          1,500                1.9502
Sale          1,000                1.9810
Sale          387                  1.9502
Sale          1,000                2.0000
Sale          347                  1.9300
Sale          527                  1.9000
Sale          750                  1.9200
Sale          254                  1.9810
Sale          1,000                1.9650
Sale          1,800                1.9500
Sale          632                  1.9348
Sale          5,000                1.9400
Sale          55,096               1.9050
Sale          700                  1.9300
Sale          2,700                1.9320
Sale          560                  1.9780
Sale          1,212                1.9020
Sale          250                  1.9780
Sale          7,295                1.9280
Sale          2,052                1.9470
Sale          617                  2.0000
Sale          502                  1.9563
Sale          250                  1.9810
Sale          1,500                1.9300
Sale          1,262                1.9310
Sale          785                  1.9540
Sale          993                  1.9570
Sale          5,000                1.9000
Sale          1,000                1.9400
Sale          27,225               1.9320
Sale          1,783                1.9250
Sale          1,000                2.0000
Sale          6,261                1.9420
Sale          350                  1.9230
Sale          525                  1.9180
Sale          781                  1.9350
Sale          2,000                2.0000
Sale          3,010                1.9520
Sale          2,552                1.9050
Sale          100                  2.0000
Sale          1,563                1.9200
Sale          178                  1.9484
Sale          204                  1.9702
Sale          1,000                1.9800
Sale          4,000                1.9900
Sale          750                  1.9500
Sale          1,445                1.9560
Sale          500                  1.9663
Sale          1,308                1.9500
Sale          6,000                1.9260
Sale          5,000                1.9460
Sale          2,000                1.9470
Sale          2,500                1.9340
Sale          500                  1.9790
Sale          11,209               1.9300
Sale          6,920                1.9660
Sale          1,393                1.9300
Sale          502                  1.9852
Sale          7,000                1.9220
Sale          721                  1.9250
Sale          250                  2.0000
Sale          266                  2.0000
Sale          5,063                1.9900
Sale          517                  1.9900
Sale          3,100                1.9050
Sale          1,000                1.9900
Sale          2,684                1.9860
Sale          300                  1.9010
Sale          5,000                1.9260
Sale          500                  1.9310
Sale          582                  1.9300
Sale          379                  2.0250
Sale          1,146                1.9503
Sale          1,500                1.9814
Sale          1,000                1.9503
Sale          51,339               1.9250
Sale          5,091                1.8780

  (b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,   Long/Short       Number of      Price per unit
(e.g. CFD)      (Note 6)         Securities     (GBP)
CFD             Short            46806          1.9444
CFD             Short            194436         1.9476
CFD             Long             200789         1.9373
CFD             Long             1              1.94
CFD             Long             184541         1.9507

(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)                YES


Date of disclosure                         28 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


DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS
(This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate)

Product name,      Written or    Number of Securities to   Exercise Price   Type, e.g.     Expiry Date
e.g. call option   Purchased     which the option or       (Note 2)         American,
                                 derivative relates                         European etc.
Option             Purchased     7,103                     15.8111          EURO            11/10/2007
Option             Purchased     15,216                    19.3427          EURO            11/10/2007
Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFD's), full details should be given.
Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell should also be given on this form.
2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.

For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and its Notes which can be viewed on the Takeover
Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk