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               22 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        23,855,991   5.66%         236,809   0.06%
securities
(2) Derivatives      6,071,364   1.44%       5,529,171   1.31%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%                0  0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total               29,927,355    7.10%       5,765,980  1.37%

(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            1,000                   1.801
Purchase            535                     1.8458
Purchase            800                     1.8494
Purchase            500                     1.8508
Purchase            1,093                   1.829
Purchase            1,084                   1.8284
Purchase            4,174                   1.786
Purchase            324                     1.8478
Purchase            250                     1.935
Purchase            2,000                   1.9025
Purchase            825                     1.8768
Purchase            2,500                   1.929
Purchase            25,000                  1.925
Purchase            4,943                   1.81
Purchase            2,177                   1.824
Purchase            600                     1.79
Purchase            8,625                   1.913
Purchase            7,000                   1.8647
Purchase            10,000                  1.8771
Purchase            300                     1.8745
Purchase            1,000                   1.9285
Purchase            200                     1.794
Purchase            1,056                   1.8778
Purchase            571                     1.8
Purchase            5,000                   1.8846
Purchase            510                     1.924
Purchase            540                     1.82
Purchase            5,000                   1.8285
Purchase            5,925                   1.8458
Purchase            1,569                   1.799
Purchase            250                     1.794
Purchase            550                     1.816
Purchase            2,900                   1.9277
Purchase            1,000                   1.8957
Purchase            2,671                   1.8594
Purchase            150                     1.8947
Purchase            549                     1.8444
Purchase            1,000                   1.808
Purchase            267                     1.8346
Purchase            542                     1.8498
Purchase            5,000                   1.8638
Purchase            100                     1.8975
Purchase            232                     1.958
Purchase            500                     1.792
Purchase            3,968                   1.8787
Purchase            256                     1.9094
Purchase            3,310                   1.8
Purchase            1,000                   1.7747
Purchase            562                     1.778
Purchase            2,000                   1.8997
Purchase            1,045                   1.9137
Purchase            2,000                   1.912
Purchase            5,275                   1.8847
Purchase            1,007                   1.799
Purchase            54,171                  1.846
Purchase            122                     1.9346
Purchase            2,621                   1.8949
Purchase            3,849                   1.9246
Purchase            472                     1.9037
Purchase            2,000                   1.9394
Purchase            3,000                   1.9436
Purchase            526                     1.8772
Purchase            2,000                   1.798
Purchase            7,621                   1.879
Purchase            1,383                   1.794
Purchase            700                     1.923
Purchase            150                     1.8
Purchase            3,000                   1.9094
Purchase            2,500                   1.8373
Purchase            1,337                   1.829
Purchase            2,000                   1.925
Purchase            130                     1.8668
Purchase            1,000                   1.8366
Purchase            1,062                   1.8668
Purchase            300                     1.9147
Purchase            2,500                   1.9
Purchase            3,000                   1.801
Purchase            1,000                   1.789
Purchase            461                     1.795
Purchase            106                     1.8778
Purchase            1,000                   1.79
Purchase            150                     1.9048
Purchase            1,069                   1.8696
Purchase            534                     1.87
Purchase            1,002                   1.8796
Purchase            3,521                   1.8877
Purchase            1,237                   Transfer
Purchase            1,637                   1.82
Purchase            2,090                   1.913
Purchase            3,000                   1.8
Purchase            2,220                   1.8196
Purchase            3,130                   1.9047
Purchase            359                     1.9047
Purchase            800                     1.8
Purchase            200                     1.9197
Purchase            5,000                   1.949
Purchase            1,000                   1.8428
Purchase            2,500                   1.9127
Purchase            500                     1.944
Purchase            2,514                   1.778
Purchase            20                      1.8566
Purchase            4,932                   1.8246
Purchase            103                     1.8
Purchase            2,500                   1.8767
Purchase            706                     1.854
Purchase            4,770                   1.815
Purchase            1,000                   1.79
Purchase            260                     1.867
Purchase            1,500                   1.8376
Purchase            1,100                   1.8485
Purchase            1,070                   1.8676
Purchase            2,051                   1.8915
Purchase            500                     1.8356
Purchase            2,000                   1.8907
Purchase            5,957                   1.829
Purchase            386                     1.9024
Purchase            3,000                   1.8724
Purchase            2,805                   1.782
Purchase            4,500                   1.8597
Purchase            100                     1.82
Purchase            500                     1.7987
Purchase            5,000                   1.8415
Purchase            1,000                   1.827
Purchase            50                      1.878
Purchase            4,000                   1.9297
Purchase            1,850                   1.8326
Purchase            978                     1.92
Purchase            822                     1.8237
Purchase            1,033                   1.9187
Purchase            8,108                   1.8498
Purchase            516                     1.9027
Purchase            6,724                   1.8588
Purchase            1,100                   1.798
Purchase            300                     1.82
Purchase            3,739                   1.8717
Purchase            1,000                   1.8238
Purchase            1,066                   1.8745
Purchase            333                     1.9176
Purchase            2,500                   1.9176
Purchase            1,064                   1.8585
Purchase            5,000                   1.9034
Purchase            2,397                   1.8648
Purchase            13,400                  1.85
Purchase            500                     1.8566
Purchase            5,000                   1.9044
Purchase            485                     1.855
Purchase            1,100                   1.8697
Purchase            5,400                   1.8404
Purchase            535                     1.8678
Purchase            2,500                   1.8618
Purchase            5,194                   1.925
Purchase            1,057                   1.8746
Purchase            253                     1.82
Purchase            1,500                   1.829
Purchase            1,000                   1.78
Purchase            4,621                   1.9476
Purchase            520                     1.8897
Purchase            520                     1.8884
Purchase            51                      1.7957
Purchase            114,977                 1.8777
Purchase            1,500                   1.8586
Purchase            2,000                   1.819
Purchase            438                     1.9385
Purchase            61                      1.82
Purchase            82                      1.82
Purchase            4,765                   1.8887
Purchase            4,000                   1.8448
Purchase            2,000                   1.8877
Purchase            1,000                   1.8778
Purchase            1,086                   1.82
Purchase            1,000                   1.91
Purchase            1,000                   1.9347
Purchase            193                     1.8386
Purchase            700                     1.8528
Purchase            1,092                   1.83
Purchase            2,500                   1.949
Sale                5,925                   1.892
Sale                4,998                   1.78
Sale                2,514                   1.9262
Sale                2,500                   1.9292
Sale                3,529                   1.902
Sale                386                     1.781
Sale                500                     1.765
Sale                500                     1.898
Sale                109                     1.764
Sale                978                     1.764
Sale                855                     1.8713
Sale                1,007                   1.805
Sale                7,000                   1.9012
Sale                4,000                   1.8414
Sale                300                     1.8202
Sale                1,446                   1.773
Sale                1,000                   1.77
Sale                1,070                   1.9306
Sale                51,000                  1.832
Sale                489                     1.805
Sale                6,724                   1.8984
Sale                2,748                   1.8224
Sale                15,000                  1.81
Sale                679                     1.805
Sale                243                     1.79
Sale                800                     1.77
Sale                500                     1.805
Sale                184                     1.792
Sale                1,100                   1.9015
Sale                217                     1.805
Sale                1,500                   1.785
Sale                500                     1.8494
Sale                4,000                   1.8454
Sale                500                     1.765
Sale                1,500                   1.9006
Sale                485                     1.8814
Sale                300                     1.794
Sale                4,500                   1.8686
Sale                4,000                   1.9212
Sale                1,000                   1.9023
Sale                398                     1.8
Sale                2,834                   1.8382
Sale                38                      1.8364
Sale                1,748                   1.8924
Sale                1,100                   1.8504
Sale                7,500                   1.9462
Sale                464                     1.777
Sale                4,621                   1.9272
Sale                2,000                   1.9065
Sale                5,800                   1.765
Sale                600                     1.855
Sale                859                     1.8322
Sale                1                       1.77
Sale                10,000                  1.953
Sale                539                     1.765
Sale                5,000                   1.8
Sale                1,662                   1.8637
Sale                13,400                  1.9182
Sale                1,200                   1.8482
Sale                215                     1.811
Sale                200                     1.9302
Sale                500                     1.8104
Sale                176                     1.8514
Sale                500                     1.8565
Sale                778                     1.805
Sale                2,500                   1.9301
Sale                4,943                   1.9023
Sale                1,038                   1.9286
Sale                800                     1.8482
Sale                374                     1.8
Sale                1,000                   1.8512
Sale                3,000                   1.9227
Sale                5,000                   1.8294
Sale                6,000                   1.9003
Sale                600                     1.846
Sale                1,000                   1.8
Sale                430                     1.8402
Sale                2,177                   1.8612
Sale                4,932                   1.8512
Sale                5,482                   1.803
Sale                117,643                 1.8794
Sale                4,770                   1.8521
Sale                1,941                   1.8442
Sale                31,207                  1.9125
Sale                1,000                   1.8933
Sale                472                     1.9186
Sale                825                     1.9013
Sale                9,235                   1.79
Sale                1,100                   1.8945
Sale                1,977                   1.9206
Sale                224                     1.9306
Sale                2,500                   1.8689
Sale                5,000                   1.8334
Sale                500                     1.79
Sale                3,710                   1.805
Sale                2                       1.805
Sale                308                     1.78
Sale                2,000                   1.8909
Sale                2,500                   1.9301
Sale                2,219                   1.761
Sale                500                     1.805
Sale                200                     1.781
Sale                66,664                  1.767
Sale                7,500                   1.8908
Sale                1,000                   1.922
Sale                2,000                   1.8992
Sale                2,500                   1.786
Sale                675                     1.783
Sale                289                     1.8542
Sale                589                     1.793
Sale                1,153                   1.791
Sale                1,287                   1.805
Sale                250                     1.9036
Sale                85                      1.765
Sale                493                     1.781
Sale                595                     1.782
Sale                1,055                   1.766
Sale                90                      1.8664
Sale                7,069                   1.9212
Sale                720                     1.805
Sale                500                     1.8304
Sale                1,045                   1.8702
Sale                1,100                   2.035
Sale                1,000                   1.8922
Sale                1,459                   1.9362
Sale                2,805                   1.8442
Sale                10,000                  1.878
Sale                2,279                   1.793
Sale                700                     1.8868
Sale                977                     1.78
Sale                454                     1.8689
Sale                500                     1.8612
Sale                2,450                   1.805
Sale                1,544                   1.9442
Sale                1,835                   1.8642
Sale                10,000                  1.765
Sale                2,500                   1.781
Sale                666                     1.8514
Sale                3,000                   1.8334
Sale                20,000                  1.901
Sale                6,969                   1.9052
Sale                3,069                   1.9023
Sale                189                     1.8
Sale                749                     1.8514
Sale                8,000                   1.9274
Sale                3,739                   1.8454
Sale                1,120                   1.786
Sale                5,275                   1.9036
Sale                790                     1.9212
Sale                700                     1.8528
Sale                500                     1.9301
Sale                2,000                   1.8727
Sale                54,171                  1.844
Sale                3,000                   1.9012
Sale                1,000                   1.8582
Sale                1,950                   1.8454
Sale                362                     1.783
Sale                3,000                   1.8532
Sale                94                      1.786
Sale                1,500                   1.76
Sale                2,220                   1.922
Sale                550                     1.8972
Sale                5,000                   1.8861
Sale                5,000                   1.8868
Sale                250                     1.9289

NB: The below transactions which were previously disclosed have been cancelled
Deal Date   Purchase/sale       Number of Securities Price per unit
19/10/07      Sale              10,000              1.9530



(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,   Long/Short       Number of      Price per unit
(e.g. CFD)      (Note 6)         Securities     (GBP)
CFD             Short            4770           1.815
CFD             Short            5400           1.8403
CFD             Short            114977         1.8777
CFD             Short            2051           1.8915
CFD             Long             1941           1.8442
CFD             Long             4770           1.8521
CFD             Long             117643         1.8794
CFD             Long             31207          1.9125

(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                         23 October 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