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               24 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        24,770,380   5.88%         207,336   0.05%
securities
(2) Derivatives      6,234,644   1.48%       5,859,956   1.39%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%               0   0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total               31,005,024   7.36%       6,067,292   1.44%

(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           Price per unit
                   Securities          (GBP)
Purchase           260                 1.9194
Purchase           2,400               1.8836
Purchase           2,100               1.8720
Purchase           20,618              1.9400
Purchase           45                  1.9580
Purchase           7,000               1.9204
Purchase           40                  1.8735
Purchase           371                 1.8496
Purchase           600                 1.8876
Purchase           1,038               1.9096
Purchase           2,578               1.9390
Purchase           3,815               1.8347
Purchase           5,000               1.8796
Purchase           1,807               1.8097
Purchase           3,546               1.8496
Purchase           5,000               1.9038
Purchase           498                 1.9214
Purchase           5,127               1.9300
Purchase           5,375               1.8496
Purchase           34                  1.9254
Purchase           1,000               1.8250
Purchase           25,783              1.9100
Purchase           96                  1.9400
Purchase           3,800               1.8418
Purchase           7,000               1.8496
Purchase           3,965               1.8786
Purchase           538                 1.8350
Purchase           6,733               1.9200
Purchase           2,616               1.9106
Purchase           788                 1.8784
Purchase           1,250               1.8848
Purchase           3,000               1.8972
Purchase           2,600               1.9215
Purchase           390                 1.9214
Purchase           1,368               1.9000
Purchase           7,686               1.8993
Purchase           400                 1.9066
Purchase           107                 1.9400
Purchase           1,762               1.8596
Purchase           2,745               1.8097
Purchase           33                  1.8866
Purchase           266                 1.8998
Purchase           137                 1.9400
Purchase           540                 1.8506
Purchase           249                 1.9254
Purchase           50,000              1.9090
Purchase           1,000               1.8235
Purchase           5,000               1.8856
Purchase           550                 1.9083
Purchase           2,000               1.8816
Purchase           319                 1.8755
Purchase           259                 1.8896
Purchase           1,000               1.9028
Purchase           5,000               1.8180
Purchase           1,568               1.8287
Purchase           150                 1.9460
Purchase           1,756               1.8656
Purchase           3,933               1.9066
Purchase           2,750               1.8178
Purchase           1,000               1.8415
Purchase           515                 1.9400
Purchase           945                 1.8496
Purchase           3,180               1.8866
Purchase           2,000               1.8098
Purchase           1,030               1.9194
Purchase           1,088               1.8230
Purchase           200                 1.8776
Purchase           2,000               1.9274
Purchase           3,000               1.9400
Purchase           80,000              1.9170
Purchase           2,552               1.9590
Purchase           30                  1.9066
Purchase           100                 1.8496
Purchase           4,033               1.8596
Purchase           542                 1.8200
Purchase           524                 1.8825
Purchase           300                 1.8536
Purchase           16                  1.8156
Purchase           87,361              1.8655
Purchase           59,066              1.8832
Purchase           1,000               1.9027
Purchase           2,093               1.8983
Purchase           83,267              1.8971
Purchase           4,052               1.8396
Purchase           2,000               1.9550
Purchase           45                  1.9154
Purchase           519                 1.9010
Purchase           5,190               1.9067
Purchase           4,000               1.8536
Purchase           2,000               1.9265
Purchase           1,000               1.9374
Purchase           500                 1.9043
Purchase           50,770              1.9400
Purchase           1,546               1.9400
Purchase           2,129               1.8784
Purchase           2,938               1.8038
Purchase           2,500               1.8996
Purchase           7,000               1.8350
Purchase           1,000               1.9400
Purchase           546                 1.8300
Purchase           400                 1.8250
Purchase           5,189               1.9270
Purchase           1,408               1.8260
Purchase           1,032               1.9194
Purchase           1,639               1.8300
Purchase           787                 1.9043
Purchase           1,500               1.8866
Purchase           2,000               1.9000
Purchase           12,853              1.9294
Purchase           484                 1.8576
Purchase           1,100               1.8536
Purchase           2,184               1.9380
Purchase           261                 1.9096
Purchase           3,679               1.9024
Purchase           520                 1.8998
Purchase           1,033               1.9134
Purchase           526                 1.8990
Purchase           498                 1.9043
Purchase           1,000               1.8986
Sale               594                 1.9216
Sale               4,000               1.9278
Sale               2,643               1.9208
Sale               2,767               1.8703
Sale               74                  1.8807
Sale               2,552               1.9092
Sale               412                 1.9081
Sale               3,800               1.8300
Sale               9,000               1.9098
Sale               2,184               1.8629
Sale               2,616               1.8222
Sale               66                  1.9112
Sale               1,305               1.8340
Sale               50                  1.9001
Sale               3,946               1.8727
Sale               5,000               1.8750
Sale               1,581               1.8683
Sale               2,500               1.8654
Sale               7,621               1.9218
Sale               11,824              1.9147
Sale               1,569               1.8512
Sale               976                 1.8756
Sale               7,000               1.8908
Sale               595                 1.9063
Sale               3,315               1.8105
Sale               93,593              1.8912
Sale               700                 1.8997
Sale               484                 1.8917
Sale               1,000               1.8138
Sale               300                 1.8446
Sale               1,000               1.9106
Sale               25,000              1.8902
Sale               3,000               1.9055
Sale               1,500               1.8294
Sale               1,748               1.8917
Sale               1,546               1.9088
Sale               1,500               1.8086
Sale               2,984               1.9222
Sale               350                 1.9137
Sale               1,056               1.8618
Sale               534                 1.8805
Sale               6,733               1.8339
Sale               1,000               1.8345
Sale               35,958              1.8970
Sale               200                 1.8877
Sale               2,616               1.9263
Sale               89                  1.8644
Sale               526                 1.8618


(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,   Long/Short       Number of      Price per unit
(e.g. CFD)      (Note 6)         Securities     (GBP)
CFD             Short            87361          1.8654
CFD             Short            59066          1.8831
CFD             Short            83267          1.897
CFD             Short            20658          1.9123
CFD             Long             93593          1.8912
CFD             Long             11824          1.9147


(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                         25 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