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               29 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        24,759,127   5.88%         166,610   0.04%
securitie
(2) Derivatives      6,706,398   1.59%       6,472,883   1.54%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%               0   0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total               31,465,525   7.47%        6,639,493  1.58%

(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            2,000                   1.798
Purchase            1,644                   1.824
Purchase            500                     1.8188
Purchase            1,096                   1.824
Purchase            102                     1.869
Purchase            4,885                   1.842
Purchase            500                     1.8198
Purchase            2,210                   1.818
Purchase            735                     1.8887
Purchase            5,000                   1.811
Purchase            1,000                   1.8999
Purchase            532                     1.854
Purchase            75                      1.8192
Purchase            515                     1.8979
Purchase            2,000                   1.811
Purchase            541                     1.8148
Purchase            531                     1.848
Purchase            2,000                   1.787
Purchase            2,704                   1.837
Purchase            440                     1.787
Purchase            3,009                   1.775
Purchase            535                     1.846
Purchase            2,741                   1.824
Purchase            1,373                   1.8198
Purchase            211                     1.8917
Purchase            2,000                   1.779
Purchase            1,000                   1.841
Purchase            1,074                   1.846
Purchase            47,343                  1.901
Purchase            1,000                   1.832
Purchase            2,000                   1.7998
Purchase            2,600                   1.8087
Purchase            5,000                   1.843
Purchase            2,000                   1.779
Purchase            530                     1.854
Purchase            1,000                   1.831
Purchase            27,650                  1.832
Purchase            2,720                   1.8862
Purchase            2,000                   1.808
Purchase            3,825                   1.8188
Purchase            2,000                   1.824
Purchase            1,100                   1.835
Purchase            5,000                   1.823
Purchase            542                     1.822
Purchase            3,833                   1.8148
Purchase            1,087                   1.824
Purchase            5,000                   1.824
Purchase            8,000                   1.82
Purchase            4,101                   1.8178
Purchase            10,816                  1.849
Purchase            5,000                   1.864
Purchase            201                     1.9195
Purchase            3,333                   1.8
Purchase            6,622                   1.812
Purchase            500                     1.8945
Purchase            1,589                   1.871
Purchase            500                     1.8916
Purchase            11,898                  1.849
Purchase            10,000                  1.819
Purchase            10,000                  1.782
Purchase            2,500                   1.8198
Purchase            317                     1.8426
Purchase            2,744                   1.822
Purchase            4,123                   1.819
Purchase            1,000                   1.8511
Purchase            3,000                   1.824
Purchase            555                     1.78
Purchase            3,789                   1.847
Purchase            100                     1.841
Purchase            3,000                   1.813
Purchase            5,427                   1.832
Purchase            500                     1.91
Purchase            47,103                  1.845
Purchase            165                     1.8148
Purchase            8,130                   1.845
Purchase            3,831                   1.816
Purchase            500                     1.8718
Purchase            1,330                   1.865
Purchase            2,000                   1.824
Purchase            5,401                   1.841
Purchase            3,789                   1.836
Purchase            13,186                  1.82
Purchase            660                     1.8928
Purchase            521,527                 1.8292
Purchase            9,722                   1.8555
Purchase            2,000                   1.8
Purchase            1,061                   1.8838
Purchase            554                     1.9
Purchase            2,760                   1.8
Purchase            48                      1.8148
Purchase            500                     1.8957
Purchase            2,000                   1.8182
Purchase            2,000                   1.832
Purchase            1,000                   1.798
Purchase            5,000                   1.845
Purchase            3,785                   1.838
Purchase            530                     1.842
Purchase            1,614                   1.8419
Purchase            1,093                   1.813
Purchase            1,494                   1.869
Purchase            4,111                   1.824
Purchase            4,878                   1.798
Purchase            266                     1.8198
Purchase            1,726                   1.882
Purchase            753                     1.833
Purchase            260                     1.867
Purchase            527                     1.8718
Purchase            3,500                   1.881
Purchase            1,944                   1.8
Purchase            2,121                   1.8854
Purchase            1,000                   1.837
Purchase            255                     1.8972
Purchase            989                     1.8188
Purchase            1,625                   1.832
Purchase            1,915                   1.816
Purchase            192,575                 1.8543
Purchase            1,000                   1.841
Purchase            6,556                   1.82
Purchase            1,097                   1.823
Purchase            513                     1.8178
Purchase            176,279                 1.8724
Sale                27,650                  1.9
Sale                191                     1.8446
Sale                500                     1.8872
Sale                519                     1.8
Sale                1,100                   1.8613
Sale                2,931                   1.819
Sale                1,964                   1.8872
Sale                500                     1.821
Sale                252                     1.8504
Sale                608                     1.8907
Sale                423                     1.8123
Sale                660                     1.9012
Sale                97                      1.853
Sale                1,111                   1.816
Sale                474                     1.81
Sale                600                     1.791
Sale                125                     1.8564
Sale                787                     1.8123
Sale                582                     1.83
Sale                1,000                   1.897
Sale                1,373                   1.8543
Sale                183                     1.8138
Sale                169                     1.8726
Sale                3,032                   1.9015
Sale                300                     1.8863
Sale                3,831                   1.8518
Sale                784                     1.817
Sale                1,785                   1.77
Sale                1,087                   1.897
Sale                1,000                   1.788
Sale                2,132                   1.8916
Sale                4,104                   1.8964
Sale                1,063                   1.8193
Sale                5,000                   1.8967
Sale                1,100                   1.9011
Sale                10                      1.8138
Sale                1,000                   1.81
Sale                2,000                   1.8644
Sale                570                     1.8138
Sale                938                     1.8907
Sale                114                     1.841
Sale                539                     1.8905
Sale                953                     1.8906
Sale                1,000                   1.842
Sale                2,350                   1.901
Sale                214                     1.8435
Sale                11,075                  1.881
Sale                379                     1.8465
Sale                959                     1.8973
Sale                2,760                   1.855
Sale                1,463                   1.82
Sale                1,500                   1.815
Sale                300                     1.883
Sale                550                     1.792
Sale                2,741                   1.865
Sale                1,181                   1.884
Sale                1,395                   1.9031
Sale                1,087                   1.819
Sale                1,036                   1.815
Sale                5,842                   1.885
Sale                1,000                   1.9025
Sale                36,511                  1.895
Sale                1,000                   1.821
Sale                3,748                   1.87
Sale                902                     1.815
Sale                500                     1.8933
Sale                8,735                   1.865
Sale                193                     1.8832
Sale                273                     1.8115
Sale                2,083                   1.8924
Sale                2,000                   1.8458
Sale                2,131                   1.8985
Sale                3,310                   1.9021
Sale                500                     1.8594
Sale                10,561                  1.881
Sale                1,000                   1.8838
Sale                848                     1.817
Sale                149                     1.801
Sale                563                     1.89
Sale                335                     1.829
Sale                885                     1.9016
Sale                15                      1.8193
Sale                1,500                   1.9004
Sale                10,000                  1.857
Sale                120                     1.8
Sale                592                     1.885
Sale                3,000                   1.8952
Sale                1,078                   1.817
Sale                2,000                   1.8159
Sale                1,000                   1.8165
Sale                601                     1.821
Sale                457                     1.8933
Sale                1,000                   1.9149
Sale                1,000                   1.9003
Sale                453                     1.832
Sale                195                     1.8138
Sale                3,333                   1.885
Sale                694                     1.797
Sale                93                      1.8726
Sale                2,403                   1.8045
Sale                18                      1.8
Sale                10,000                  1.885
Sale                1,500                   1.883
Sale                9,609                   1.865
Sale                962                     1.9021
Sale                3,962                   1.8933
Sale                150                     1.8928
Sale                1,096                   1.892
Sale                14,921                  1.9
Sale                46,062                  1.882
Sale                4,585                   1.8734
Sale                3,000                   1.8913
Sale                3,739                   1.8878
Sale                1,649                   1.9003
Sale                5,000                   1.823
Sale                457                     1.83
Sale                1,900                   1.89
Sale                125                     1.83
Sale                7,950                   1.897
Sale                10,000                  1.903
Sale                3,749                   1.8973
Sale                3,000                   1.891
Sale                1,000                   1.8828
Sale                5,000                   1.843
Sale                1,000                   1.801
Sale                1,625                   1.791
Sale                524                     1.8723
Sale                800                     1.9149
Sale                200                     1.8817
Sale                633                     1.83
Sale                6,218                   1.857
Sale                3,785                   1.865
Sale                340                     1.821
Sale                1,000                   1.8061
Sale                1,500                   1.866
Sale                5,000                   1.9077
Sale                10,000                  1.883
Sale                5,000                   1.845
Sale                3,000                   1.8244
Sale                11,898                  1.869
Sale                542                     1.85
Sale                2,272                   1.8412
Sale                916                     1.897
Sale                375                     1.8154
Sale                525                     1.8154
Sale                250                     1.8896
Sale                500                     1.8964
Sale                1,000                   1.8127
Sale                1,360                   1.8458
Sale                450                     1.8154
Sale                450                     1.8154
Sale                350                     1.897
Sale                600                     1.8813
Sale                10,800                  1.8628
Sale                500                     1.897
Sale                300                     1.8215
Sale                65                      1.8873
Sale                1,500                   1.85
Sale                4,911                   1.8827
Sale                600                     1.84
Sale                500                     1.885
Sale                50                      1.85
Sale                243                     1.819
Sale                2,000                   1.8058
Sale                1,944                   1.835
Sale                3,830                   1.8924
Sale                500                     1.841
Sale                150                     1.8932
Sale                65                      1.865
Sale                500                     1.8924
Sale                658                     1.815
Sale                500                     1.89
Sale                2,000                   1.801
Sale                205                     1.8193
Sale                400                     1.856
Sale                100                     1.841
Sale                700                     1.804
Sale                847                     1.856
Sale                97                      1.8193
Sale                361                     1.856
Sale                3,789                   1.8976
Sale                176,941                 1.8579
Sale                1,000                   1.8183
Sale                5,464                   1.892
Sale                500                     1.839
Sale                6,622                   1.855
Sale                500                     1.838
Sale                4,121                   1.9003
Sale                2,000                   1.856
Sale                1,000                   1.8959
Sale                200                     1.8
Sale                1,000                   1.8907
Sale                1,000                   1.9147
Sale                8,000                   1.872
Sale                1,000                   1.8544
Sale                4,715                   1.9149
Sale                3,000                   1.846
Sale                1,138                   1.882
Sale                1,000                   1.8832
Sale                5,000                   1.8922
Sale                1,364                   1.8846
Sale                5,000                   1.8711
Sale                524                     1.8453
Sale                2,744                   1.8932
Sale                6,556                   1.85
Sale                2,100                   1.9001
Sale                500                     1.826
Sale                985                     1.8
Sale                4,111                   1.8859
Sale                1,500                   1.801
Sale                300                     1.8247
Sale                900                     1.834
Sale                1,450                   1.8803
Sale                3,279                   1.9014
Sale                4,885                   1.8553
Sale                1,250                   1.839
Sale                924                     1.817
Sale                1,000                   1.9023
Sale                1,909                   1.823
Sale                1,000                   1.8184
Sale                5,276                   1.829
Sale                600                     1.819
Sale                250                     1.8819
Sale                2,000                   1.8974
Sale                500                     1.8141
Sale                665                     1.801
Sale                13,186                  1.882
Sale                4,232                   1.9004
Sale                500                     1.8916
Sale                816                     1.8916
Sale                800                     1.864
Sale                3,094                   1.838
Sale                2,231                   1.823
Sale                3,104                   1.8937
Sale                1,500                   1.8907
Sale                361                     1.881
Sale                1,250                   1.8484
Sale                2,000                   1.82
Sale                500                     1.83
Sale                5,401                   1.895
Sale                4,000                   1.8915
Sale                2,000                   1.8548
Sale                500                     1.872
Sale                1,445                   1.884
Sale                460                     1.888
Sale                800                     1.89
Sale                564                     1.8906
Sale                1,000                   1.8183
Sale                4,955                   1.8165
Sale                250                     1.8058
Sale                491                     1.81
(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,   Long/Short       Number of      Price per unit
(e.g. CFD)      (Note 6)         Securities     (GBP)
CFD             Short            192575         1.8542
CFD             Short            9722           1.8555
CFD             Short            176279         1.8723
CFD             Long             176941         1.8579
CFD             Long             10800          1.8628

(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                         30 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