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               01 November 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        25,697,060   6.10%         170,114   0.04%
securitie
(2) Derivatives      7,007,042   1.66%       7,254,043   1.72%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%               0   0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total               32,704,102   7.76%       7,424,157    1.76%

(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               1.7291
Purchase           11,024              1.804
Purchase           3,393               1.7682
Purchase           1,698               1.6945
Purchase           1,000               1.7211
Purchase           3,824               1.8193
Purchase           500                 Transfer
Purchase           261                 1.854
Purchase           694                 1.7267
Purchase           304                 1.7768
Purchase           4,210               1.7695
Purchase           24,930              1.805
Purchase           500                 1.7695
Purchase           500                 1.767
Purchase           1,062               1.7445
Purchase           2,141               1.7156
Purchase           28,312              1.766
Purchase           464                 1.6997
Purchase           2,809               1.7798
Purchase           2,000               1.7742
Purchase           2,000               1.7785
Purchase           2,104               1.8228
Purchase           594                 1.6827
Purchase           5,093               1.767
Purchase           1,066               1.854
Purchase           1,123               1.7805
Purchase           1,000               1.7097
Purchase           500                 1.7642
Purchase           7,473               1.7298
Purchase           5,000               1.6834
Purchase           1,160               1.7094
Purchase           323                 1.8523
Purchase           13,000              1.808
Purchase           1,153               1.7334
Purchase           400                 1.7094
Purchase           1,000               1.7641
Purchase           4,000               1.7669
Purchase           2,830               1.7662
Purchase           5,493               1.81
Purchase           4,217               1.7785
Purchase           395                 1.7694
Purchase           1,712               1.7391
Purchase           1,141               1.7379
Purchase           2,800               1.7742
Purchase           500                 Transfer
Purchase           1,100               1.8102
Purchase           1,000               1.6687
Purchase           60,477              1.7166
Purchase           200                 1.6992
Purchase           7,000               1.722
Purchase           14,060              1.778
Purchase           1,000               1.7434
Purchase           2,978               1.6786
Purchase           500                 1.7586
Purchase           22,000              1.808
Purchase           869                 1.7783
Purchase           1,695               1.7692
Purchase           2,383               1.6783
Purchase           500                 1.7654
Purchase           551                 1.8146
Purchase           273                 1.7769
Purchase           28,263              1.76
Purchase           5,000               1.6984
Purchase           5,000               1.8178
Purchase           3,000               1.8118
Purchase           1,000               1.7491
Purchase           250                 1.6833
Purchase           10,000              1.78
Purchase           1,133               1.7489
Purchase           39,000              1.78
Purchase           1,949               1.708
Purchase           8,500               1.79
Purchase           1,000               1.7431
Purchase           3,000               1.718
Purchase           747                 1.7489
Purchase           23,543              1.699
Purchase           200                 1.7782
Purchase           1,000               1.7692
Purchase           700                 1.6983
Purchase           2,000               1.7786
Purchase           3,978               1.7489
Purchase           1,133               1.7447
Purchase           500                 1.7776
Purchase           2,771               1.8042
Purchase           5,665               1.765
Purchase           1,092               1.8154
Purchase           1,489               1.6788
Purchase           5,000               1.7783
Purchase           555                 1.7782
Purchase           1,096               1.8042
Purchase           2,342               1.7079
Purchase           292                 1.7082
Purchase           565                 1.7218
Purchase           126                 1.7589
Purchase           5,747               1.74
Purchase           1,451               1.7089
Purchase           4,213               1.7695
Purchase           1,176               1.6992
Purchase           1,000               1.7442
Purchase           5,000               1.8203
Purchase           2,827               1.7568
Purchase           250                 1.7185
Purchase           2,000               1.7386
Purchase           10,000              1.79
Purchase           1,662               1.8042
Purchase           173                 1.854
Purchase           650                 1.8042
Purchase           480                 1.854
Purchase           1,000               1.8
Purchase           569                 1.7248
Purchase           1,000               1.7798
Purchase           77                  1.7682
Purchase           500                 1.7878
Purchase           3,000               1.7836
Purchase           2,933               1.7985
Purchase           2,600               1.7884
Purchase           1,426               1.7391
Purchase           2,000               1.7669
Purchase           3,000               1.6827
Purchase           2,000               1.7786
Purchase           5,000               1.6895
Purchase           396                 1.8098
Purchase           2,356               Transfer
Purchase           1,083               1.8169
Purchase           558                 1.7669
Purchase           3,000               1.8092
Purchase           5,000               1.8042
Purchase           3,000               1.7669
Purchase           1,000               1.7687
Purchase           2,925               1.7094
Purchase           3,000               1.6846
Purchase           3,958               1.7684
Purchase           1,978               1.7694
Purchase           297                 1.7886
Purchase           2,000               1.76
Purchase           2,036               1.7689
Purchase           5,000               1.7586
Purchase           5,000               1.7097
Purchase           1,683               1.7694
Purchase           1,000               1.7161
Purchase           500                 1.7092
Purchase           10,000              1.789
Purchase           2,909               1.7077
Purchase           112                 1.7295
Purchase           1,000               1.6998
Purchase           3,000               1.7038
Purchase           1,000               1.7692
Purchase           6,000               1.7686
Purchase           400                 1.7785
Purchase           1,000               1.7052
Purchase           463                 1.6923
Purchase           1,143               1.7489
Purchase           908                 1.8136
Purchase           1,039               1.6827
Purchase           415                 1.6827
Purchase           1,000               1.7082
Purchase           10,000              1.6723
Purchase           29,557              1.7219
Purchase           2,000               1.8176
Purchase           100                 1.7489
Purchase           1,500               1.6827
Purchase           411                 1.7021
Purchase           4,000               1.7086
Purchase           3,000               1.7489
Purchase           2,908               1.775
Purchase           977                 1.7379
Purchase           1,769               1.6834
Purchase           105                 1.7788
Purchase           10,000              1.739
Purchase           600                 1.7387
Purchase           1,000               1.7878
Purchase           555                 1.7692
Purchase           2,808               1.7687
Purchase           2,000               Transfer
Purchase           4,500               1.8146
Purchase           1,110               1.7859
Purchase           1,686               1.7654
Purchase           3,878               1.8048
Purchase           1,000               1.7797
Purchase           1,141               1.7379
Purchase           4,391               1.7082
Purchase           2,249               1.7489
Purchase           293                 1.6988
Purchase           796                 1.8828
Purchase           2,842               1.7592
Purchase           2,803               1.7836
Purchase           8,273               1.813
Purchase           2,832               1.7652
Purchase           774                 1.7786
Purchase           500                 1.7188
Purchase           7,890               1.778
Purchase           103                 1.8136
Purchase           4,922               1.8177
Purchase           200                 1.6788
Purchase           5,592               1.778
Purchase           277                 1.7489
Purchase           1,753               1.7108
Purchase           1,715               1.7489
Purchase           4,000               1.7641
Purchase           285                 1.7032
Purchase           5,000               1.7644
Purchase           600                 1.7228
Purchase           455                 1.7571
Purchase           582                 1.7182
Purchase           1,686               1.7784
Purchase           3,185               1.7268
Purchase           2,000               1.8094
Purchase           5,000               1.6827
Sale               400                 1.7433
Sale               1,100               1.7112
Sale               1,698               1.7276
Sale               75                  1.7266
Sale               3,000               1.7822
Sale               250                 1.6679
Sale               325                 1.7723
Sale               2,800               1.7064
Sale               1,200               1.8045
Sale               1,066               1.762
Sale               317                 1.7016
Sale               2,000               1.7346
Sale               590                 1.7095
Sale               7,355               1.726
Sale               179                 1.7615
Sale               7,007               1.72
Sale               7,473               1.712
Sale               7,812               1.77
Sale               5,000               1.7715
Sale               2,808               1.7301
Sale               2,595               1.7064
Sale               400                 1.8054
Sale               428                 1.7622
Sale               5,000               1.7115
Sale               4,000               1.7133
Sale               458                 1.7064
Sale               568                 1.7822
Sale               200                 1.6712
Sale               1,081               1.7229
Sale               532                 1.801
Sale               11,311              1.762
Sale               1,033               1.6678
Sale               20,000              1.7
Sale               800                 1.7723
Sale               2,000               1.7702
Sale               865                 1.7505
Sale               141                 1.7215
Sale               300                 1.8045
Sale               472                 1.8037
Sale               3,000               1.7057
Sale               200                 1.7675
Sale               223                 1.6726
Sale               59,609              1.7475
Sale               700                 1.779
Sale               1,251               1.8678
Sale               5,247               1.725
Sale               2,300               1.7218
Sale               4,922               1.7057
Sale               772                 1.6735
Sale               675                 1.8083
Sale               462                 1.7301
Sale               1,769               1.714
Sale               2,000               1.7205
Sale               357                 1.6985
Sale               575                 1.826
Sale               26,535              1.6898
Sale               922                 1.7132
Sale               138                 1.7048
Sale               1,356               1.8221
Sale               700                 1.7098
Sale               1,000               1.7066
Sale               204                 1.7588
Sale               3,978               1.7155
Sale               500                 1.8034
Sale               1,500               1.7571
Sale               1,634               1.7706
Sale               309                 1.8056
Sale               1,132               1.8056
Sale               250                 1.7707
Sale               88                  1.826
Sale               711                 1.7794
Sale               1,848               1.6722
Sale               22,559              1.808
Sale               2,932               1.7855
Sale               680                 1.7064
Sale               1,406               1.783
Sale               317                 1.7655
Sale               1,237               1.7649
Sale               4,213               1.7856
Sale               1,000               1.8075
Sale               9,710               1.713
Sale               1,100               1.8684
Sale               610                 1.7215
Sale               156                 1.7622
Sale               30                  1.7132
Sale               901                 1.7834
Sale               2,138               1.762
Sale               1,589               1.6722
Sale               3,000               1.7622
Sale               2,505               1.6845
Sale               274                 1.7756
Sale               1,290               1.7675
Sale               2,000               1.715
Sale               500                 1.7205
Sale               1,575               1.7713
Sale               1,000               1.7057
Sale               491                 1.7822
Sale               5,000               1.7229
Sale               301                 1.704
Sale               207                 1.6985
Sale               1,000               1.8684
Sale               27,188              1.755
Sale               253                 1.7822
Sale               4,314               1.7066
Sale               641                 1.7505
Sale               500                 1.8071
Sale               5,713               1.7225
Sale               4,642               1.7415
Sale               4,500               1.7205
Sale               494                 1.7723
Sale               2,305               1.7456
Sale               2,242               1.7215
Sale               331                 1.826
Sale               500                 1.7232
Sale               9,163               1.755
Sale               550                 1.7332
Sale               3,824               1.7709
Sale               2,987               1.6739
Sale               9,924               1.78
Sale               272                 1.7006
Sale               1,250               1.7205
Sale               2,000               1.7253
Sale               1,000               1.7013

b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Short         10000         1.6722
CFD            Short         60477         1.7166
CFD            Short         29557         1.7219
CFD            Short         31056         1.7754
CFD            Long          26535         1.6898
CFD            Long          59609         1.7474
CFD            Long          11311         1.762


(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                         02 November 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