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               05 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        24,177,258   5.74%         436,681   0.10%
securitie
(2) Derivatives      7,383,197   1.75%       7,444,009   1.77%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%               0   0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total               31,560,455   7.49%       7,880,690   1.87%

(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            1,205                  1.6592
Purchase            1,000                  1.6034
Purchase            500                    1.6084
Purchase            1,206                  1.6442
Purchase            1,000                  1.6689
Purchase            4,000                  1.6189
Purchase            330                    Transfer
Purchase            12,290                 1.7087
Purchase            3,439                  1.6757
Purchase            250                    1.6181
Purchase            1,238                  1.6154
Purchase            5,095                  1.6585
Purchase            500                    1.6134
Purchase            200                    1.6208
Purchase            150                    Transfer
Purchase            4,000                  1.5889
Purchase            1,176                  1.6151
Purchase            159                    1.6237
Purchase            5,445                  1.6527
Purchase            1,000                  1.6191
Purchase            100                    1.7035
Purchase            17,944                 1.6558
Purchase            1,000                  1.6117
Purchase            2,954                  Transfer
Purchase            606                    1.6497
Purchase            305                    1.5945
Purchase            1,000                  1.6135
Purchase            4,375                  1.6585
Purchase            636                    1.6035
Purchase            598                    1.6497
Purchase            4,164                  1.681
Purchase            1,181                  1.6646
Purchase            5,570                  1.6157
Purchase            200                    1.6154
Purchase            619                    1.5945
Purchase            4,400                  1.6242
Purchase            606                    1.6214
Purchase            616                    1.6226
Purchase            250                    1.6168
Purchase            919                    1.6317
Purchase            300                    1.5945
Purchase            616                    1.6027
Purchase            911                    1.6797
Purchase            3,146                  1.5891
Purchase            4,000                  1.6575
Purchase            619                    1.6134
Purchase            3,000                  1.6279
Purchase            3,000                  1.6317
Purchase            300                    1.6613
Purchase            100                    1.6517
Purchase            2,000                  1.5945
Purchase            3,699                  1.6117
Purchase            575                    1.6059
Purchase            5,400                  1.6603
Purchase            4,942                  1.6089
Purchase            3,000                  1.6189
Purchase            7,403                  1.679
Purchase            301                    1.6562
Purchase            657                    1.6575
Purchase            1,852                  1.6513
Purchase            1,000                  1.6117
Purchase            1,450                  1.7076
Purchase            4,676                  1.6037
Purchase            45                     1.6756
Purchase            629                    1.5891
Purchase            1,500                  1.6668
Purchase            587                    1.681
Purchase            450                    Transfer
Purchase            3,000                  1.6214
Purchase            297                    1.6799
Purchase            1,000                  1.6189
Purchase            2,524                  1.6887
Purchase            250                    1.5945
Purchase            1,000                  1.6225
Purchase            1,200                  1.6172
Purchase            1,297                  1.5908
Purchase            347                    1.6537
Purchase            1,206                  1.6442
Purchase            2,000                  1.6089
Purchase            500                    1.6035
Purchase            1,852                  1.6513
Purchase            15,595                 1.603
Purchase            500                    1.6099
Purchase            4,331                  1.6755
Sale                425                    1.6515
Sale                1,000                  1.5965
Sale                1,141                  1.6225
Sale                1,898                  1.6121
Sale                500                    1.6719
Sale                3,699                  1.584
Sale                11,024                 1.62
Sale                90                     1.7209
Sale                4,406                  1.7001
Sale                500                    1.6113
Sale                49                     1.6212
Sale                1,601                  1.6809
Sale                767                    1.5903
Sale                3,439                  1.7106
Sale                202                    1.6128
Sale                1,000                  1.6013
Sale                116                    1.6515
Sale                189                    1.6562
Sale                500                    1.6013
Sale                1,071                  1.6143
Sale                2,566                  1.6562
Sale                464                    1.6604
Sale                13,027                 1.622
Sale                250                    1.7022
Sale                2,000                  1.6006
Sale                4,400                  1.7065
Sale                3,000                  1.7154
Sale                750                    1.6121
Sale                500                    1.7207
Sale                1,000                  1.6618
Sale                155                    1.6207
Sale                300                    1.7046
Sale                3,175                  1.5903
Sale                4,676                  1.6936
Sale                1,000                  1.6607
Sale                2,838                  1.6047
Sale                1,000                  1.6003
Sale                1,000                  1.6631
Sale                250                    1.6513
Sale                250                    1.6609
Sale                3,568                  1.604
Sale                1,448                  1.7206
Sale                1,141                  1.6225
Sale                194                    1.7023
Sale                1,000                  1.6607
Sale                1,252                  1.5904
Sale                617                    1.6087
Sale                601                    1.6017
Sale                173                    1.6805
Sale                600                    1.6087
Sale                6,598                  1.6543
Sale                919                    1.7107
Sale                300                    1.6215
Sale                47                     1.6134
Sale                100                    1.5857
Sale                2,978                  1.6557
Sale                393                    1.6005
Sale                619                    1.6121
Sale                3,000                  1.6809
Sale                5,000                  1.6537
Sale                1,000                  1.6013
Sale                276                    1.6515
Sale                3,999                  1.6147
Sale                12,290                 1.7213
Sale                4,100                  1.6639
Sale                10,000                 1.7213
Sale                252                    1.6172
Sale                4,878                  1.7124
Sale                11,306                 1.6042
Sale                8,273                  1.7103
Sale                1,017                  1.672
Sale                4,000                  1.6809
Sale                1,500                  Transfer
Sale                5,000                  1.6545
Sale                3,200                  1.6537
Sale                63,685                 1.625
Sale                655                    1.7022
Sale                65,565                 1.6433
Sale                2,400                  1.6557
Sale                450                    1.621
Sale                750                    1.621
Sale                500                    1.6503
Sale                159                    1.656
Sale                1,250                  1.621
Sale                6,941                  1.6543
Sale                1,852                  1.6513
Sale                10,800                 1.6897
Sale                2,524                  1.6887
Sale                300                    1.7219
Sale                450                    1.621
Sale                1,250                  1.6503
Sale                1,050                  1.621
Sale                575                    1.6005
Sale                1,038                  1.6087
Sale                41                     1.6147
Sale                3,146                  1.6623
Sale                102                    1.6155
Sale                4,000                  1.6536
Sale                245                    1.6545
Sale                1,240                  1.6135
Sale                491                    1.6513
Sale                5,435                  1.6533
Sale                3,573                  1.6562
Sale                1,500                  1.621
Sale                1,500                  1.621
Sale                114                    1.6557
Sale                316                    1.584
Sale                581                    1.6527
Sale                1,050                  1.6655
Sale                5,000                  1.6128
Sale                494                    1.6003
Sale                86                     1.6275
Sale                1,000                  Transfer
Sale                1,220                  1.6121
Sale                314                    1.6515
Sale                600                    1.621
Sale                44,749                 1.617
Sale                20,000                 1.6682
Sale                1,000                  1.6713
Sale                2,524                  1.6887
Sale                1,220                  1.7219
Sale                500                    1.621
Sale                900                    1.621
Sale                600                    1.6503
Sale                600                    1.621
Sale                850                    1.6503
Sale                450                    1.621
Sale                750                    1.621
Sale                450                    1.621
Sale                1,620                  1.7015
Sale                1,000                  1.7219
Sale                7,705                  1.6135
Sale                1,818                  1.6127
Sale                5,570                  1.6105
Sale                7,403                  1.7
Sale                6,576                  1.6513
Sale                616                    1.6529
Sale                1,000                  1.6512
Sale                381                    1.6553
Sale                300                    1.6553
Sale                15,595                 1.6255
Sale                4,300                  1.7103
Sale                500                    1.7119
Sale                44,580                 1.651
Sale                530                    1.6515
Sale                600                    1.6722
Sale                4,217                  1.7183
Sale                964                    1.6152
Sale                800                    1.6005
Sale                3,000                  1.6134
Sale                500                    1.7107
Sale                402                    1.6043
Sale                500                    1.6023
Sale                100                    1.6629
Sale                1,000                  1.614
Sale                14,175                 1.6005
Sale                79                     1.6023
Sale                1,000                  1.6537
Sale                5,000                  1.6557
Sale                1,000                  1.6524
Sale                4,000                  1.6207
Sale                1,676                  1.6703
Sale                1,000                  1.5863
Sale                5,095                  1.7183
Sale                473                    1.6515
Sale                1,588                  1.6168
Sale                5,000                  1.6607
Sale                3,000                  1.6562
Sale                457                    1.656
Sale                1,785                  1.6809
Sale                1,675                  1.6553
Sale                1,527                  1.6003
Sale                300                    1.6553
Sale                564                    1.614
Sale                1,560                  1.614
Sale                1,143                  1.6513
Sale                14,000                 1.703
Sale                2,216                  1.614
Sale                1,778                  1.6143
Sale                5,000                  1.6539
Sale                363                    1.6523
Sale                39,000                 1.691
Sale                5,000                  1.6087
Sale                4,129                  1.6023
Sale                5,445                  1.6503
Sale                2,000                  1.7103


b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Short         310           1.6101
CFD            Short         1852          1.6512
CFD            Short         102737        1.6557
CFD            Short         17944         1.6558
CFD            Short         5400          1.6603
CFD            Long          44749         1.617
CFD            Long          65565         1.6433
CFD            Long          18556         1.6519
CFD            Long          96555         1.6604
CFD            Long          20000         1.6682
CFD            Long          2524          1.6887
CFD            Long          10800         1.6896

(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                         06 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