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               12 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        24,122,336   5.73%         225,092   0.05%
securitie
(2) Derivatives      8,458,251   2.01%       8,649,799   2.05%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%               0   0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total               32,580,587   7.73%       8,874,891   2.11%

(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              977                   1.5351
Purchase              11,680                1.5207
Purchase              28                    1.5144
Purchase              500                   1.5225
Purchase              2,578                 1.5512
Purchase              2,000                 1.5892
Purchase              635                   1.5377
Purchase              1,070                 1.5197
Purchase              6,354                 1.5738
Purchase              1,000                 1.5809
Purchase              500                   Transfer
Purchase              2,000                 1.5081
Purchase              319                   1.5351
Purchase              126                   1.5277
Purchase              129                   1.5397
Purchase              1,391                 1.565
Purchase              2,000                 1.5497
Purchase              5,000                 1.5421
Purchase              4,096                 1.5277
Purchase              647                   1.5451
Purchase              2,053                 1.5468
Purchase              500                   1.4396
Purchase              250                   1.5421
Purchase              1,232                 1.5142
Purchase              4,000                 1.5794
Purchase              2,000                 1.5808
Purchase              1,324                 1.5101
Purchase              2,000                 1.578
Purchase              1,519                 1.5137
Purchase              300                   1.5447
Purchase              2,580                 1.5394
Purchase              1,000                 1.5675
Purchase              609                   1.6131
Purchase              2,000                 1.5107
Purchase              15,657                1.5523
Purchase              1,000                 1.5412
Purchase              53                    1.5281
Purchase              682                   1.5104
Purchase              2,000                 1.5168
Purchase              694                   1.4396
Purchase              646                   1.5282
Purchase              327                   1.5257
Purchase              2,583                 1.5485
Purchase              316                   1.5363
Purchase              2,000                 1.4956
Purchase              5,000                 1.5685
Purchase              1,215                 1.5281
Purchase              153                   1.5447
Purchase              10,000                1.5087
Purchase              3,162                 1.5809
Purchase              108,302               1.528
Purchase              185,139               1.5303
Purchase              507                   1.5412
Purchase              332                   1.5937
Purchase              5,000                 1.5204
Purchase              1,000                 1.5297
Purchase              2,000                 1.5797
Purchase              3,000                 1.5657
Purchase              624                   1.582
Purchase              1,500                 1.4561
Purchase              347                   1.4385
Purchase              780                   1.5201
Purchase              5,000                 1.5272
Purchase              7,500                 1.5418
Purchase              4,673                 1.574
Purchase              10,000                1.597
Purchase              500                   1.5448
Purchase              350                   1.5434
Purchase              1,966                 1.5145
Purchase              5,000                 1.5652
Purchase              1,338                 1.4947
Purchase              1,000                 1.5104
Purchase              1,000                 1.5096
Purchase              971                   1.544
Purchase              4,000                 1.5427
Purchase              1,000                 1.5104
Purchase              3,289                 1.5495
Purchase              2,000                 1.5512
Purchase              4,532                 1.5351
Purchase              150                   1.573
Purchase              978                   1.5131
Purchase              1,927                 1.5447
Purchase              200                   1.5891
Purchase              600                   1.5736
Purchase              5,000                 1.5894
Purchase              1,929                 1.5412
Purchase              3,247                 1.5397
Purchase              124                   1.5447
Purchase              5,000                 1.5158
Purchase              198                   1.5138
Purchase              317                   1.5735
Purchase              1,000                 1.5109
Purchase              664                   1.5579
Purchase              1,309                 1.5275
Purchase              2,250                 1.5587
Purchase              1,886                 1.5785
Purchase              1,000                 1.565
Purchase              1,000                 1.5412
Purchase              56                    1.5435
Purchase              1,595                 1.5137
Purchase              2,638                 1.5162
Purchase              1,886                 1.5756
Purchase              314                   1.5435
Purchase              456                   1.5322
Purchase              1,000                 1.5201
Purchase              2,000                 1.5801
Purchase              2,000                 1.4398
Purchase              654                   1.5275
Purchase              500                   1.4956
Purchase              320                   Transfer
Purchase              6,473                 1.5447
Purchase              669                   1.494
Purchase              3,440                 1.5884
Purchase              1,296                 1.5425
Purchase              1,616                 1.5465
Purchase              1,000                 1.578
Purchase              1,000                 1.5214
Purchase              1,941                 1.5337
Purchase              2,000                 1.5032
Purchase              3,209                 1.5478
Purchase              1,000                 1.5191
Purchase              20                    1.5277
Purchase              4,807                 Transfer
Purchase              4,000                 1.5455
Purchase              5,000                 1.5675
Purchase              3,000                 1.5081
Purchase              3,194                 1.565
Purchase              121                   1.5442
Purchase              1,656                 1.4941
Purchase              948                   1.5477
Purchase              2,589                 1.5447
Purchase              12,738                1.57
Sale                  178,344               1.5377
Sale                  5,000                 1.5311
Sale                  552                   1.5159
Sale                  1,092                 1.586
Sale                  3,859                 1.5549
Sale                  2,000                 1.5107
Sale                  1,800                 1.5133
Sale                  440                   1.5385
Sale                  255                   1.5179
Sale                  1,500                 1.5231
Sale                  2,000                 1.5437
Sale                  2,000                 1.5321
Sale                  4,000                 1.5626
Sale                  424                   1.5589
Sale                  2,000                 1.5404
Sale                  347                   1.538
Sale                  500                   1.5375
Sale                  1,895                 1.5309
Sale                  374                   1.5596
Sale                  500                   Transfer
Sale                  300                   1.5576
Sale                  25,000                1.554
Sale                  780                   1.5612
Sale                  896                   1.5507
Sale                  9,453                 1.5385
Sale                  5,000                 1.5323
Sale                  500                   1.5432
Sale                  1,000                 1.5351
Sale                  381                   1.5107
Sale                  669                   1.5492
Sale                  972                   1.5596
Sale                  624                   1.5507
Sale                  10,000                1.56
Sale                  2,581                 1.5617
Sale                  100                   1.5385
Sale                  1,983                 1.5039
Sale                  2,149                 1.5612
Sale                  3,000                 1.5513
Sale                  5,000                 1.5473
Sale                  1,000                 1.5549
Sale                  746                   1.5203
Sale                  250                   1.5033
Sale                  2,000                 1.5668
Sale                  1,000                 1.5967
Sale                  20,000                1.556
Sale                  500                   1.5497
Sale                  1,000                 1.6
Sale                  4,445                 1.5237
Sale                  500                   1.5144
Sale                  952                   1.5076
Sale                  226                   1.5412
Sale                  10,826                1.5497
Sale                  2,000                 1.5497
Sale                  2,000                 1.5418
Sale                  834                   1.5415
Sale                  315                   1.5309
Sale                  4,000                 1.5412
Sale                  525                   1.5039
Sale                  4,532                 1.5504
Sale                  1,966                 1.5239
Sale                  800                   1.5309
Sale                  1,550                 1.5233
Sale                  136                   1.5423
Sale                  3,572                 1.5613
Sale                  2,200                 1.5668
Sale                  3,000                 1.5553
Sale                  9,857                 1.533
Sale                  2,000                 1.5033
Sale                  3,435                 1.5239
Sale                  1,000                 1.5412
Sale                  15,000                1.5467
Sale                  1,966                 1.5412
Sale                  165                   1.5507
Sale                  1,751                 1.56
Sale                  100                   1.5309
Sale                  600                   1.5133
Sale                  382                   1.5457
Sale                  1,250                 1.5615
Sale                  1,496                 1.5597
Sale                  183                   1.5373
Sale                  662                   1.5239
Sale                  493                   1.5378
Sale                  2,000                 1.5407
Sale                  1,498                 1.5365
Sale                  1,000                 1.539
Sale                  1,225                 1.5601
Sale                  500                   1.5477
Sale                  226,156               1.55
Sale                  1,334                 1.5103
Sale                  7,064                 1.5457
Sale                  1,456                 1.5042


b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Short         108302        1.5279
CFD            Short         185139        1.5302
CFD            Short         15657         1.5522
CFD            Long          178344        1.5377
CFD            Long          7064          1.5456

(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                         13 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