Director/PDMR Shareholding

3i Group PLC
10 January 2007

UK Listing Authority Disclosure Rules

DR 3.1.4R



Pursuant to the rules of The 3i Group 1994 Executive Share Option Plan, on 10
January 2007 the Company was notified that on 9 January 2007 Michael Queen, a
Director and person discharging managerial responsibilities ('PDMR') of 3i Group
plc (the 'Company'): i) exercised options to acquire the number of ordinary
shares of 62 69/88p each in the Company ('Shares') detailed below at the price
per Share detailed below and ii) sold the number of Shares detailed below at the
price per Share detailed below:




Number of Shares   Exercise price    Number of     Sale price    Number of 
exercised                            Shares sold                 Shares retained

37,073             520.00p           37,073        1015.72p      0
62,177             664.00p           62,177        1015.72p      0



The place of the above transactions was the London Stock Exchange.










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