Director/PDMR Shareholding

3i Group PLC
04 January 2006



UK Listing Authority

Disclosure Rules DR 3.1

Pursuant to the rules of The 3i Group Share Incentive Plan, on 30 December 2005,
each of the Directors and Persons Discharging Management Responsibility ('PDMR')
of 3i Group plc (the 'Company') listed below became beneficially interested in
the total number of Ordinary Shares ('Shares') of 53 1/8p each in the
Company, shown against their name below, such Shares consisting of:

(a)          Partnership Shares, which were purchased at a subscription price of 852.33333p per Share;

(b)          Matching Shares, which were awarded for nil consideration.


                                   Partnership Shares     Matching Shares         Total Shares
Directors & PDMRs
Simon Ball                                 15                    30                    45
Michael Queen                              14                    28                    42
Philip Yea                                 15                    30                    45

PDMRs only
Tony Brierley                              14                    28                    42
Denise Collis                              14                    28                    42
Chris Rowlands                             15                    30                    45
Jonathan Russell                           14                    28                    42
Jo Taylor                                  14                    28                    42
Paul Waller                                14                    28                    42





Each of the above notified the Company of their interest in these Shares on 3
January 2006.  The place of these transactions was the London Stock Exchange.



4 January 2006


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