Director/PDMR Shareholding

3i Group PLC
12 January 2006

Disclosure Rule 3.1.4 R


Pursuant to the rules of The 3i Group 1994 Executive Share Option Plan, on 11
January 2006, Michael Queen, a Director and PDMR of 3i Group plc (the
'Company'); (i) exercised options to acquire the number of Ordinary Shares of 
53 1/8p  each ('Shares') in the Company 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       Number of       Sale price   Number of Shares
exercised           price          Shares sold                  retained
40,850              £4.5030        40,850          £9.085       0



The Director notified the Company of his interest in these Shares on 12 January
2006. The place of these transactions was the London Stock Exchange.


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