Director/PDMR Shareholding

3i Group PLC
31 January 2007

UK Listing Authority Disclosure and Transparency Rules

DTR 3.1.4R



Pursuant to the rules of The 3i Group 1994 Executive Share Option Plan, on 31
January 2007 the Company was notified that on 30 January 2007 the following
individuals, being persons discharging managerial responsibilities ('PDMRs') 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:




Director/PDMR       Number of Shares     Exercise price      Number of Shares    Sale price          Number of Shares
                    exercised                                sold                                    retained
J B C Russell              54,298        520.0p              54,298              1066.46p                       0
A J M Taylor               33,865        520.0p              33,865              1066.46p                       0



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










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