Director/PDMR Shareholding

3i Group PLC
06 October 2006

UK Listing Authority Disclosure Rules

DR 3.1.4R

As potential beneficiaries of The 3i Group Employee Trust (the 'Trust') all
employees of 3i Group plc (the 'Company') and its subsidiaries have an interest
in all the ordinary shares of 62 69/88p each in the Company ('Shares') held by
the Trust. These employees include P E Yea, S P Ball and M J Queen, who are
Directors of the Company.

On 6 October 2006, the Company was notified that on 5 October 2006 participants
exercised options under the Company's Management Equity Investment Plan to
acquire from the Trust 2,710 Shares at £nil per Share.  The place of this
transaction was the London Stock Exchange.




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