Director/PDMR Shareholding

3i Group PLC
05 September 2007



UK Listing Authority Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules

DTR 3.1.4R



On 5 September 2007, 3i Group plc (the 'Company') was notified that on 4
September 2007 the following individual, being a person discharging managerial
responsibilities ('PDMR') of the Company: i) exercised options under The 3i
Group Discretionary Share Plan to acquire the number of ordinary shares of 73 19
/22p 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:


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

A W W Brierley   37,545            603p       37,545       1054p       0

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





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