Director/PDMR Shareholding

3i Group PLC
16 August 2005

3i Group plc

As a consequence of the consolidation of every 17 Ordinary Shares of 50p each in
the Company into 16 Ordinary Shares of 53 1/8p each in the Company which took
effect on 11 July 2005 the interests of its Directors in the Company's shares
changed.  As of 16 August 2005 the interests of the Directors in the Ordinary
Shares of 53 1/8p ('Shares') each in the Company were as follows:

Director                                             Ordinary Shares at 53 1/8p
Baroness Hogg                                        18,687
Oliver Stocken                                       20,026
Philip Yea                                           368,663
Simon Ball                                           29,946
Christine Morin-Postel                               1,882
Michael Queen                                        362,282
Danny Rosenkranz                                     28,238
Sir Robert Smith                                     3,952


The share interests shown above also include the following interests in Shares
acquired by the Directors concerned following the consolidation becoming
effective all of which such interests were announced following such
acquisitions: Oliver Stocken, 3,250 Shares; Philip Yea, 103,462 Shares; Simon
Ball, 25,191 Shares; Michael Queen, 11,696 Shares.


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