Director Shareholding

3i Group PLC
08 July 2004

3i Group plc announces that on 7 July 2004 it was notified by Mr P E Yea that on
his appointment as a Director on 7 July 2004 he was interested in 100,500
Ordinary Shares of 50p in the capital of the Company.


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