Directorate Change

3i Group PLC
21 November 2005

3i Group plc:  Director's other directorships


Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.14R, 3i Group plc announces that it has been
notified that Mr Simon Ball, a Director of 3i Group plc, resigned as a Director
of Leica Geosystems AG as of 18 November 2005.





21 November 2005




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