Holding(s) in Company

3i Group PLC
27 September 2002

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company
3i Group plc

2. Name of shareholders having a major interest
FMR Corp and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) and its direct
and indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficial holders, and Mr Edward C Johnson 3d as a principal
shareholder of these companies.

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18
In respect of those named in 2 above

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

               Shares Held         Management Company                                            Nominee/Registered Name
                   474,320                      FMRCO                                      State Street Nominees Limited
                 2,540,700                      FMRCO                                             Chase Nominees Limited
                    22,300                      FMRCO                                                               HSBC
                 1,583,662                       FMTC                                          State Street Nominees Ltd
                 1,142,183                       FMTC                                                               HSBC
                   352,993                       FMTC                                                      Bankers Trust
                   557,127                       FMTC                                                 Chase Nominees Ltd
                 1,353,750                       FMTC                                                       Mellon Trust
                    79,200                       FMTC                                            Bank of New York Europe
                 1,242,394                       FMTC                                                     Northern Trust
                    98,500                       FMTC                                                    National Cities
                    43,800                       FMTC                                                  Nortrust Nominees
                   501,116                       FMTC                                                          JP Morgan
                   139,800                       FMTC                                                        Royal Trust
                 2,429,210                       FMTC                                          State Street Bank & Trust
                     8,300                       FMTC                                            Brown Brothers Harriman
                 5,354,891                       FISL                                                 Chase Nominees Ltd
                    13,280                        FPM                                                             Nordea
                 2,110,063                        FPM                                                      Bankers Trust
                   329,284                        FPM                                                     RBS Trust Bank
                   948,072                        FPM                                              Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                   344,200                        FPM                                           BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                 1,639,700                        FPM                                                 Chase Nominees Ltd
                   184,326                        FPM                                                   MSS Nominees Ltd
                   216,400                        FPM                          HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                   327,949                        FPM                                            Bank of New York Europe
                   171,460                        FPM                                                           Citibank
                    74,958                        FPM                                            Bank of New York London
                   124,000                        FPM                                                Mellon Nominees Ltd
                    12,300                        FPM                                       Credit Suisse FST BOS Zurich
                 1,548,360                        FIL                                                 Chase Nominees Ltd
                 1,655,750                        FIL                                          Bank of New York - London
                 1,471,251                        FIL                                                   MSS Nominees Ltd
                    67,599                        FIL                          HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                 2,041,834                        FIL                                          State Street Bank & Trust
                   148,060                        FIL                                         Mitsubishi Trust & Banking
                 1,411,360                        FIL                                              Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                   702,074                        FIL                                                      Bankers Trust
                 2,272,791                        FIL                                                     RBS Trust Bank
                   265,851                        FIL                                                     Morgan Stanley
                   425,480                        FIL                                                      NAB-Australia
                 2,351,422                        FIL                                                     Northern Trust
                   122,750                        FIL                                                           Citibank
                 1,029,606                        FIL                                            Bank of New York Europe
                    28,620                        FIL                                                    Chuo Trust Bank
                   346,057                        FIL                                                    Bank of Bermuda
                    64,424                        FIL                                           Deutsche Bank AG, London
                    11,100                        FIL                                              State Street Nominees
                    93,120                        FIL                                                        Mellon Bank
                    34,210                        FIL                                                       RBS-EDINBURG
                   389,210                        FIL                                                          JP Morgan
                   271,092                        FIL                                        Chase Manhattan Bank London
                    62,800                        FIL                                                               HSBC
                   526,300                        FIL                          HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                   414,940                        FIL                                           Deutsche Bank AG, London
                    23,100                        FIL                                                   Daiwa Trust Bank
                    87,300                        FIL                                                Mellon Nominees Ltd
                   208,900                        FIL                                          State Street Nominees Ltd
                    60,600                        FIL                                         Master Trust Bank of Japan
                    27,000                        FIL                                          Japan Trustee Svcs Bk Ltd
                   326,977                        FIL                                         Bank of New York, Brussels
                    10,200                        FIL                                                 Chase Nominees Ltd



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
not known

6. Percentage of issued class
not known

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
not known

8. Percentage of issued class
not known

9. Class of security
Shares of 50p each

10. Date of transaction
not known

11. Date company informed
25 September 2002

12. Total holding following this notification
42,920,376

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
7.03%

14. Any additional information
FMR Corp is the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), investment
manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management Trust Company (FMTC), as US state chartered bank
which acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts.

Fidelity International Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect
subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL) and Fidelity Pension Management (FPM),
investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients.

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Ross Turner - 020 7975 3290

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
Jonathan Murphy, Deputy Company Secretary

Date of notification
27 September 2002


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