Holding(s) in Company

3i Group PLC
19 December 2003

                                  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 FMR Corp and FIL.

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
                   48,320                      FMRCO                                       State Street Nominees Limited
                4,351,856                      FMRCO                                              Chase Nominees Limited
                   16,200                      FMRCO                                                                HSBC
                  521,112                      FMRCO                                   State Street Bank & Trust Company
                2,077,130                       FMTC                                           State Street Nominees Ltd
                1,787,553                       FMTC                                                                HSBC
                  528,209                       FMTC                                                       Bankers Trust
                1,558,065                       FMTC                                                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                1,885,817                       FMTC                                                        Mellon Trust
                  109,700                       FMTC                                           Bank of New York - Europe
                1,528,122                       FMTC                                                      Northern Trust
                  122,100                       FMTC                                                   Nortrust Nominees
                  696,518                       FMTC                                                           JP Morgan
                   75,405                       FMTC                                                         Royal Trust
                2,607,960                       FMTC                                           State Street Bank & Trust
                    9,100                       FMTC                                             Brown Brothers Harriman
                  221,700                       FMTC                                                    Bank of New York
                  412,600                       FMTC                Lloyds Bank (Stock Exchange Branch) Nominees Limited
                  699,614                       FMTC                                                MSS Nominees Limited
                  142,154                       FMTC                                                        Sumitomo T&B
                   81,900                       FMTC                                        BT Globenet Nominees Limited
                4,447,443                       FISL                                                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                   39,780                        FPM                                                              Nordea
                2,200,522                        FPM                                                       Bankers Trust
                   77,489                        FPM                                                      RBS Trust Bank
                  888,205                        FPM                                               Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                  324,540                        FPM                                            BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                2,173,634                        FPM                                                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                  100,016                        FPM                                                    MSS Nominees Ltd
                  370,549                        FPM                                             Bank of New York Europe
                  240,660                        FPM                                                            Citibank
                   59,758                        FPM                                             Bank of New York London
                1,407,844                        FIL                                                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                  784,775                        FIL                                           Bank of New York - London
                1,243,266                        FIL                                                    MSS Nominees Ltd
                5,720,701                        FIL                           HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                2,130,176                        FIL                                           State Street Bank & Trust
                  189,915                        FIL                                          Mitsubishi Trust & Banking
                1,626,993                        FIL                                               Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                  507,228                        FIL                                                       Bankers Trust
                1,147,019                        FIL                                                      RBS Trust Bank
                  394,951                        FIL                                                      Morgan Stanley
                  651,270                        FIL                                                       NAB-Australia
                1,207,917                        FIL                                                      Northern Trust
                  119,185                        FIL                                                            Citibank
                  145,000                        FIL                                             Bank of New York Europe
                   29,410                        FIL                                                     Chuo Trust Bank
                  405,056                        FIL                                                     Bank of Bermuda
                  864,932                        FIL                                            Deutsche Bank AG, London
                  285,800                        FIL                                               State Street Nominees
                3,320,059                        FIL                                                           JP Morgan
                1,139,161                        FIL                                         Chase Manhattan Bank London
                   56,400                        FIL                                                 Mellon Nominees Ltd
                   71,950                        FIL                                          Master Trust Bank of Japan
                   36,100                        FIL                                           Japan Trustee Svcs Bk Ltd
                  666,376                        FIL                                          Bank of New York, Brussels
                    8,324                        FIL                                        PICG - Pictet Et Cie, Geneva
                  405,800                        FIL                                                       Deutsche Bank
                   65,279                        FIL                                                      ING Luxembourg
                   73,585                        FIL                                                    Bermuda Far East
                  142,849                        FIL                                   Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt
                   10,400                        FIL                                              State Street Hong Kong



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
Ordinary Shares of 50p each

10. Date of transaction
not known

11. Date company informed
18 December 2003

12. Total holding following this notification
55,261,452

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
9.03%

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), a 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
June Webb - 020 7975 3530

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
Sabina Dawson, Assistant Company Secretary

Date of notification
19 December 2003




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