Holding(s) in Company

3i Group PLC
28 June 2004

                                  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
                  119,320                      FMRCO                                       State Street Nominees Limited
                4,014,796                      FMRCO                                              Chase Nominees Limited
                  463,929                      FMRCO                                   State Street Bank & Trust Company
                  547,200                      FMRCO                                                                HSBC
                2,639,280                       FMTC                                           State Street Nominees Ltd
                1,694,094                       FMTC                                                                HSBC
                  476,009                       FMTC                                                       Bankers Trust
                2,266,665                       FMTC                                                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                1,862,172                       FMTC                                                        Mellon Trust
                   60,000                       FMTC                                           Bank of New York - Europe
                1,865,278                       FMTC                                                      Northern Trust
                  554,397                       FMTC                                                           JP Morgan
                   63,106                       FMTC                                                         Royal Trust
                2,862,481                       FMTC                                           State Street Bank & Trust
                    8,600                       FMTC                                             Brown Brothers Harriman
                  137,200                       FMTC                                                    Bank of New York
                  368,500                       FMTC            Lloyds Bank (Stock Exchange Branch) Nominees Limited A/C
                  656,414                       FMTC                                                MSS Nominees Limited
                  166,054                       FMTC                                                        Sumitomo T&B
                3,709,110                       FISL                                                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                  347,800                        FPM                           HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                2,089,522                        FPM                                                       Bankers Trust
                   77,489                        FPM                                                      RBS Trust Bank
                  665,316                        FPM                                               Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                  324,540                        FPM                                            BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                2,174,234                        FPM                                                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                  100,016                        FPM                                                    MSS Nominees Ltd
                  362,049                        FPM                                             Bank of New York Europe
                  263,140                        FPM                                                            Citibank
                   59,758                        FPM                                             Bank of New York London
                1,242,174                        FIL                                                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                  682,204                        FIL                                           Bank of New York - London
                1,424,097                        FIL                           HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                2,038,056                        FIL                                           State Street Bank & Trust
                   72,625                        FIL                                          Mitsubishi Trust & Banking
                1,549,093                        FIL                                               Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                  353,928                        FIL                                                       Bankers Trust
                1,037,859                        FIL                                                      RBS Trust Bank
                  317,951                        FIL                                                      Morgan Stanley
                  455,870                        FIL                                                       NAB-Australia
                1,148,325                        FIL                                                      Northern Trust
                  107,620                        FIL                                                            Citibank
                  145,000                        FIL                                             Bank of New York Europe
                  444,971                        FIL                                                     Bank of Bermuda
                  806,732                        FIL                                            Deutsche Bank AG, London
                  272,100                        FIL                                               State Street Nominees
                3,604,959                        FIL                                                           JP Morgan
                  866,109                        FIL                                         Chase Manhattan Bank London
                  185,799                        FIL                                                 Mellon Nominees Ltd
                   73,250                        FIL                                          Master Trust Bank of Japan
                  614,776                        FIL                                          Bank of New York, Brussels
                    4,724                        FIL                                        PICG - Pictet Et Cie, Geneva
                  530,000                        FIL                                                       Deutsche Bank
                   61,714                        FIL                                                      ING Luxembourg
                   74,085                        FIL                                                    Bermuda Far East
                   86,349                        FIL                                   Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt
                   11,300                        FIL                                              State Street Hong Kong
                   24,471                        FIL                                                    Mitsubishi Trust



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

25 June 2004


12. Total holding following this notification

49,234,610


13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

8.02%


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

28 June 2004



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