Holding(s) in Company

3i Group PLC
03 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
                4,447,272                      FMRCO                                              Chase Nominees Limited
                  476,051                      FMRCO                                   State Street Bank & Trust Company
                  549,200                      FMRCO                                                                HSBC
                2,495,089                       FMTC                                           State Street Nominees Ltd
                1,842,017                       FMTC                                                                HSBC
                  476,009                       FMTC                                                       Bankers Trust
                1,761,046                       FMTC                                                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                1,793,951                       FMTC                                                        Mellon Trust
                   82,652                       FMTC                                           Bank of New York - Europe
                2,010,545                       FMTC                                                      Northern Trust
                  624,118                       FMTC                                                           JP Morgan
                   63,106                       FMTC                                                         Royal Trust
                2,900,367                       FMTC                                           State Street Bank & Trust
                    9,100                       FMTC                                             Brown Brothers Harriman
                  199,771                       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
                4,236,343                       FISL                                                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                  342,600                        FPM                           HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                2,142,022                        FPM                                                       Bankers Trust
                   77,489                        FPM                                                      RBS Trust Bank
                  372,147                        FPM                                               Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                  324,540                        FPM                                            BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                2,208,434                        FPM                                                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                  100,016                        FPM                                                    MSS Nominees Ltd
                  368,449                        FPM                                             Bank of New York Europe
                  273,150                        FPM                                                            Citibank
                   59,758                        FPM                                             Bank of New York London
                1,278,753                        FIL                                                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                  722,204                        FIL                                           Bank of New York - London
                1,120,466                        FIL                                                    MSS Nominees Ltd
                5,357,472                        FIL                           HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                2,081,408                        FIL                                           State Street Bank & Trust
                  147,115                        FIL                                          Mitsubishi Trust & Banking
                1,604,955                        FIL                                               Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                  353,928                        FIL                                                       Bankers Trust
                1,030,859                        FIL                                                      RBS Trust Bank
                  317,951                        FIL                                                      Morgan Stanley
                  574,939                        FIL                                                       NAB-Australia
                1,231,809                        FIL                                                      Northern Trust
                  111,164                        FIL                                                            Citibank
                  145,000                        FIL                                             Bank of New York Europe
                  391,166                        FIL                                                     Bank of Bermuda
                  821,555                        FIL                                            Deutsche Bank AG, London
                  279,100                        FIL                                               State Street Nominees
                3,141,755                        FIL                                                           JP Morgan
                1,097,437                        FIL                                         Chase Manhattan Bank London
                  193,319                        FIL                                                 Mellon Nominees Ltd
                   66,450                        FIL                                          Master Trust Bank of Japan
                  639,555                        FIL                                          Bank of New York, Brussels
                    5,524                        FIL                                        PICG - Pictet Et Cie, Geneva
                  530,000                        FIL                                                       Deutsche Bank
                   61,714                        FIL                                                      ING Luxembourg
                   74,085                        FIL                                                    Bermuda Far East
                  122,875                        FIL                                   Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt
                   16,254                        FIL                                              State Street Hong Kong
                   22,999                        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
3 June 2004

12. Total holding following this notification
55,087,341

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
8.98%

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
3 June 2004




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