Holding(s) in Company

3i Group PLC
26 January 2007

TR-1:               NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached:



3i Group plc



2. Reason for the notification:



New exemptions DTR 5.1.3 (4) and 5.1.5 (1)



3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:



Goldman Sachs Group Inc



4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):



Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Goldman Sachs & Co



5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different):



22 January 2007



6. Date on which issuer notified:



25 January 2007



7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:



7%



8. Notified details:


A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type   Situation previous to the         Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
of shares    triggering transaction
 if possible Number of Shares Number of Voting Number of     Number of voting rights       % of voting rights
using the                     Rights           shares
ISIN CODE
                                               Direct        Direct         Indirect       Direct        Indirect
GB00B16PV024 Below 3%                                                       33,148,582                   7.19%






B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial   Expiration date   Exercise/          Number of voting      % of voting rights
instrument                            Conversion  Period rights that may be
                                      / Date             acquired if the
                                                         instrument is
                                                         exercised/ converted.



Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights      % of voting rights
                                        7.19%





9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:



The interest in 65,927 shares arose from an interest held by Goldman, Sachs &
Co., a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of GS Inc, acting as

custodian for its customers. These shares are, or will be, registered in the
name of Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees), Limited.

The interest in 33,082,655 shares arose from the interest held by Goldman Sachs
Asset Management International/ Goldman Sachs Asset Management L.P.,

a wholly owned subsidiary of GS Inc acting as discretionary manager.  We believe
that some of these shares are, or will be, registered in the name of GSSN.



Proxy Voting:



10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:       N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:   N/A



13. Additional information:   N/A



14. Contact name:     Ceris Stafford



15. Contact telephone number:         020 7975 3414




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