Holding(s) in Company

3i Group PLC
01 July 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

3i Group plc

2. Name of shareholders having a major interest

Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary 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

                             REGISTERED HOLDER                  SHARES

      Prudential plc                                          36,891,845
                     MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM (UK) SALI                 83,183
                     PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC          35,027,702
                     PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PHL AC             322,536
                     PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC             962,977
                     PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) EQBF AC              40,615
                     PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) HYBF AC             125,000
                     PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) MNBF AC              70,933
                     PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PENE AC             258,899

 The Prudential 
 Assurance                                                    36,073,862
 Company Limited
                     MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM (UK) SALI                 83,183
                     PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC          35,027,702
                     PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC             962,977

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

1 July 2005

12. Total holding following this notification

Prudential plc   36,891,845

The Prudential Assurance Company Limited  36,073,862

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

Prudential plc 6.00% (of which the Prudential Assurance Company Limited's 
interest forms a part)

The Prudential Assurance Company Limited 5.86%

14. Any additional information

No

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Yvonne Fisher - 020 7975 3266

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

Jonathan Murphy, Deputy Company Secretary

Date of notification

1 July 2005


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