Holding(s) in Company

3i Group PLC
26 March 2007



NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



On 23 March 2007 3i Group plc ('the Issuer') was notified of the following
details relating to a major interest in its 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:



Revised due to DTR Rules  -see section 13



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



Fidelity International Limited (FIL)



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



See additional information under 13.



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



Revised due to DTR rules



6. Date on which issuer notified:



23 March 2007



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



N/A



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 6,650,388        6,650,388                                     6,650,388                    1.44%






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
         6,650,388                      1.44%





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



See attached schedule



Proxy Voting:



10. Name of the proxy holder: Fidelity International Limited (FIL)

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:



As discussed with the FSA, prior to the implementation of the EU Transparency
Directive, we aggregated the interests in shares of FMR Corp (FMR) and Fidelity
International Limited (FIL) together for the purposes of shareholder reporting.
According to the new DTR rules we are now reporting the indirect holdings of FMR
and FIL separately. A separate notification is being submitted for FMR Corp.
Please note these holdings are correct as of close of business 22 March 2007.


Fidelity International Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect
subsidiaries, including Fidelity Fund Management Limited (FFML), Fidelity Investment Services Limited
(FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), Fidelity
Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments
Japan (FIJ) and Fidelity Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment
companies and institutional clients.



Issuer Name:                    3i Group plc

Total shares held:              6,650,388

Issued share capital:           460,922,034

         Shares held            Nominee                                           Management Company

                  2,816,193     JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH                            FIL
                     22,200     NORDDEUTSCHE LNBK GIRO                            FIL
                  1,298,480     JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH                            FISL
                    247,928     JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH                            FPM
                    551,235     NORTHERN TRUST LONDON                             FPM
                      4,302     BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX                        FIL
                    213,700     NORTHERN TRUST LONDON                             FIL
                    320,767     BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS                         FPM
                    234,980     BERMUDA TRUST FAR EAST HK                         FIM HK
                    105,897     MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN                        FIJ
                     59,122     NOMURA TRUST AND BANKING                          FIJ
                     14,800     DEXIA PRIVATBANK                                  FPM
                    620,184     BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN                       FII
                     28,200     CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFURT (S                   FPM
                     59,400     STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S                    FIL
                     53,000     STATE STREET HONG KONG                            FIA(K)L





Issuer contact details:

Ceris Stafford, Group Secretariat

Telephone: [phone]




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