Holding(s) in Company

3i Group PLC
17 August 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

3i Group plc

2. Name of shareholders having a major interest

Legal & General Group plc and/or its subsidiaries

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                                                                        Nominee/Registered Name
                  206,145                                                HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 914945
                  129,149                                                HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 923363
                  322,114                                                HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942199
                  317,085                                                HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942229
                  314,605                                                HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942217
                  281,869                                                HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942205
                  319,569                                                HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942175
                  314,623                                                HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942187
                2,096,607                                                HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775245
               12,795,693                                                HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 357206
                  827,482                                                HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 866203
                  101,120                                                HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 904332
                1,337,891                                                HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 969995
                  631,639                                                HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 969995
                   11,101                                                HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 361602
                  814,233                                                HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 282605
                  808,633                                                HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 360509
                   92,037                                                HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 766793
                   25,086                                                HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 824434
                   97,710                                                HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 924422
               21,844,391 TOTAL

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 53 1/8p each

10. Date of transaction

not known

11. Date company informed

17 August 2005

12. Total holding following this notification

21,844,391

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.85%

14. Any additional information

None

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Pandora Sharp - 020 7975 3228

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

Jonathan Murphy, Deputy Company Secretary

Date of notification

17 August 2005




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