Transaction in Own Shares

3i Group PLC
05 September 2005



3i Group plc

On 26 August 2005 it was announced that 3i Group plc had purchased 250,000 of
its own ordinary shares of 53 1/8p each ('Shares'), for cancellation.  The
Company now confirms that these Shares were cancelled as follows:


          Number of Shares cancelled                 Date of Cancellation
                      250,000                          2 September 2005

The Company's issued share capital as at 2 September 2005, following the
cancellation of the above Shares, was 560,519,482 Shares.


5 September 2005


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