Transaction in Own Shares

3i Group PLC
10 January 2007


                                  3i Group plc

                           Purchase of Own Securities


3i Group plc announces that on 9 January 2007 it purchased for cancellation
240,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 1014.83 pence per share.



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