Transaction in Own Shares

3i Group PLC
26 July 2007

3i Group plc

26 July 2007



                                  3i Group plc



                     Purchase and cancellation of B Shares





On 23 July 2007, 3i Group plc ('3i') announced that Dresdner Kleinwort
Securities Limited and Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (together, the '
Brokers') had agreed to purchase, acting as principals, 606,882,529 B Shares
(the 'Offer Shares') under the Brokers' Offer (as defined in 3i's circular to
Shareholders dated 14 June 2007 (the 'Circular')).



3i has today completed its purchase of all the Offer Shares from the Brokers for
the same consideration as that paid by the Brokers (127p per Offer Share).  3i
confirms that all the Offer Shares have today been cancelled.



Following the cancellation of the Offer Shares, 3i has 38,221,190 B Shares
remaining in issue.





Notes:



All defined terms not otherwise defined in this announcement shall bear the
meanings given in Part 10 (Definitions) of the Circular.



Further information and copies of the Circular can be found on 3i's investor
relations website at http://www.3igroup.com.





For further information:



Patrick Dunne, 3i Group plc         020 7975 3283





Dresdner Kleinwort Securities Limited and Lehman Brothers International
(Europe), which are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services
Authority, are acting for 3i Group plc and for no-one else in connection with
the contents of this document and will not be responsible to anyone other than
3i Group plc for providing the protections afforded to customers of Dresdner
Kleinwort Securities Limited or Lehman Brothers International (Europe), or for
affording advice in relation to the contents of this announcement or any matters
referred to herein.


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