Transaction in Own Shares

3i Group PLC
01 December 2006



3i Group plc



On 24 November 2006 and 27 November 2006 it was announced that 3i Group plc (the
'Company') had purchased 100,000 and 300,000 respectively of its own ordinary
shares of 62 69/88p each ('Shares'), for cancellation. The Company now
confirms that these Shares were cancelled as follows:




    Number of Shares cancelled                    Date of Cancellation
          400,000                                   30 November 2006



The Company's issued share capital as at 30 November 2006, following the
cancellation of the above Shares, was 467,228,703 Shares.





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