Transaction in Own Shares

3i Group PLC
12 December 2006



3i Group plc


On 6 December 2006 it was announced that 3i Group plc (the 'Company') had
purchased 350,000 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
                   350,000                           8 December 2006


The Company's issued share capital as at 8 December 2006, following the
cancellation of the above Shares, was 465,278,703 Shares.





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