Holding(s) in Company

3i Group PLC
28 October 2002

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company
3i Group plc

2. Name of shareholders having a major interest
FMR Corp and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) and its direct
and indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficial holders, and Mr Edward C Johnson 3d as a principal
shareholder of these companies.

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18
In respect of those named in 2 above

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

               Shares Held         Management Company                                            Nominee/Registered Name
                   140,920                      FMRCO                                      State Street Nominees Limited
                 4,573,095                      FMRCO                                             Chase Nominees Limited
                    81,300                      FMRCO                                                               HSBC
                     2,051                      FMRCO                                                        Mellon Bank
                   508,076                      FMRCO                                  State Street Bank & Trust Company
                   554,295                      FMRCO                                          State Street Nominees Ltd
                   584,300                       FMTC                                          State Street Bank & Trust
                 1,671,662                       FMTC                                          State Street Nominees Ltd
                 1,142,183                       FMTC                                                               HSBC
                   352,993                       FMTC                                                      Bankers Trust
                   557,127                       FMTC                                                 Chase Nominees Ltd
                 1,363,474                       FMTC                                                       Mellon Trust
                    79,200                       FMTC                                          Bank of New York - Europe
                 1,242,394                       FMTC                                                     Northern Trust
                    98,500                       FMTC                                                    National Cities
                    50,300                       FMTC                                                  Nortrust Nominees
                   501,116                       FMTC                                                          JP Morgan
                   139,800                       FMTC                                                        Royal Trust
                 2,429,210                       FMTC                                          State Street Bank & Trust
                     8,300                       FMTC                                            Brown Brothers Harriman
                 5,745,003                       FISL                                                 Chase Nominees Ltd
                    13,280                        FPM                                                             Nordea
                 2,340,163                        FPM                                                      Bankers Trust
                   430,284                        FPM                                                     RBS Trust Bank
                   960,572                        FPM                                              Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                   385,400                        FPM                                           BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                 1,845,500                        FPM                                                 Chase Nominees Ltd
                   195,426                        FPM                                                   MSS Nominees Ltd
                   216,400                        FPM                          HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                   375,449                        FPM                                            Bank of New York Europe
                   191,660                        FPM                                                           Citibank
                    86,958                        FPM                                            Bank of New York London
                   124,000                        FPM                                                Mellon Nominees Ltd
                    12,300                        FPM                                       Credit Suisse FST BOS Zurich
                 1,630,015                        FIL                                                 Chase Nominees Ltd
                 1,884,950                        FIL                                          Bank of New York - London
                 1,471,251                        FIL                                                   MSS Nominees Ltd
                   951,699                        FIL                          HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                 2,260,709                        FIL                                          State Street Bank & Trust
                   154,360                        FIL                                         Mitsubishi Trust & Banking
                 1,460,150                        FIL                                              Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                   730,499                        FIL                                                      Bankers Trust
                 2,477,861                        FIL                                                     RBS Trust Bank
                   280,051                        FIL                                                     Morgan Stanley
                   457,780                        FIL                                                      NAB-Australia
                 2,089,582                        FIL                                                     Northern Trust
                   141,245                        FIL                                                           Citibank
                 1,043,216                        FIL                                            Bank of New York Europe
                    28,620                        FIL                                                    Chuo Trust Bank
                   367,286                        FIL                                                    Bank of Bermuda
                    59,400                        FIL                                           Deutsche Bank AG, London
                   216,000                        FIL                                              State Street Nominees
                   572,542                        FIL                                                          JP Morgan
                   403,621                        FIL                                        Chase Manhattan Bank London
                   414,940                        FIL                                           Deutsche Bank AG, London
                    23,100                        FIL                                                   Daiwa Trust Bank
                    87,300                        FIL                                                Mellon Nominees Ltd
                    60,600                        FIL                                         Master Trust Bank of Japan
                    27,000                        FIL                                          Japan Trustee Svcs Bk Ltd
                   702,477                        FIL                                         Bank of New York, Brussels
                     9,024                        FIL                                        PICG - PICET ET CIE, Geneva



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
not known

6. Percentage of issued class
not known

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
not known

8. Percentage of issued class
not known

9. Class of security
Shares of 50p each

10. Date of transaction
not known

11. Date company informed
25 October 2002

12. Total holding following this notification
49,007,969

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
8.03%

14. Any additional information
FMR Corp is the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), investment
manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which
acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts.

Fidelity International Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect
subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL) and Fidelity Pension Management (FPM),
investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients.

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Ross Turner - 020 7975 3290

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
Sabina Dawson, Assistant Company Secretary

Date of notification
28 October 2002


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