Holding(s) in Company
3i Group PLC
05 December 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
144,620 FMRCO State Street Nominees Limited
6,029,311 FMRCO Chase Nominees Limited
81,300 FMRCO HSBC
3,755 FMRCO Mellon Bank
936,392 FMRCO State Street Bank & Trust Company
1,060,215 FMRCO State Street Nominees Ltd
603,600 FMTC State Street Bank & Trust
1,837,782 FMTC State Street Nominees Ltd
1,221,783 FMTC HSBC
406,293 FMTC Bankers Trust
577,227 FMTC Chase Nominees Ltd
1,413,488 FMTC Mellon Trust
59,200 FMTC Bank of New York - Europe
1,329,994 FMTC Northern Trust
98,500 FMTC National Cities
55,800 FMTC Nortrust Nominees
523,416 FMTC JP Morgan
147,044 FMTC Royal Trust
2,691,160 FMTC State Street Bank & Trust
8,300 FMTC Brown Brothers Harriman
6,097,832 FISL Chase Nominees Ltd
13,280 FPM Nordea
2,443,963 FPM Bankers Trust
430,284 FPM RBS Trust Bank
998,472 FPM Nortrust Nominees Ltd
385,400 FPM BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
1,960,534 FPM Chase Nominees Ltd
195,426 FPM MSS Nominees Ltd
297,500 FPM HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
375,449 FPM Bank of New York Europe
213,960 FPM Citibank
86,958 FPM Bank of New York London
124,000 FPM Mellon Nominees Ltd
12,300 FPM Credit Suisse FST BOS Zurich
1,674,489 FIL Chase Nominees Ltd
2,236,658 FIL Bank of New York - London
1,592,306 FIL MSS Nominees Ltd
5,642,254 FIL HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
2,429,596 FIL State Street Bank & Trust
177,990 FIL Mitsubishi Trust & Banking
1,453,850 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd
702,693 FIL Bankers Trust
2,226,401 FIL RBS Trust Bank
280,051 FIL Morgan Stanley
531,170 FIL NAB-Australia
2,164,282 FIL Northern Trust
145,045 FIL Citibank
1,065,941 FIL Bank of New York Europe
32,630 FIL Chuo Trust Bank
285,084 FIL Bank of Bermuda
48,700 FIL Deutsche Bank AG, London
216,000 FIL State Street Nominees
1,940,075 FIL JP Morgan
667,312 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank London
559,499 FIL Deutsche Bank AG, London
26,153 FIL Daiwa Trust Bank
66,300 FIL Mellon Nominees Ltd
65,100 FIL Master Trust Bank of Japan
31,600 FIL Japan Trustee Svcs Bk Ltd
660,176 FIL Bank of New York, Brussels
9,024 FIL PICG - Pictet Et Cie, Geneva
33,500 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt
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
4 December 2002
12. Total holding following this notification
59,828,417
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
9.8%
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
5 December 2002
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