Holding(s) in Company
3i Group PLC
10 February 2004
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 FMR Corp and FIL.
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
69,920 FMRCO State Street Nominees Limited
4,501,956 FMRCO Chase Nominees Limited
16,200 FMRCO HSBC
515,912 FMRCO State Street Bank & Trust Company
2,073,446 FMTC State Street Nominees Ltd
1,938,053 FMTC HSBC
528,209 FMTC Bankers Trust
1,602,365 FMTC Chase Nominees Ltd
1,892,517 FMTC Mellon Trust
101,200 FMTC Bank of New York - Europe
1,728,878 FMTC Northern Trust
122,100 FMTC Nortrust Nominees
696,518 FMTC JP Morgan
75,405 FMTC Royal Trust
2,606,460 FMTC State Street Bank & Trust
9,100 FMTC Brown Brothers Harriman
201,900 FMTC Bank of New York
412,600 FMTC Lloyds Bank (Stock Exchange Branch) Nominees Limited
699,614 FMTC MSS Nominees Limited
122,254 FMTC Sumitomo T&B
4,444,643 FISL Chase Nominees Ltd
281,000 FPM HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
2,232,922 FPM Bankers Trust
77,489 FPM RBS Trust Bank
888,205 FPM Nortrust Nominees Ltd
324,540 FPM BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
2,172,434 FPM Chase Nominees Ltd
100,016 FPM MSS Nominees Ltd
370,549 FPM Bank of New York Europe
280,440 FPM Citibank
59,758 FPM Bank of New York London
1,397,839 FIL Chase Nominees Ltd
790,204 FIL Bank of New York - London
1,243,266 FIL MSS Nominees Ltd
5,307,522 FIL HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
2,127,976 FIL State Street Bank & Trust
189,915 FIL Mitsubishi Trust & Banking
1,630,193 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd
496,946 FIL Bankers Trust
1,147,019 FIL RBS Trust Bank
394,951 FIL Morgan Stanley
661,970 FIL NAB-Australia
960,966 FIL Northern Trust
119,185 FIL Citibank
145,000 FIL Bank of New York Europe
0 FIL Chuo Trust Bank
405,056 FIL Bank of Bermuda
867,632 FIL Deutsche Bank AG, London
283,700 FIL State Street Nominees
3,308,059 FIL JP Morgan
1,140,261 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank London
56,400 FIL Mellon Nominees Ltd
71,950 FIL Master Trust Bank of Japan
36,100 FIL Japan Trustee Svcs Bk Ltd
666,376 FIL Bank of New York, Brussels
8,324 FIL PICG - Pictet Et Cie, Geneva
433,100 FIL Deutsche Bank
61,714 FIL ING Luxembourg
73,585 FIL Bermuda Far East
150,449 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt
10,400 FIL State Street Hong Kong
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
Ordinary Shares of 50p each
10. Date of transaction
not known
11. Date company informed
9 February 2004
12. Total holding following this notification
55,332,661
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
9.03%
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
June Webb - 020 7975 3530
16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
Sabina Dawson, Assistant Company Secretary
Date of notification
10 February 2004
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