Holding(s) in Company
3i Group PLC
13 August 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
182,418 FIJ Chase Nominees Ltd
315,546 FIL Bank of Bermuda
26,036 FIL Bank of New York - London
725,148 FIL Bank of New York Brussels
85,900 FIL Bank of New York Europe
307,866 FIL Bank of New York London
63,545 FIL Bank of New York, Brussels
260,978 FIL Bankers Trust
74,085 FIL Bermuda Far East
298,340 FIL BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
86,349 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt
866,109 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank London
976,928 FIL Chase Nominees Ltd
68,320 FIL Citibank
158,200 FIL Deutsche Bank
510,300 FIL Deutsche Bank
753,032 FIL Deutsche Bank AG, London
1,099,805 FIL HSBC
378,144 FIL HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
61,714 FIL ING Luxembourg
3,600,359 FIL JP Morgan
73,250 FIL Master Trust Bank of Japan
140,277 FIL Mellon Bank
34,200 FIL Mellon Nominees Ltd
24,471 FIL Mitsubishi Trust
72,625 FIL Mitsubishi Trust & Banking
266,551 FIL Morgan Stanley
288,412 FIL NAB-Australia
176,058 FIL National Australia Bank
628,340 FIL Northern Trust
751,173 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd
40,700 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd
94,700 FIL Northern Trust London
4,724 FIL PICG-Pictet et Cie, Geneva
474,662 FIL RBS Trust Bank
1,324,382 FIL State Street Bank & Trust
11,300 FIL State Street Hong Kong
55,789 FIL State Street Munich
217,300 FIL State Street Nominees Ltd
362,860 FISL Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited
21,831 FISL JP Morgan
3,596,296 FMRCO Chase Nominees Limited
549,200 FMRCO HSBC
106,309 FMRCO State Street Bank & Trust Company
104,320 FMRCO State Street Nominees Limited
144,600 FMTC Bank of New York
67,600 FMTC Bank of New York-Europe
476,009 FMTC Bankers Trust
8,600 FMTC Brown Brothers Harriman
903,918 FMTC Chase Nominees Ltd
1,694,094 FMTC HSBC
528,798 FMTC JP Morgan
95,320 FMTC JP Morgan Chase
368,500 FMTC Lloyds Bank (Stock Exchange Branch) Nominees Limited A/C
193,257 FMTC Mellon Bank
805,612 FMTC Mellon Bank N.A.
1,135,701 FMTC Mellon Trust
656,414 FMTC MSS Nominees Limited
2,754,176 FMTC Northern Trust
63,106 FMTC Royal Trust
3,519,120 FMTC State Street Bank & Trust
2,291,579 FMTC State Street Nominees Ltd
145,454 FMTC Sumitomo T&B
211,135 FPM Bank of New York Europe
2,073,522 FPM Bankers Trust
2,382 FPM BBH
2,223,734 FPM Chase Nominees Ltd
179,580 FPM Citibank
418,500 FPM HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
84,216 FPM MSS Nominees Ltd
634,216 FPM Nortrust Nominees Ltd
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
12 August 2004
12. Total holding following this notification
41,997,995
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
6.84%
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
13 August 2004
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