Holding(s) in Company

3i Group PLC
19 October 2004

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company
3i Group plc

2. Name of shareholders having a major interest
Legal & General Group

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
                  221,070            Legal & General                     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 914945
                  137,165            Legal & General                     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 923363
                   66,722            Legal & General                     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775237
                  388,574            Legal & General                     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942199
                  447,720            Legal & General                     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942229
                  166,169            Legal & General                     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942217
                  605,085            Legal & General                     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942175
                  427,292            Legal & General                     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942187
                2,985,233            Legal & General                     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775245
                   94,553            Legal & General                     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 130007
                  151,000            Legal & General                     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 770286
               16,102,153            Legal & General                     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 357206
                  872,500            Legal & General                     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 866203
                   82,400            Legal & General                     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 904332
                  431,600            Legal & General                     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 754612
                   16,000            Legal & General                     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 361602
                  400,000            Legal & General                     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 282605
                  874,004            Legal & General                     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 360509
                   28,000            Legal & General                     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 766793
                   18,866            Legal & General                     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 824434
                   53,560            Legal & General                     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 924422

 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
18 October 2004

12. Total holding following this notification
24,569,666

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
4.00

14. Any additional information
N/A

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Yvonne Fisher - 020 7975 3266

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

Date of notification
19 October 2004




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