Holding(s) in Company
3i Group PLC
15 June 2006
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Name of company
3i Group plc.
2. Name of shareholders having a major interest
Barclays PLC, through its legal entities listed in 14 below.
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
REGISTERED HOLDER ACCOUNT DESIGNATION HOLDING AS
AT 9 JUNE 2006
Bank of New York 38,500
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 675,155
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 7,756,465
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 215,000
Barclays Global Investors Canada 34,771
BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM C
000000000000000000 2,451
Barclays Trust Co DMC69
C 000000000000000000 8,564
Barclays Trust Co E99
C 000000000000000000 188
Barclays Trust Co R69
C 000000000000000000 20,016
Chase Nominees Ltd 16376 269,813
Chase Nominees Ltd 28270 176,553
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 00069301301 5,364
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0225 00120146302 1,080
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0225 00120147102 1,080
Gerrard Nominees Limited 602698 305
Gerrard Nominees Limited 652198 5,647
Gerrard Nominees Limited 660968 272
Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1) 49,089
Investors Bank and Trust Co. 2,818,801
Investors Bank and Trust Co. 25,709
Investors Bank and Trust Co. 3,729
Investors Bank and Trust Co. 32,256
Investors Bank and Trust Co. 565,025
Investors Bank and Trust Co. 92,440
Investors Bank and Trust Co. 56,563
Investors Bank and Trust Co. 8,766
Investors Bank and Trust Co. 51,581
Investors Bank and Trust Co. 1,530,897
Investors Bank and Trust Co. 16,468
Investors Bank and Trust Co. 24,656
Investors Bank and Trust Co. 168,693
Investors Bank and Trust Co. 121,844
Investors Bank and Trust Co. 16,413
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16331 150,952
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16338 33,037
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16341 304,802
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16342 70,735
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16400 4,823,501
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 17011 9,768
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 18409 431,789
JPMorgan Chase Bank 28,260
JPMorgan Chase Bank 4,759
JPMorgan Chase Bank 5,617
JPMorgan Chase Bank 49,146
JPMorgan Chase Bank 18,023
JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,777
JPMorgan Chase Bank 33,155
JPMorgan Chase Bank 5,643
JPMorgan Chase Bank 16,002
JPMorgan Chase Bank 73,952
JPMorgan Chase Bank 78,972
JPMorgan Chase Bank 57,491
JPMorgan Chase Bank 300,114
JPMorgan Chase Bank 58,861
Mellon Trust - US Custodian 37,782
Mitsui Asset 9,051
R C Greig Nominees Limited 586,546
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 150,258
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 19,985
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 16,600
R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 53,157
R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 38,662
R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 AAMCM32 770
Reflex Nominees Limited 3,613
State Street Boston 281,040
Trust & Custody Services Bank 522
Trust & Custody Services Bank 5,415
Zeban Nominees Limited 6,961
Total 22,560,872
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 53 1/8p each.
10. Date of transaction
Not known.
11. Date company informed
15 June 2006.
12. Total holding following this notification
22,560,872.
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
4.10%.
14. Any additional information
Legal entities through which Barclays PLC held its above interest as
at 9 June 2006 are listed below.
LEGAL ENTITY HOLDING
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 7,524
Gerrard Ltd 921,291
Barclays Global Investors Ltd 5,525,103
Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd 34,771
Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 55,563
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 31,219
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 3,613
Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust 624,028
Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 745,847
Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 49,146
Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 8,431,620
Barclays Private Bank Ltd 6,961
Barclays Capital Inc 215,000
Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 4,030,215
Barclays Global Fund Advisors 1,878,971
Total Holding 22,560,872
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Neetha Ranchhod - 0207 975 3530.
16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Robin Jack-Kee, Manager, Group Secretariat.
Date of Notification
15 June 2006
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