Holding(s) in Company
3i Group PLC
11 November 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
377,146 FIL Bank of Bermuda
856,293 FIL Bank of New York Brussels
107,700 FIL Bank of New York Europe
321,811 FIL Bank of New York London
216,658 FIL Bankers Trust
74,085 FIL Bermuda Far East
298,340 FIL BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
71,249 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt
777,033 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank London
982,668 FIL Chase Nominees Ltd
52,470 FIL Citibank
41,210 FIL Deutsche Bank
518,000 FIL Deutsche Bank
753,032 FIL Deutsche Bank AG, London
8,224 FIL Dexia Privatbank (Schweiz)
4,139 FIL HSBC
281,100 FIL HSBC Bank Plc
399,049 FIL HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
61,714 FIL ING Luxembourg
4,088,059 FIL JP Morgan
93,072 FIL Master Trust Bank of Japan
152,077 FIL Mellon Bank
34,200 FIL Mellon Nominees Ltd
72,625 FIL Mitsubishi Trust & Banking
346,351 FIL Morgan Stanley
288,412 FIL NAB-Australia
167,758 FIL National Australia Bank
1,020,796 FIL Northern Trust
882,473 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd
38,700 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd
94,700 FIL Northern Trust London
512,141 FIL RBS Trust Bank
100,900 FIL Societe Generale
1,464,737 FIL State Street Bank & Trust
11,300 FIL State Street Hong Kong
55,789 FIL State Street Munich
272,500 FIL State Street Nominees Ltd
65,900 FISL Chase Manhattan Bank London
106,841 FISL JP Morgan
2,773,996 FMRCO Chase Nominees Limited
549,200 FMRCO HSBC
1,166,500 FMRCO JP Morgan Chase
24,617 FMRCO State Street Bank & Trust Company
104,320 FMRCO State Street Nominees Limited
149,000 FMTC Bank of New York
67,600 FMTC Bank of New York-Europe
526,509 FMTC Bankers Trust
50,100 FMTC Brown Brothers Harriman
903,918 FMTC Chase Nominees Ltd
1,413,394 FMTC HSBC
513,498 FMTC JP Morgan
95,320 FMTC JP Morgan Chase
368,500 FMTC Lloyds Bank (Stock Exchange Branch) Nominees Limited A/C
200,357 FMTC Mellon Bank
869,312 FMTC Mellon Bank N.A.
1,518,601 FMTC Mellon Trust
656,414 FMTC MSS Nominees Limited
2,992,899 FMTC Northern Trust
63,106 FMTC Royal Trust
3,554,635 FMTC State Street Bank & Trust
2,425,079 FMTC State Street Nominees Ltd
254,500 FPM Bank of New York Europe
2,006,622 FPM Bankers Trust
2,382 FPM BBH
2,213,834 FPM Chase Nominees Ltd
218,580 FPM Citibank
422,600 FPM HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
105,616 FPM MSS Nominees Ltd
609,416 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
11 November 2004
12. Total holding following this notification
43,074,095
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
7.02%
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
11 November 2004
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