Transaction in Own Shares

3i Group PLC
31 August 2005

3i Group plc

On 19 August 2005 and 24 August 2005 it was announced that 3i Group plc had
respectively purchased 600,000 and 250,000 of its own ordinary shares of 
53 1/8p each ('Shares'), for cancellation.  The Company now confirms that
these Shares were cancelled as follows:

             Number of Shares cancelled              Date of Cancellation
                      600,000                           30 August 2005
                      250,000                           30 August 2005

The Company's issued share capital as at 30 August 2005, following the
cancellations of the above Shares, was 561,503,197 Shares.

31 August 2005


                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange