Director/PDMR Shareholding

3i Group PLC
16 January 2007

UK Listing Authority Disclosure Rules

DR 3.1.4R



Pursuant to the rules of The 3i Group Discretionary Share Plan, on 15 January
2007 a Performance Share Award was made to the following person by the Trustee
of The 3i Group Employee Trust (the 'Trust') over the number of ordinary shares
of 62 69/88p each ('Shares') in 3i Group plc (the 'Company') detailed below:


Performance Share Award under The 3i Group Discretionary Share Plan

Person discharging managerial responsibilities ('PDMR')  Number of Shares awarded

B Carnegie-Brown                                         64,260



The Performance Share Award is subject to forfeiture in accordance with a
performance condition. The consideration for the award detailed above was nil.
The place of the transaction detailed above was Jersey.

As potential beneficiaries of the Trust, all employees of the Company and its
subsidiaries have an interest in all the Shares in the Company held by the
Trust. These employees include P E Yea, S P Ball and M J Queen, who are
Directors of the Company.  As a result of the award mentioned above, with effect
from 15 January 2007 the interests of each of these Directors in Shares held by
the Trust were reduced by 64,260 Shares.

The Company was notified of the information set out in this announcement on 16
January 2007.


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