Director/PDMR Shareholding

3i Group PLC
23 February 2007

UK Listing Authority Disclosure and Transparency Rules

DTR 3.1.4R

1) As potential beneficiaries of The 3i Group Employee Trust (the 'Trust') all
employees of 3i Group plc (the 'Company') and its subsidiaries have an interest
in all the ordinary shares of 62 69/88p each in the Company ('Shares') held by
the Trust. These employees include P E Yea, S P Ball and M J Queen, who are
Directors of the Company.

On 23 February 2007 the Company was notified that on 22 February 2007
participants exercised options under the Company's Management Equity Investment
Plan to acquire from the Trust 3,240 Shares at £nil per Share. The place of this
transaction was the London Stock Exchange.

2) On 23 February 2007 the Company was notified that on 22 February 2007 the
Directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities ('PDMRs') of the
Company listed below acquired interests in the number of Shares detailed below
at a price of 1198 pence per Share.  These interests were acquired through the
re-investment of the Company's interim dividend paid on 3 January 2007 on Shares
which were the subject of share awards held under the rules of The 3i Group
Discretionary Share Plan.

Director and PDMR of 3i Group plc               Number of Shares
P E Yea                                         539
M J Queen                                       268

PDMR of 3i Group plc
A W W Brierley                                  67
D R Collis                                      62





 The place of these transactions was the London Stock Exchange.




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