Director/PDMR Shareholding

3i Group PLC
21 July 2006


UK Listing Authority Disclosure Rules
DR 3.1.4R

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 ('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.

On 21 July 2006, the Company was notified that on 20 July 2006 participants
exercised options under The 3i Group Discretionary Share Plan to acquire from
the Trust 353,301 Shares at £5.68 per Share.  The place of this transaction was
the London Stock Exchange.


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