Director/PDMR Shareholding

3i Group PLC
30 November 2006

UK Listing Authority Disclosure Rules

DR 3.1.4R



Pursuant to the rules of The 3i Group Discretionary Share Plan, on 29 November
2006 Performance Share Awards were made to the following persons by the Trustee
of The 3i Group Employee Trust (the 'Trust') over the number of ordinary shares
of 62 69/88p each ('Shares') of 3i Group plc (the 'Company') detailed against
their name below.




Performance Share Awards under the 3i Group Discretionary Share Plan


3i Group plc Directors & persons discharging              Number of Shares 
managerial responsibilities ('PDMRs')                     awarded

P E Yea                                                   133,261
S P Ball                                                  84,264
M J Queen                                                 82,559

PDMRs
A W W Brierley                                            62,951
D R Collis                                                57,791
C P Rowlands                                              67,079
J B C Russell                                             67,079
J Taylor                                                  67,079
P Waller                                                  67,079



The Performance Share Awards are subject to forfeiture in accordance with a
performance condition.



The consideration for all of the awards detailed above was nil. The place of the
transactions 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 awards mentioned above and awards
made to other employees on the same date, with effect from 29 November 2006, the
interests of each of these Directors in Shares held by the Trust were reduced by
1,118,609 Shares.

Each of the Directors/PDMRs above notified the Company of the above changes in
their interests in Shares on 30 November 2006.


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