Director/PDMR Shareholding

3i Group PLC
28 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 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 27 July 2006, the Company was notified that on 27 July 2006 participants
exercised options under the Company's Management Equity Investment Plan (the
'MEIP') to acquire from the Trust 45,680 Shares at £nil per Share.  The place of
this transaction was the London Stock Exchange.

As part of the above exercise of options, and pursuant to the rules of the MEIP,
on 27 July 2006 the Company was notified that on 27 July 2006 A J M Taylor, a
Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities of the Company: (i) exercised
options to acquire the number of Shares detailed below at the price per Share
detailed below and (ii) sold the number of Shares detailed below at the price
per Share detailed below:




Number of Shares       Exercise price         Number of Shares sold  Sale price             Number of Shares
exercised                                                                                   retained
6,783                  £ nil                  6,783                  898.5p                 0
8,322                  £ nil                  8,322                  898.5p                 0



The place of these transactions was the London Stock Exchange.




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