Holding in Company

3i Group PLC
20 September 2001


Letter to 3i Group PLC - Dated 19 September 2001

Companies Act 1985 ('The Act') - Part VI

I refer to our previous correspondence and now inform you that as of the date of
this letter Barclays PLC, through its subsidiary Barclays Bank PLC, no longer 
has a notifiable interest in the capital of your Company.

According to our records your Company's Issued Share Capital is 608,817,255.  


Letter from Geoff Smith
            Manager, Secretarial Services
            Barclays