Holding(s) in Company

3i Group PLC
2 May 2002


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

3i Group plc

2. Name of shareholders having a major interest

FMR Corp and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International
Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and Mr Edward C Johnson 3d as a
principal shareholder of these companies

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18 In respect of those named in 2 above

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

               Shares Held         Management Company                                       Nominee/Registered Name
                 3,134,762                      FMRCO                                 State Street Nominees Limited
                 3,006,300                      FMRCO                                        Chase Nominees Limited
                    22,300                      FMRCO                                                          HSBC
                    66,100                       FMTC                                                   Royal Trust
                 1,478,185                       FMTC                                     State Street Nominees Ltd
                 1,033,512                       FMTC                                                          HSBC
                   331,142                       FMTC                                                 Bankers Trust
                   529,778                       FMTC                                            Chase Nominees Ltd
                 1,071,357                       FMTC                                                  Mellon Trust
                    73,400                       FMTC                                       Bank of New York Europe
                   990,072                       FMTC                                                Northern Trust
                    90,600                       FMTC                                               National Cities
                    49,200                       FMTC                                             Nortrust Nominees
                     6,600                       FMTC                                       Brown Brothers Harriman
                   325,800                       FMTC                                                     JP Morgan
                   216,900                       FMTC                                                 Deutsche Bank
                    56,100                       FMTC                                     State Street Bank & Trust
                    85,281                       FMTC
                 4,375,079                       FISL                                            Chase Nominees Ltd
                    13,280                        FPM                                                        Nordea
                 1,761,600                        FPM                                                 Bankers Trust
                   271,050                        FPM                                                RBS Trust Bank
                   826,939                        FPM                                         Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                   329,000                        FPM                                      BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                 1,591,900                        FPM                                            Chase Nominees Ltd
                   154,626                        FPM                                              MSS Nominees Ltd
                   231,300                        FPM                     HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                   314,349                        FPM                                       Bank of New York Europe
                   148,860                        FPM                                                      Citibank
                    67,458                        FPM                                       Bank of New York London
                   107,600                        FPM                                           Mellon Nominees Ltd
                 1,403,391                        FIL                                            Chase Nominees Ltd
                   559,820                        FIL                                       Bank of New York London
                 1,586,723                        FIL                                              MSS Nominees Ltd
                   104,399                        FIL                     HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                 1,731,179                        FIL                                     State Street Bank & Trust
                   109,485                        FIL                                    Mitsubishi Trust & Banking
                 1,263,560                        FIL                                         Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                   706,175                        FIL                                                 Bankers Trust
                 1,989,891                        FIL                                                RBS Trust Bank
                   205,351                        FIL                                                Morgan Stanley
                   174,175                        FIL                                                 NAB-Australia
                 2,119,594                        FIL                                                Northern Trust
                   106,680                        FIL                                                      Citibank
                    15,700                        FIL                                                 Credit Suisse
                   983,259                        FIL                                       Bank of New York Europe
                    29,080                        FIL                                               Chuo Trust Bank
                   222,817                        FIL                                               Bank of Bermuda
                    11,400                        FIL                                       National Australia Bank
                    57,424                        FIL                                      Deutsche Bank AG, London
                    38,970                        FIL                                         State Street Nominees
                    93,120                        FIL                                                   Mellon Bank
                    28,970                        FIL                                                KAS Associatie
                    35,610                        FIL                                                  RBS-EDINBURG
                   305,835                        FIL                                                     JP Morgan
                   107,016                        FIL                                   Chase Manhattan Bank London



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
not known


6. Percentage of issued class
not known

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
not known

8. Percentage of issued class
not known

9. Class of security
Shares of 50p each

10. Date of transaction
not known


11. Date company informed
1 May 2002

12. Total holding following this notification
36,750,054

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
6.03%

14. Any additional information
no

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Raj Bhasin - 020 7975 3290

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
Nicole Sabina Dawson, Assistant Company Secretary

Date of notification
2 May 2002



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