Holding(s) in Company

3i Group PLC
05 December 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, and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) and its direct
and indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficial holders, 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

                   144,620                      FMRCO                                      State Street Nominees Limited
                 6,029,311                      FMRCO                                             Chase Nominees Limited
                    81,300                      FMRCO                                                               HSBC
                     3,755                      FMRCO                                                        Mellon Bank
                   936,392                      FMRCO                                  State Street Bank & Trust Company
                 1,060,215                      FMRCO                                          State Street Nominees Ltd
                   603,600                       FMTC                                          State Street Bank & Trust
                 1,837,782                       FMTC                                          State Street Nominees Ltd
                 1,221,783                       FMTC                                                               HSBC
                   406,293                       FMTC                                                      Bankers Trust
                   577,227                       FMTC                                                 Chase Nominees Ltd
                 1,413,488                       FMTC                                                       Mellon Trust
                    59,200                       FMTC                                          Bank of New York - Europe
                 1,329,994                       FMTC                                                     Northern Trust
                    98,500                       FMTC                                                    National Cities
                    55,800                       FMTC                                                  Nortrust Nominees
                   523,416                       FMTC                                                          JP Morgan
                   147,044                       FMTC                                                        Royal Trust
                 2,691,160                       FMTC                                          State Street Bank & Trust
                     8,300                       FMTC                                            Brown Brothers Harriman
                 6,097,832                       FISL                                                 Chase Nominees Ltd
                    13,280                        FPM                                                             Nordea
                 2,443,963                        FPM                                                      Bankers Trust
                   430,284                        FPM                                                     RBS Trust Bank
                   998,472                        FPM                                              Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                   385,400                        FPM                                           BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                 1,960,534                        FPM                                                 Chase Nominees Ltd
                   195,426                        FPM                                                   MSS Nominees Ltd
                   297,500                        FPM                          HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                   375,449                        FPM                                            Bank of New York Europe
                   213,960                        FPM                                                           Citibank
                    86,958                        FPM                                            Bank of New York London
                   124,000                        FPM                                                Mellon Nominees Ltd
                    12,300                        FPM                                       Credit Suisse FST BOS Zurich
                 1,674,489                        FIL                                                 Chase Nominees Ltd
                 2,236,658                        FIL                                          Bank of New York - London
                 1,592,306                        FIL                                                   MSS Nominees Ltd
                 5,642,254                        FIL                          HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                 2,429,596                        FIL                                          State Street Bank & Trust
                   177,990                        FIL                                         Mitsubishi Trust & Banking
                 1,453,850                        FIL                                              Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                   702,693                        FIL                                                      Bankers Trust
                 2,226,401                        FIL                                                     RBS Trust Bank
                   280,051                        FIL                                                     Morgan Stanley
                   531,170                        FIL                                                      NAB-Australia
                 2,164,282                        FIL                                                     Northern Trust
                   145,045                        FIL                                                           Citibank
                 1,065,941                        FIL                                            Bank of New York Europe
                    32,630                        FIL                                                    Chuo Trust Bank
                   285,084                        FIL                                                    Bank of Bermuda
                    48,700                        FIL                                           Deutsche Bank AG, London
                   216,000                        FIL                                              State Street Nominees
                 1,940,075                        FIL                                                          JP Morgan
                   667,312                        FIL                                        Chase Manhattan Bank London
                   559,499                        FIL                                           Deutsche Bank AG, London
                    26,153                        FIL                                                   Daiwa Trust Bank
                    66,300                        FIL                                                Mellon Nominees Ltd
                    65,100                        FIL                                         Master Trust Bank of Japan
                    31,600                        FIL                                          Japan Trustee Svcs Bk Ltd
                   660,176                        FIL                                         Bank of New York, Brussels
                     9,024                        FIL                                       PICG - Pictet Et Cie, Geneva
                    33,500                        FIL                                  Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt



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

4 December 2002

12. Total holding following this notification

59,828,417

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

9.8%

14. Any additional information

FMR Corp is the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), investment
manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which
acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts.

Fidelity International Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect
subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL) and Fidelity Pension Management (FPM),
investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients.

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Ross Turner - 020 7975 3290

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

Sabina Dawson, Assistant Company Secretary

Date of notification

5 December 2002


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