Holding(s) in Company

3i Group PLC
30 April 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

3i Group plc

2. Name of shareholders having a major interest

Legal and General Group

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

    256,935    Legal & General   HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 914945
    900,000    Legal & General   HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 886603
  2,844,395    Legal & General   HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775245
    200,000    Legal & General   HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 754612
    643,404    Legal & General   HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 360509
    101,000    Legal & General   HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 770286
 15,035,076    Legal & General   HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 357206
     51,100    Legal & General   HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 904332
    830,500    Legal & General   HSBC Global Custody Nominee UK Ltd A/C 866203
     51,600    Legal & General   HSBC Global Custody Nominee UK Ltd A/C 904332


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

29 April 2003

12. Total holding following this notification

20,914,010

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.42%

14. Any additional information

N/A

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Claire Robson - 020 7975 3290

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

Sabina Dawson, Assistant Company Secretary

Date of notification

30 April 2003



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