Holding(s) in Company

3i Group PLC
27 January 2004

                                  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 FMR Corp and FIL.

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

                   69,920                      FMRCO                                State Street Nominees Limited
                4,397,156                      FMRCO                                       Chase Nominees Limited
                   16,200                      FMRCO                                                         HSBC
                  515,912                      FMRCO                            State Street Bank & Trust Company
                2,065,346                       FMTC                                    State Street Nominees Ltd
                1,908,453                       FMTC                                                         HSBC
                  528,209                       FMTC                                                Bankers Trust
                1,602,365                       FMTC                                           Chase Nominees Ltd
                1,891,317                       FMTC                                                 Mellon Trust
                  101,200                       FMTC                                    Bank of New York - Europe
                1,511,278                       FMTC                                               Northern Trust
                  122,100                       FMTC                                            Nortrust Nominees
                  696,518                       FMTC                                                    JP Morgan
                   75,405                       FMTC                                                  Royal Trust
                2,608,160                       FMTC                                    State Street Bank & Trust
                    9,100                       FMTC                                      Brown Brothers Harriman
                  226,400                       FMTC                                             Bank of New York
                  412,600                       FMTC         Lloyds Bank (Stock Exchange Branch) Nominees Limited
                  699,614                       FMTC                                         MSS Nominees Limited
                  122,254                       FMTC                                                 Sumitomo T&B
                4,447,443                       FISL                                           Chase Nominees Ltd
                  258,900                        FPM                    HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                2,200,522                        FPM                                                Bankers Trust
                   77,489                        FPM                                               RBS Trust Bank
                  888,205                        FPM                                        Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                  324,540                        FPM                                     BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                2,156,334                        FPM                                           Chase Nominees Ltd
                  100,016                        FPM                                             MSS Nominees Ltd
                  370,549                        FPM                                      Bank of New York Europe
                  240,660                        FPM                                                     Citibank
                   59,758                        FPM                                      Bank of New York London
                1,399,909                        FIL                                           Chase Nominees Ltd
                  790,204                        FIL                                    Bank of New York - London
                1,243,266                        FIL                                             MSS Nominees Ltd
                5,293,297                        FIL                    HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                2,130,176                        FIL                                    State Street Bank & Trust
                  189,915                        FIL                                   Mitsubishi Trust & Banking
                1,623,593                        FIL                                        Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                  513,746                        FIL                                                Bankers Trust
                1,147,019                        FIL                                               RBS Trust Bank
                  394,951                        FIL                                               Morgan Stanley
                  661,970                        FIL                                                NAB-Australia
                  961,866                        FIL                                               Northern Trust
                  119,185                        FIL                                                     Citibank
                  145,000                        FIL                                      Bank of New York Europe
                   29,410                        FIL                                              Chuo Trust Bank
                  405,056                        FIL                                              Bank of Bermuda
                  867,632                        FIL                                     Deutsche Bank AG, London
                  285,800                        FIL                                        State Street Nominees
                3,359,839                        FIL                                                    JP Morgan
                1,140,261                        FIL                                  Chase Manhattan Bank London
                   56,400                        FIL                                          Mellon Nominees Ltd
                   71,950                        FIL                                   Master Trust Bank of Japan
                   36,100                        FIL                                    Japan Trustee Svcs Bk Ltd
                  666,376                        FIL                                   Bank of New York, Brussels
                    8,324                        FIL                                 PICG - Pictet Et Cie, Geneva
                  400,600                        FIL                                                Deutsche Bank
                   61,714                        FIL                                               ING Luxembourg
                   73,585                        FIL                                             Bermuda Far East
                  150,449                        FIL                            Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt
                   10,400                        FIL                                       State Street Hong Kong



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

Ordinary Shares of 50p each

10. Date of transaction

not known

11. Date company informed

27 January 2004

12. Total holding following this notification

54,941,916

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

8.96%

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

June Webb - 020 7975 3530

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

Sabina Dawson, Assistant Company Secretary

Date of notification

27 January 2004




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