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3i Group PLC 28 July 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 182,418 FIJ Chase Nominees Ltd 444,971 FIL Bank of Bermuda 26,036 FIL Bank of New York - London 781,848 FIL Bank of New York Brussels 145,000 FIL Bank of New York Europe 621,168 FIL Bank of New York London 63,545 FIL Bank of New York, Brussels 358,158 FIL Bankers Trust 298,340 FIL BT Globenet Nominees Ltd 86,349 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt 866,109 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank London 976,928 FIL Chase Nominees Ltd 107,620 FIL Citibank 158,200 FIL Deutsche Bank 510,300 FIL Deutsche Bank 753,032 FIL Deutsche Bank AG, London 1,099,743 FIL HSBC 378,144 FIL HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited 61,714 FIL ING Luxembourg 3,710,359 FIL JP Morgan 73,250 FIL Master Trust Bank of Japan 150,277 FIL Mellon Bank 34,200 FIL Mellon Nominees Ltd 24,471 FIL Mitsubishi Trust 72,625 FIL Mitsubishi Trust & Banking 317,951 FIL Morgan Stanley 288,412 FIL NAB-Australia 167,458 FIL National Australia Bank 1,051,425 FIL Northern Trust 2,185,297 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd 40,700 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd 94,700 FIL Northern Trust London 4,724 FIL PICG-Pictet et Cie, Geneva 857,941 FIL RBS Trust Bank 1,307,722 FIL State Street Bank & Trust 11,300 FIL State Street Hong Kong 55,789 FIL State Street Munich 6,000 FIL State Street Nominees 262,300 FIL State Street Nominees Ltd 74,085 FIL Bermuda Far East 3,345,363 FISL Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited 367,047 FISL JP Morgan 3,921,896 FMRCO Chase Nominees Limited 549,200 FMRCO HSBC 384,329 FMRCO State Street Bank & Trust Company 115,520 FMRCO State Street Nominees Limited 142,400 FMTC Bank of New York 67,600 FMTC Bank of New York-Europe 476,009 FMTC Bankers Trust 8,600 FMTC Brown Brothers Harriman 903,918 FMTC Chase Nominees Ltd 1,694,094 FMTC HSBC 528,798 FMTC JP Morgan 95,320 FMTC JP Morgan Chase 368,500 FMTC Lloyds Bank (Stock Exchange Branch) Nominees Limited A/C 193,257 FMTC Mellon Bank 468,393 FMTC Mellon Bank N.A. 1,135,701 FMTC Mellon Trust 656,414 FMTC MSS Nominees Limited 2,056,921 FMTC Northern Trust 63,106 FMTC Royal Trust 3,618,452 FMTC State Street Bank & Trust 2,302,579 FMTC State Street Nominees Ltd 145,454 FMTC Sumitomo T&B 362,049 FPM Bank of New York Europe 56,458 FPM Bank of New York London 2,073,522 FPM Bankers Trust 2,182 FPM BBH 26,200 FPM BT Globenet Nominees Ltd 2,223,734 FPM Chase Nominees Ltd 263,140 FPM Citibank 418,500 FPM HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited 100,016 FPM MSS Nominees Ltd 634,216 FPM Nortrust Nominees Ltd 77,489 FPM RBS Trust Bank 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 28 July 2004 12. Total holding following this notification 48,556,986 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 7.91% 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 28 July 2004 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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