Holding(s) in Company

3i Group PLC
15 June 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
                  119,320                      FMRCO                                       State Street Nominees Limited
                4,014,796                      FMRCO                                              Chase Nominees Limited
                  463,929                      FMRCO                                   State Street Bank & Trust Company
                  547,200                      FMRCO                                                                HSBC
                2,666,736                       FMTC                                           State Street Nominees Ltd
                1,703,794                       FMTC                                                                HSBC
                  476,009                       FMTC                                                       Bankers Trust
                1,750,465                       FMTC                                                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                1,864,972                       FMTC                                                        Mellon Trust
                   60,000                       FMTC                                           Bank of New York - Europe
                1,865,278                       FMTC                                                      Northern Trust
                  554,397                       FMTC                                                           JP Morgan
                   63,106                       FMTC                                                         Royal Trust
                2,790,760                       FMTC                                           State Street Bank & Trust
                    8,600                       FMTC                                             Brown Brothers Harriman
                  137,200                       FMTC                                                    Bank of New York
                  368,500                       FMTC            Lloyds Bank (Stock Exchange Branch) Nominees Limited A/C
                  656,414                       FMTC                                                MSS Nominees Limited
                  166,054                       FMTC                                                        Sumitomo T&B
                4,247,363                       FISL                                                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                  342,600                        FPM                           HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                2,142,022                        FPM                                                       Bankers Trust
                   77,489                        FPM                                                      RBS Trust Bank
                  372,147                        FPM                                               Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                  324,540                        FPM                                            BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                2,183,634                        FPM                                                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                  100,016                        FPM                                                    MSS Nominees Ltd
                  368,449                        FPM                                             Bank of New York Europe
                  263,140                        FPM                                                            Citibank
                   59,758                        FPM                                             Bank of New York London
                1,242,174                        FIL                                                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                  682,204                        FIL                                           Bank of New York - London
                1,424,097                        FIL                           HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                2,038,056                        FIL                                           State Street Bank & Trust
                  147,115                        FIL                                          Mitsubishi Trust & Banking
                1,549,093                        FIL                                               Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                  353,928                        FIL                                                       Bankers Trust
                1,037,859                        FIL                                                      RBS Trust Bank
                  317,951                        FIL                                                      Morgan Stanley
                  455,870                        FIL                                                       NAB-Australia
                1,164,325                        FIL                                                      Northern Trust
                  107,620                        FIL                                                            Citibank
                  145,000                        FIL                                             Bank of New York Europe
                  391,166                        FIL                                                     Bank of Bermuda
                  806,732                        FIL                                            Deutsche Bank AG, London
                  272,100                        FIL                                               State Street Nominees
                3,073,159                        FIL                                                           JP Morgan
                1,064,408                        FIL                                         Chase Manhattan Bank London
                  185,799                        FIL                                                 Mellon Nominees Ltd
                   66,450                        FIL                                          Master Trust Bank of Japan
                  614,776                        FIL                                          Bank of New York, Brussels
                    4,724                        FIL                                        PICG - Pictet Et Cie, Geneva
                  530,000                        FIL                                                       Deutsche Bank
                   61,714                        FIL                                                      ING Luxembourg
                   74,085                        FIL                                                    Bermuda Far East
                   87,749                        FIL                                   Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt
                   11,300                        FIL                                              State Street Hong Kong
                   22,999                        FIL                                                    Mitsubishi Trust



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

14 June 2004

12. Total holding following this notification

48,691,141

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

7.94%

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

Jilly White - 020 7975 3266

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

Sabina Dawson, Assistant Company Secretary

Date of notification

15 June 2004




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