Holding(s) in Company

3i Group PLC
13 August 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
                  315,546                        FIL                                                     Bank of Bermuda
                   26,036                        FIL                                           Bank of New York - London
                  725,148                        FIL                                          Bank of New York  Brussels
                   85,900                        FIL                                             Bank of New York Europe
                  307,866                        FIL                                             Bank of New York London
                   63,545                        FIL                                          Bank of New York, Brussels
                  260,978                        FIL                                                       Bankers Trust
                   74,085                        FIL                                                    Bermuda Far East
                  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
                   68,320                        FIL                                                            Citibank
                  158,200                        FIL                                                       Deutsche Bank
                  510,300                        FIL                                                       Deutsche Bank
                  753,032                        FIL                                            Deutsche Bank AG, London
                1,099,805                        FIL                                                                HSBC
                  378,144                        FIL                           HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                   61,714                        FIL                                                      ING Luxembourg
                3,600,359                        FIL                                                           JP Morgan
                   73,250                        FIL                                          Master Trust Bank of Japan
                  140,277                        FIL                                                         Mellon Bank
                   34,200                        FIL                                                 Mellon Nominees Ltd
                   24,471                        FIL                                                    Mitsubishi Trust
                   72,625                        FIL                                          Mitsubishi Trust & Banking
                  266,551                        FIL                                                      Morgan Stanley
                  288,412                        FIL                                                       NAB-Australia
                  176,058                        FIL                                             National Australia Bank
                  628,340                        FIL                                                      Northern Trust
                  751,173                        FIL                                               Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                   40,700                        FIL                                               Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                   94,700                        FIL                                               Northern Trust London
                    4,724                        FIL                                          PICG-Pictet et Cie, Geneva
                  474,662                        FIL                                                      RBS Trust Bank
                1,324,382                        FIL                                           State Street Bank & Trust
                   11,300                        FIL                                              State Street Hong Kong
                   55,789                        FIL                                                 State Street Munich
                  217,300                        FIL                                           State Street Nominees Ltd
                  362,860                       FISL                      Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited
                   21,831                       FISL                                                           JP Morgan
                3,596,296                      FMRCO                                              Chase Nominees Limited
                  549,200                      FMRCO                                                                HSBC
                  106,309                      FMRCO                                   State Street Bank & Trust Company
                  104,320                      FMRCO                                       State Street Nominees Limited
                  144,600                       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
                  805,612                       FMTC                                                    Mellon Bank N.A.
                1,135,701                       FMTC                                                        Mellon Trust
                  656,414                       FMTC                                                MSS Nominees Limited
                2,754,176                       FMTC                                                      Northern Trust
                   63,106                       FMTC                                                         Royal Trust
                3,519,120                       FMTC                                           State Street Bank & Trust
                2,291,579                       FMTC                                           State Street Nominees Ltd
                  145,454                       FMTC                                                        Sumitomo T&B
                  211,135                        FPM                                             Bank of New York Europe
                2,073,522                        FPM                                                       Bankers Trust
                    2,382                        FPM                                                                 BBH
                2,223,734                        FPM                                                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                  179,580                        FPM                                                            Citibank
                  418,500                        FPM                           HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                   84,216                        FPM                                                    MSS Nominees Ltd
                  634,216                        FPM                                               Nortrust Nominees Ltd


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

12 August 2004

12. Total holding following this notification

41,997,995

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

6.84%

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

13 August 2004



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