Holding(s) in Company

3i Group PLC
11 November 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
                  377,146                        FIL                                                     Bank of Bermuda
                  856,293                        FIL                                          Bank of New York  Brussels
                  107,700                        FIL                                             Bank of New York Europe
                  321,811                        FIL                                             Bank of New York London
                  216,658                        FIL                                                       Bankers Trust
                   74,085                        FIL                                                    Bermuda Far East
                  298,340                        FIL                                            BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                   71,249                        FIL                                   Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt
                  777,033                        FIL                                         Chase Manhattan Bank London
                  982,668                        FIL                                                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                   52,470                        FIL                                                            Citibank
                   41,210                        FIL                                                       Deutsche Bank
                  518,000                        FIL                                                       Deutsche Bank
                  753,032                        FIL                                            Deutsche Bank AG, London
                    8,224                        FIL                                          Dexia Privatbank (Schweiz)
                    4,139                        FIL                                                                HSBC
                  281,100                        FIL                                                       HSBC Bank Plc
                  399,049                        FIL                           HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                   61,714                        FIL                                                      ING Luxembourg
                4,088,059                        FIL                                                           JP Morgan
                   93,072                        FIL                                          Master Trust Bank of Japan
                  152,077                        FIL                                                         Mellon Bank
                   34,200                        FIL                                                 Mellon Nominees Ltd
                   72,625                        FIL                                          Mitsubishi Trust & Banking
                  346,351                        FIL                                                      Morgan Stanley
                  288,412                        FIL                                                       NAB-Australia
                  167,758                        FIL                                             National Australia Bank
                1,020,796                        FIL                                                      Northern Trust
                  882,473                        FIL                                               Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                   38,700                        FIL                                               Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                   94,700                        FIL                                               Northern Trust London
                  512,141                        FIL                                                      RBS Trust Bank
                  100,900                        FIL                                                    Societe Generale
                1,464,737                        FIL                                           State Street Bank & Trust
                   11,300                        FIL                                              State Street Hong Kong
                   55,789                        FIL                                                 State Street Munich
                  272,500                        FIL                                           State Street Nominees Ltd
                   65,900                       FISL                                         Chase Manhattan Bank London
                  106,841                       FISL                                                           JP Morgan
                2,773,996                      FMRCO                                              Chase Nominees Limited
                  549,200                      FMRCO                                                                HSBC
                1,166,500                      FMRCO                                                     JP Morgan Chase
                   24,617                      FMRCO                                   State Street Bank & Trust Company
                  104,320                      FMRCO                                       State Street Nominees Limited
                  149,000                       FMTC                                                    Bank of New York
                   67,600                       FMTC                                             Bank of New York-Europe
                  526,509                       FMTC                                                       Bankers Trust
                   50,100                       FMTC                                             Brown Brothers Harriman
                  903,918                       FMTC                                                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                1,413,394                       FMTC                                                                HSBC
                  513,498                       FMTC                                                           JP Morgan
                   95,320                       FMTC                                                     JP Morgan Chase
                  368,500                       FMTC            Lloyds Bank (Stock Exchange Branch) Nominees Limited A/C
                  200,357                       FMTC                                                         Mellon Bank
                  869,312                       FMTC                                                    Mellon Bank N.A.
                1,518,601                       FMTC                                                        Mellon Trust
                  656,414                       FMTC                                                MSS Nominees Limited
                2,992,899                       FMTC                                                      Northern Trust
                   63,106                       FMTC                                                         Royal Trust
                3,554,635                       FMTC                                           State Street Bank & Trust
                2,425,079                       FMTC                                           State Street Nominees Ltd
                  254,500                        FPM                                             Bank of New York Europe
                2,006,622                        FPM                                                       Bankers Trust
                    2,382                        FPM                                                                 BBH
                2,213,834                        FPM                                                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                  218,580                        FPM                                                            Citibank
                  422,600                        FPM                           HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                  105,616                        FPM                                                    MSS Nominees Ltd
                  609,416                        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

11 November 2004

12. Total holding following this notification

43,074,095

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

7.02%

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

11 November 2004




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