Holding(s) in Company

3i Group PLC
06 December 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
                   11,300                    FIA(K)L                                              State Street Hong Kong
                  348,115                        FIJ                                          Master Trust Bank of Japan
                   83,290                        FIJ                                            Nomura Trust and Banking
                   69,630                        FIJ                                       Trust & Cust Svcs Bk Ltd,Toko
                   31,200                        FIL                                           Bank of New York Brussels
                  326,045                        FIL                                          Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux
                  748,422                        FIL                                       Chase Manhttn Bk AG Frankfurt
                   52,470                        FIL                                           Citibank NA, Hong Kong Br
                   57,548                        FIL                                                      ING Luxembourg
                  368,148                        FIL                                              JP Morgan, Bournemouth
                  516,538                        FIL                                          National Astl Bk Melbourne
                  124,300                        FIL                                               Northern Trust London
                  609,416                        FIL                                                 RBC Global Services
                  284,988                        FIL                                         State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn
                  812,447                        FIL                                         State Street Bank Australia
                   87,064                        FIL                                       State Street T&B Co Ltd Tokyo
                  495,231                     FIM HK                                           Bermuda Trust Far East HK
                1,319,245                       FISL                                              JP Morgan, Bournemouth
                  549,200                      FMRCO                                      Brown Brothers Harriman and Co
                3,380,496                      FMRCO                                                JP Morgan Chase Bank
                   97,900                      FMRCO                                               Northern Trust London
                1,269,637                      FMRCO                                         State Street Bank and Tr Co
                  480,100                       FMTC                                                    Bank of New York
                2,220,394                       FMTC                                      Brown Brothers Harriman and Co
                  541,179                       FMTC                                                   CIBC Mellon Trust
                1,197,544                       FMTC                                                JP Morgan Chase Bank
                1,895,834                       FMTC                                                    Mellon Bank N.A.
                3,046,299                       FMTC                                                   Northern Trust Co
                   63,106                       FMTC                                               Royal Trust - Toronto
                7,634,786                       FMTC                                         State Street Bank and Tr Co
                1,949,134                        FPM                                           Bank of New York Brussels
                  210,400                        FPM                                                Bankers Trust London
                    9,800                        FPM                                              Chase Manhattan London
                   71,249                        FPM                                         Chase Manhttn Bk AG Frnkfrt
                  196,100                        FPM                                                    Citibank, London
                  107,300                        FPM                                                 Clydesdale Bank plc
                    8,224                        FPM                                                    Dexia Privatbank
                  672,400                        FPM                                                       HSBC Bank plc
                4,932,795                        FPM                                              JP Morgan, Bournemouth
                  532,628                        FPM                                                         Mellon Bank
                  105,616                        FPM                                         Midland Securities Services
                   22,480                        FPM                                                      Nordea Bank AB
                2,337,309                        FPM                                               Northern Trust London
                  100,900                        FPM                                                    Societe Generale
                1,958,419                        FPM                                         State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn
                   55,789                        FPM                                                 State Street Munich

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
3 December 2004

12. Total holding following this notification
41,992,415

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
Sabina Dawson - 020 7975 3225

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
Sabina Dawson, Assistant Company Secretary

Date of notification
6 December 2004




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