Transaction in Own Shares

3i Group PLC
28 December 2005


3i Group plc

On 20 December 2005 it was announced that 3i Group plc had purchased 540,000 of
its own ordinary shares of 53 1/8p each ('Shares'), for cancellation.  The
Company now confirms that these Shares were cancelled as follows:


  Number of Shares cancelled                              Date of Cancellation
          540,000                                          23 December 2005


The Company's issued share capital as at 23 December 2005, following the
cancellation of the above Shares, was 550,957,490 Shares.


28 December 2005


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