Annual Financial Report

3i Group plc

The purpose of this announcement is to release certain regulated information in unedited full text to meet the requirements of Disclosure and Transparency Rule 6.3.5.

The information below is an extract from the 3i Group plc Annual report 2011:

"In accordance with the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Directors confirm to the best of their knowledge that:

(a) the financial statements, prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole; and

(b) the Directors' report includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that they face.

The Directors of the Company and their functions are listed in the Board of Directors and Leadership Team section" (pages 62 and 63 of the Annual report 2011).

Other regulated information in the Annual report 2011 of a type that would be required to be disseminated in a half-yearly report has already been released in unedited full text via the announcement of annual results made at 7:00 a.m. on 12 May 2011 (RNS number 4432G).

Copies of the Annual report 2011 and Notice of AGM are also available via the 3i Investor relations website at www.3igroup.com.