20th May 2005 12:24
3i Group PLC20 May 2005 The Listing Rules - Chapter 16, Paragraph 16.13 As potential beneficiaries of The 3i Group Employee Trust (the "Trust") allemployees of 3i Group plc (the "Company") and its subsidiaries have an interestin all the Ordinary Shares ("Shares") of 50p each in the Company held by theTrust for the purposes of section 324 Companies Act 1985. These employeesinclude the executive directors of the Company: Philip Yea, Simon Ball, MichaelQueen and Rod Perry (the "Directors"). On 19 May 2005, participants exercised options under the Company's ManagementEquity Investment Plan ("MEIP") to acquire from the Trust 66,406 Shares; 9,902Shares at a price of £nil per Share and 56,504 Shares at a price of £6.630 perShare. Further on 19 May 2005, the Directors listed below exercised options under MEIPand these were dealt with as detailed in the table below: Director Number of Shares Exercise Price Number of Shares Number of Sale Price per exercised per Share sold Shares Share retained Rod Perry 6,787 (Share Bonus) £6.630 2,788 3,999 £6.6348Michael Queen 8,144 (Share Bonus) £6.630 - 8,144 - Each of the Directors notified the Company of the change in his interest in theShares on 19 May 2005. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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