3I : DTR 6.3.5

3i Group plc - D.T.R. 6.3.5

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 2017:

'In accordance with the FCA'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 Strategic 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 as set out below:

S R Thompson, Chairman

S A Borrows, Chief Executive

J S Wilson, Group Finance Director

J P Asquith, Non-executive Director

C J Banszky, Non-executive Director

S W Daintith, Non-executive Director

P Grosch, Non-executive Director

D A M Hutchison, Non-executive Director

M G Verluyten, Non-executive Director

Other regulated information in the Annual report 2017 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 results made at 7:00 a.m. on 18 May 2017 (RNS number 4818F).

Copies of the Annual report 2017 and Notice of AGM are also available via the 3i website at www.3i.com.