3i Group plc Report and accounts 2005

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Principal subsidiary undertakings and joint ventures

Principal subsidiary undertakings at 31 March 2005
Name Issued and fully paid share capital Principal activity Registered office
3i Holdings plc 1,000,000 shares of £1 Holding company 91 Waterloo Road
London
SE1 8XP
3i International Holdings 2,715,973 shares of £10 Holding company
3i plc 110,000,000 shares of £1 Services
3i Investments plc 10,000,000 ordinary shares of £1 Investment manager
3i Europe plc 500,000 ordinary shares of £1 Investment advisory services
3i Nordic plc 500,000 ordinary shares of £1 Investment advisory services
3i Asia Pacific plc 140,000 ordinary shares of £1 Investment advisory services
Gardens Pension Trustees Limited 100 ordinary shares of £1 Pension fund trustee
Ship Mortgage
Finance Company
public limited company
4,000,000 ordinary shares
of £1 of which 3,000,000 are
fully paid and 1,000,000 are
partly paid (50p per share)
Advisory services
3i Corporation (USA) 15,000 shares of
common stock (no par value)
Investment manager 880 Winter Street
Suite 330
Waltham
MA 02451, USA
3i Deutschland Gesellschaft für Industriebeteiligungen mbH (Germany) €25,564,594 Investment manager Bockenheimer
Landstrasse 55
60325 Frankfurt am
Main, Germany
3i Gestion SA (France) 200,000 shares of €116 Investment manager 168 Avenue Charles
de Gaulle, 92200
Neuilly sur Seine
France

The list above comprises the principal subsidiary undertakings as at 31 March 2005 all of which were wholly owned. They are incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales unless otherwise stated.

Each of the above subsidiary undertakings is included in the consolidated accounts of the Group.

As at 31 March 2005, the entire issued share capital of 3i Holdings plc was held by the Company. The entire issued share capital of all the other principal subsidiary undertakings listed above was held by subsidiary undertakings of the Company, save that four shares in 3i Gestion SA were held by individuals associated with the Group.

Principal joint ventures at 31 March 2005
Incorporated in the country stated
Name

Issued and fully
paid share capital
Percentage
attributable
to the Group %



Principal activity
Principal
place of
business and
registered office

Group’s share of results based on accounts to
DIAB Intressenter AB (Sweden) 5,000 shares of SEK 100 50 Investment company Box 7847
10399 Stockholm
Sweden
31 March 2005
Atle Industri AB (Sweden) 5,000 shares of SEK 100 50 Investment company Box 7847
10399 Stockholm
Sweden
31 March 2005

As at 31 March 2005, the Company held 50% of the shares of Atle Industri AB. A subsidiary undertaking of the Company held, on behalf of the Company, 50% of the share of DIAB Intressenter AB.