SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Broaddus J Alfred Jr (Last) (First) (Middle) 100 E. PRATT STREET (Street) BALTIMORE MD 21202 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 09/09/2004	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC [ TROW ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

No securities are beneficially owned.

	J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr.	09/09/2004
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY


THE UNDERSIGNED, J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr., hereby constitutes and appoints,
with full power of substitution, any member of the Executive Committee of the
Board of Directors of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (the "Corporation") or the
Secretary of the Corporation, the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the
undersigned, with full power and authority in the name of and for and on
behalf of the undersigned to execute and file any Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5
for the purpose of reporting securities transactions to the Securities and
Exchange Commission under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.

This Power of Attorney is made under, and shall be governed pursuant to, the
laws of the State of Maryland.



Date:  September 1, 2004

/s/__________________________
J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr.