Holding(s) in Company

30 March 2005

NO: 461

                  PENDRAGON PLC ('Pendragon'or the 'Company')                  

The Company has today been notified that on 30 March 2005 Investec Trust
(Guernsey) Limited as trustee of the Pendragon Employee's Share Trust ('the
Trustee') acquired 880,000 ordinary shares in Pendragon, representing 0.67% of
the issued share capital of Pendragon at a price of £3.0 0 per share. This
brings the aggregate amount of issued share capital held by the Trustee to
7,179,338, representing 5.47% of the total issued share capital of Pendragon.

The executive directors of Pendragon (being Trevor Finn, David Forsyth, Martin
Casha and Hilary Sykes) are potential beneficiaries in the shares held by the
Trustee, as they are participants in the Pendragon 1999 Executive Share Option
Scheme and as members or potential members of the Pendragon Sharesave Schemes
and therefore they each have a beneficial interest in the shares held by the
Trustees.

HILARY C SYKES

30 March 2005

                                    -ENDS-