Holding in Company

Inchcape PLC
11 June 2001


Amendment No 8

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT

1. Company in which shares are held:       Inchcape Plc Ord

2. Notifiable Interest:         Ordinary Shares

           Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
           P.O. BOX HM 670
           Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

           Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,
           including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL), and, investment 
           managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional 
           clients. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and 
           their holdings).

3.     The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:

           Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d
           82 Devonshire Street
           Boston, MA 02109

           Principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited.

4.     The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized
       unit trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from 
       reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.

5.     These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
       notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for 
       the purposes of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate 
       that Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect          
       subsidiaries or Mr Edward C Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in   
       respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit  
       these notifications on a joint basis.

6.     The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4) (b) of the Act,
       namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled
       to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to 
       control the exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act
       respectively.

SCHEDULE A

SECURITY: Inchcape Plc Ord                                  Amendment No 8


                      SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                     COMPANY     NAME

(Ordinary Shares)       7,290,654      FISL      Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)  
                                                  Nominees Limited
                          692,959      FIL       Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)  
                                                  Nominees Limited



                     
TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES:         7,983,613

CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE:      9.83%

SHARES IN ISSUE:              81,248,980

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
 LAST FILING:                   (934,500) ordinary shares