Holding(s) in Company

Inchcape PLC
16 April 2002


Letter to RNS 


Section 198 - Companies Act 1985

By way of notification pursuant to paragraph 9.11, chapter 9 of The Listing
Rules, we submit a copy of notification received from Fidelity Investments.

As at close of business on 15th April 2002, Inchcape plc's issued share capital
was 77,561,259.

Letter from Inchcape Plc 

Amendment # 14 

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - U.K. COMPANIES ACT

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

2. Notifiable Interest:       Ordinary Shares

(A)   FMR Corp,
      82 Devonshire Street 
      Boston, MA 02109

Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company(FMRCO),
investment manager for US mutual funds (See Schedule A for listing of Registered
Shareholders and their holdings).

(B)    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 Fidelity Pension Management (FPM),
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

A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and 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 FMR Corp and its
direct and indirect subsidiaries, 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
                                                                  Amendment #14
Security: Inchcape Plc Ord

(Ordinary Shares)
 
                            MANAGEMENT 
SHARES HELD                  COMPANY              NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME

  
   10,400                     FMRCO               HSBC
   27,491                     FMRCO               State Street Nominees Limited
  472,509                     FMRCO               Chase Nominees Limited
2,744,354                     FISL                Chase Nominees Ltd
   28,700                     FPM                 Mellon Bank
  282,319                     FIL                 Chase Nominees Ltd
  139,744                     FIL                 Bank of New York London
  200,062                     FIL                 HSBC Client Holdings Nominee 
                                                  (UK) Limited
    7,000                     FIL                 Bankers Trust
    1,175                     FIL                 JP Morgan

Total Ordinary Shares                  3,913,754          
Current ownership percentage:             5.05 %          
Shares in issue:                      77,521,698
Change in holdings since last filing:   +434,919 ordinary shares



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