Holding(s) in Company

Inchcape PLC
16 January 2003


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 a notification dated 15 January 2003, received from
Fidelity Investments.

At the close of business on 15 January 2003, Inchcape plc's issued share
capital was 77,471,741 Ordinary Shares of 150p each.

Letter from: Inchcape plc


NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK 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 and Fidelity 
           Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts
           as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust
           accounts. (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

SECURITY: Inchcape Plc Ord                                  Amendment No 19


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

                           75,560   FMRCO        State Street Nominees Limited
                        1,180,040   FMRCO        Chase Nominees Limited
                           10,000   FMTC         MSCO
                           18,900   FMTC         State Street Nominees Ltd
                          119,300   FMTC         Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited
                            4,100   FMTC         Brown Brothers Harriman
                           26,700   FMTC         Northern Trust
                           16,800   FMTC         State Street Bank & Trust
                           21,900   FMTC         Bank of New York- Europe
                           27,600   FMTC         National Cities
                              400   FMTC         State Street Bank & Trust
                        2,639,254   FISL         Chase Nominees Ltd
                            8,700   FISL         Chase Manhattan Bank London
                           42,200   FPM          Mellon Bank
                          130,400   FPM          Bankers Trust
                            3,500   FPM          Credit Suisse FST BOS Zurich
                            4,000   FPM          Citibank
                           78,200   FPM          HSBC Client Holdings Nominee
                                                 (UK) Limited
                          272,949   FIL          Chase Nominees Ltd
                          984,944   FIL          Bank of New York London
                            9,300   FIL          Bankers Trust
                           26,675   FIL          JP Morgan
                          380,860   FIL          Northern Trust
                           79,400   FIL          State Street Nominees Ltd
                           24,800   FIL          Deutche Bank
                           31,400   FIL          Mellon Nominees Ltd
                           90,300   FIL          Bank of New York, Brussels
                            3,400   FIL          National Australia Bank
                           60,328   FIL          Chase Manhattan Bank London
                           49,300   FIL          State Street Bank & Trust
                           15,700   FIL          Nortrust Nominees Ltd.
                            6,600   FIL          Citibank
                            1,600   FIL          PICG
                           26,631   FIL          JP Morgan



TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES:  6,471,741

CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE:  8.36%

SHARES IN ISSUE:       77,450,410

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
 LAST FILING:            +873,419 ordinary shares



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