Holding(s) in Company

Inchcape PLC
16 October 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 today, 16th October 2002, from 
Fidelity Investments.  

At the close of business on 14th October 2002, Inchcape plc's issued share 
capital was 77,647,224 Ordinary Shares of 150p each.
 
Letter from Inchcape Plc  


Amendment No. 18

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 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
                                                               Amendment No. 18

Security: Inchcape Plc Ord  

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

                              9,300      FMRCO     HSBC 
                             69,960      FMRCO     State Street Nominees Limited
                          1,180,040      FMRCO     Chase Nominees Limited 
                             30,000      FMTC      MSCO 
                             14,300      FMTC      State Street Nominees Ltd.
                             76,000      FMTC      Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited
                              4,100      FMTC      Brown Brothers Harriman
                             17,300      FMTC      Northern Trust
                             10,900      FMTC      State Street Bank & Trust
                             14,200      FMTC      Bank of New York-Europe
                             17,900      FMTC      National Cities
                              9,000      FMTC      Nortrust Nominees
                          2,267,754      FISL      Chase Nominees Ltd 
                              4,100      FISL      Chase Manhattan Bank, London
                             28,700      FPM       Mellon Bank
                            167,000      FPM       Bankers Trust
                             20,600      FPM       HSBC 
                             78,200      FPM       HSBC Client Holdings Nominee 
                                                   (UK) Limited 
                              2,300      FPM       Credit Suisse FST BOS Zurich
                              2,600      FPM       Citibank
                            264,549      FIL       Chase Nominees Ltd 
                            844,044      FIL       Bank of New York London  
                              8,200      FIL       Bankers Trust  
                              1,175      FIL       JP Morgan  
                            289,100      FIL       Northern Trust 
                             65,000      FIL       State Street Nominees Ltd
                              5,100      FIL       Deutsche Bank
                             13,000      FIL       Deutche Bank
                             20,800      FIL       Mellon Nominees Ltd
                             34,900      FIL       Bank of New York, Brussels
                              2,200      FIL       National Australia Bank
                              2,900      FIL       Chase Manhattan Bank London
                              7,000      FIL       State Street Bank & Trust
                             10,200      FIL       Nortrust Nominees Ltd.
                              1,600      FIL       Deutsche Bank AG, London
                              4,300      FIL       Citibank 

Total Ordinary Shares     5,598,322           

Current ownership percentage:  7.22%            

Shares in issue:         77,586,970 

Change in holdings since  
last filing:               +947,200 ordinary shares   


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