Holding(s) in Company

Inchcape PLC
28 August 2003

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 dated August 27, 2003, received from
Fidelity Investments.

At close of business on 27 August 2003, Inchape plc's issued share capital was
78,325,391 Ordinary Shares of 150p each.

FROM:  INCHCAPE


Amendment No. 23

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT

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

2. Notifiable Interest:

     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) (e) 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 23


                 SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                               COMPANY      NAME
(Ordinary
  Shares)                     
                   112,960       FMRCO       STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED
                 1,180,040       FMRCO       CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED
                    17,700       FMTC        STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD
                    92,600       FMTC        LLOYDS BANK NOMINEES LIMITED
                     4,100       FMTC        BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN
                    17,700       FMTC        NORTHERN TRUST
                    28,200       FMTC        STATE STREET BANK & TRUST
                    12,400       FMTC        BANK OF NEW YORK-EUROPE
                       400       FMTC        STATE STREET BANK & TRUST
                    34,200       FMTC        JP MORGAN CHASE
                 1,378,638       FISL        CHASE NOMINEES LTD
                    17,700       FISL        CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON
                    61,200       FPM         MELLON BANK
                   161,100       FPM         BANKERS TRUST
                     2,300       FPM         CREDIT SUISSE FST BOS ZURICH
                     6,400       FPM         CITIBANK
                    72,000       FPM         HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEES (UK)
                                               LIMITED
                   159,630       FIL         CHASE NOMINEES LTD
                 1,084,844       FIL         BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON
                    12,000       FIL         BANKERS TRUST
                   108,993       FIL         JP MORGAN
                   407,173       FIL         NORTHERN TRUST
                   102,400       FIL         STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD
                    11,400       FIL         DEUTSCHE BANK
                     9,900       FIL         MELLON NOMINEES LTD
                    73,000       FIL         BANK OF NEW YORK, BRUSSELS
                     2,300       FIL         NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK
                    80,428       FIL         CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON
                   133,101       FIL         STATE STREET BANK & TRUST
                    10,900       FIL         NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD
                     4,400       FIL         CITIBANK
                     1,300       FIL         PICG
                    18,031       FIL         JP MORGAN    
                    


TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES: 5,419,438

CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE:  6.96%

SHARES IN ISSUE:       77,871,379

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
 LAST FILING:           (474,238) ORDINARY SHARES



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