Holding(s) in Company

Inchcape PLC
24 October 2003

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 September 23,2003, received
from Fidelity Investments.

At the close of business on October 23, 2003, Inchcape plc's issued share
capital was 78,433,757 Ordinary Shares of 150p each.
 

Amendment No.25 

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 and efficiency. 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.

Amendment No. 25

Schedule A 

Security:  Inchcape Plc Ord

 
SHARES HELD     MANAGEMENT COMPANY                       NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME

(Ordinary Shares)          

139,360          FMRCO                             State Street Nominees Limited

1,325,240        FMRCO                             Chase Nominees Limited

24,700           FMTC                              State Street Nominees Ltd.

144,300          FMTC                              Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited

5,600            FMTC                              Brown Brothers Harriman

26,600           FMTC                              Northern Trust

62,400           FMTC                              State Street Bank & Trust

24,600           FMTC                              Bank of New York- Europe

700              FMTC                              State Street Bank & Trust

51,000           FMTC                              JP Morgan Chase

400              FMTC                              Morgan Stanley Trust Co. 
                                                   Nominees Limited Bank

1,076,788        FISL                              Chase Nominees Ltd

25,200           FISL                              Chase Manhattan Bank London

61,200           FPM                               Mellon Bank

165,500          FPM                               Bankers Trust

9,100            FPM                               Citibank

72,000           FPM                               HSBC Client Holdings Nominee 
                                                   (UK) Limited

153,330          FIL                               Chase Nominees Ltd

1,117,344        FIL                               Bank of New York London

12,000           FIL                               Bankers Trust

124,193          FIL                               JP Morgan

425,073          FIL                               Northern Trust

102,400          FIL                               State Street Nominees Ltd

12,100           FIL                               Deutsche Bank

9,900            FIL                               Mellon Nominees Ltd

73,000           FIL                               Bank of New York, Brussels

3,700            FIL                               National Australia Bank

57,662           FIL                               Chase Manhattan Bank London

37,300           FIL                               State Street Bank & Trust

16,100           FIL                               Nortrust Nominees Ltd.

7,700            FIL                               Citibank

1,900            FIL                               PICG
    
37,331           FIL                               JP Morgan

22,012           FIL                               Chase Manhattan Bank AG
                                                   Frankfurt

Total Ordinary Shares:                   5,427,733          

Current ownership percentage:            6.93 %          

Shares in issue:                         78,331,973          

Change in holdings since last filing:    (94,005)  ordinary shares     




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