Purchase of Own Securities

Inchcape PLC
28 March 2001

Embargoed until 7.00am on Wednesday 28 March 2001





                                                                 28 March 2001



                                 Inchcape plc


                            Purchase of own shares

Inchcape announces that on 27 March 2001 it purchased for cancellation 135,000
ordinary shares of 150p each at an average price of 380.6p per share. The
highest price paid was 381p and the lowest price paid was 380p.

Since Inchcape started to buy back its ordinary shares on 21 March 2001 it has
repurchased for cancellation a total of 822,500 ordinary shares leaving
87,528,980 ordinary shares in issue.