Purchase of Own Securities

Inchcape PLC
13 June 2001

                                                                  13 June 2001


                                 Inchcape plc

                            Purchase of own shares

Inchcape announces that on 12 May 2001 it purchased for cancellation 100,000
ordinary shares of 150p each at a price of 485p per share.

Since Inchcape started to buy back its ordinary shares on 21 March 2001 it has
repurchased for cancellation a total of 7,202,500 ordinary shares leaving
81,148,980 ordinary shares in issue.