Purchase of Own Shares

Inchcape PLC
23 March 2001


Purchase of own shares

Inchcape announces that on 22 March 2001 it purchased for cancellation 187,500
ordinary shares of 150p each at a price of 375p per share.

Since Inchcape started to buy back its ordinary shares on 21 March 2001 it has
repurchased for cancellation a total of 537,500 ordinary shares leaving
87,813,980 ordinary shares in issue.