Acquisition

Inchcape PLC 04 July 2006 4 July 2006 Acquisition Of Lind Automotive Group Holdings Limited Further to the announcement on 4 May 2006, Inchcape plc, the international automotive retail group, is pleased to confirm it has completed its acquisition of Lind Automotive Group Holdings Limited. For further information, please contact: Group Communications, Inchcape plc 020 7546 0022 Hogarth Partnership Limited (John Olsen/Barnaby Fry) 020 7357 9477 Notes to editors Inchcape plc Inchcape is a scale automotive retail group operating in Australia, Belgium, Greece, Hong Kong, Singapore and the UK. The Group also has operations in a number of other global markets. In addition to growing our core businesses, we are looking to develop scale operations in new and emerging regions. We represent leading automotive brands and operate either a retail, or a vertically integrated retail model (i.e. exclusive distribution and retail), depending on the market. Our current key manufacturer partners are Toyota/Lexus, Subaru, BMW, the Premier Automotive Group of Ford, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Audi and Honda. For further information, visit us at www.inchcape.com Lind Lind's portfolio of retail centres is as follows: Brand No. of Locations partner sites BMW 5 Chelmsford, Colchester, Ipswich, Norwich, Maidstone MINI 3 Colchester, Ipswich, Norwich Volkswagen 4 Chelmsford, Colchester, Harold Wood, Southend on Sea Audi 4 Canterbury, Crawley, Maidstone, Tonbridge Honda 3 Chelmsford, Colchester, Southend Land Rover 1 Ipswich Mitsubishi 1 Colchester This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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