Holding(s) in Company

Inchcape PLC
17 May 2002



Letter to RNS 


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 notification received from Fidelity Investments.

As at close of business on 16th April 2002, Inchcape plc's issued share capital 
was 77,569,901.

Letter from Inchcape Plc  

Amendment # 15  

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 (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. 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. 
  

  

Schedule A
                                                                  Amendment #15
Security: Inchcape Plc Ord 

  
                                      MANAGEMENT  
                          SHARES HELD   COMPANY    NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME 
(Ordinary Shares) 

                              9,300      FMRCO     HSBC
                             69,960      FMRCO     State Street Nominees Limited 
                          1,180,040      FMRCO     Chase Nominees Limited 
                              1,400      FMRCO
                          2,724,354      FISL      Chase Nominees Ltd
                             28,700      FPM       Mellon Bank 
                            282,319      FIL       Chase Nominees Ltd
                            279,744      FIL       Bank of New York London 
                            247,562      FIL       HSBC Client Holdings Nominee
                                                   (UK) Limited
                              7,000      FIL       Bankers Trust 
                              1,175      FIL       JP Morgan 
                            133,000      FIL       Northern Trust
                             65,000      FIL       State Street Nominees Ltd

Total Ordinary Shares     5,029,554           

Current ownership percentage:  6.49%           

Shares in issue:         77,521,698

Change in holdings since 
last filing:             +1,115,800 ordinary shares



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