Holding(s) in Company

Inchcape PLC
11 April 2003



Letter to: London Stock Exchange

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 a notification dated 10 April 2003, received from
Fidelity Investments.

At the close of business on 10 April 2003, Inchcape plc's issued share capital
was 77,829,724 Ordinary Shares of 150p each.

From: Alison Mansfield
      Senior Group Secretarial Assistant
      Inchcape


Amendment No 21

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK 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 and Fidelity Management
           Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a 
           trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts. 
           (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

SECURITY: Inchcape Plc Ord                                  Amendment No 21


                      SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                     COMPANY     NAME

(Ordinary Shares)

                         83,360     FMRCO          State Street Nominees Limited
                      1,180,040     FMRCO          Chase Nominees Limited
                         10,000     FMTC           MSCO
                         20,700     FMTC           State Street Nominees Ltd
                        113,846     FMTC           Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited
                          4,100     FMTC           Brown Brothers Harriman
                         29,500     FMTC           Northern Trust
                         25,200     FMTC           State Street Bank & Trust
                         20,600     FMTC           Bank of New York - Europe
                         30,500     FMTC           National Cities
                            400     FMTC           State Street Bank & Trust
                         56,700     FMTC           JP Morgan Chase
                      2,508,954     FISL           Chase Nominees Ltd
                         32,300     FISL           Chase Manhattan Bank London
                         56,100     FPM            Mellon Bank
                        130,400     FPM            Bankers Trust
                          2,300     FPM            Credit Suisse FST BOS Zurich
                          3,300     FPM            Citibank
                         78,200     FPM            HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                        256,749     FIL            Chase Nominees Ltd
                      1,138,223     FIL            Bank of New York London
                         11,800     FIL            Bankers Trust
                         90,760     FIL            JP Morgan
                        474,143     FIL            Northern Trust
                         97,600     FIL            State Street Nominees Ltd
                          9,000     FIL            Deutche Bank
                         16,400     FIL            Mellon Nominees Ltd
                         87,900     FIL            Bank of New York, Brussels
                          2,300     FIL            National Australia Bank
                         94,928     FIL            Chase Manhattan Bank London
                        160,601     FIL            State Street Bank & Trust
                         18,200     FIL            Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                          4,400     FIL            Citibank
                          1,300     FIL            PICG
                         27,931     FIL            JP Morgan
                                  
                     

TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES: 6,878,735

CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE:  8.84%

SHARES IN ISSUE:      77,794,424

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
 LAST FILING:           (144,543) ordinary shares

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