Purchase of Own Securities

Inchcape PLC
29 March 2001





                                                                 29 March 2001



                                 Inchcape plc


                            Purchase of own shares

Inchcape announces that on 28 March 2001 it purchased for cancellation 825,000
ordinary shares of 150p each at an average price of 383.7p per share. The
highest price paid was 385p and the lowest price paid was 381p.

Since Inchcape started to buy back its ordinary shares on 21 March 2001 it has
repurchased for cancellation a total of 1,647,500 ordinary shares leaving
86,703,980 ordinary shares in issue.