Holding(s) in Company

Inchcape PLC
29 October 2003



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 October 28, 2003, received
from Fidelity Investments.

At the close of business on October 28, 2003, Inchcape plc's issued share
capital was 78,433,757 Ordinary Shares of 150p each.
 

Amendment No.26 

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 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 and efficiency. 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.

Amendment No. 26

Schedule A 

Security:  Inchcape Plc Ord

 
SHARES HELD     MANAGEMENT COMPANY                       NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME

(Ordinary Shares)          

  160,460       FMRCO          State Street Nominees Limited

1,504,140       FMRCO          Chase Nominees Limited

   24,700       FMTC           State Street Nominees Ltd.

  144,300       FMTC           Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited

    5,600       FMTC           Brown Brothers Harriman

   26,600       FMTC           Northern Trust

   62,400       FMTC           State Street Bank & Trust

   24,600       FMTC           Bank of New York- Europe

      700       FMTC           State Street Bank & Trust

   51,000       FMTC           JP Morgan Chase

      400       FMTC           Morgan Stanley Trust Co. Nominees Limited Bank

1,076,788       FISL           Chase Nominees Ltd

   25,200       FISL           Chase Manhattan Bank London

   61,200       FPM            Mellon Bank

  165,500       FPM            Bankers Trust

    9,100       FPM            Citibank

   72,000       FPM            HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited

  153,330       FIL            Chase Nominees Ltd

1,142,644       FIL            Bank of New York London

   12,000       FIL            Bankers Trust

  124,193       FIL            JP Morgan

  425,073       FIL            Northern Trust

  102,400       FIL            State Street Nominees Ltd

   12,100       FIL            Deutsche Bank

    9,900       FIL            Mellon Nominees Ltd

   73,000       FIL            Bank of New York, Brussels

   3,700        FIL            National Australia Bank

  57,662        FIL            Chase Manhattan Bank London

  37,300        FIL            State Street Bank & Trust

  16,100        FIL            Nortrust Nominees Ltd.

   7,700        FIL            Citibank

   1,900        FIL            PICG
    
  37,331        FIL            JP Morgan

  22,012        FIL            Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt

Total Ordinary Shares:                   5,653,033          

Current ownership percentage:            7.22 %          

Shares in issue:                         78,331,973          

Change in holdings since last filing:    +225,300  ordinary shares     


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