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Inchcape PLC 24 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 September 23,2003, received from Fidelity Investments. At the close of business on October 23, 2003, Inchcape plc's issued share capital was 78,433,757 Ordinary Shares of 150p each. Amendment No.25 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. 25 Schedule A Security: Inchcape Plc Ord SHARES HELD MANAGEMENT COMPANY NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME (Ordinary Shares) 139,360 FMRCO State Street Nominees Limited 1,325,240 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 1,117,344 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: 5,427,733 Current ownership percentage: 6.93 % Shares in issue: 78,331,973 Change in holdings since last filing: (94,005) ordinary shares This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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