Result of Inchcape AGM 2005

Inchcape PLC
12 May 2005



                          Results of Inchcape AGM 2005

The 47th Annual General Meeting of Inchcape plc was held today, 12 May 2005. At
the meeting all resolutions, both ordinary and special, proposed by the Inchcape
Board (Resolutions 1 to 13) were passed, including the declaration of a final
dividend of 35.0p per ordinary share (2003 - 26.0p). The dividend is payable on
16 June 2005 to ordinary shareholders on the register at the close of business
on 20 May 2005.

The number of votes cast on each resolution is as follows:

Resolutions proposed by the Board:

Number   Resolution                           For          Against   Withheld
Ordinary

     1   To receive the Accounts and          57,338,972   301,985     867,646
         Directors' and Auditors' Reports

     2   To approve the Board report on       55,466,809   557,327   2,506,169
         remuneration

     3   To declare a final dividend          58,530,977         0          16

     4   To elect Will Samuel as a Director   58,514,441    12,691       3,173

     5   To elect David Scotland as a         58,509,311    17,333       3,661
         Director

     6   To re-elect Alan Ferguson as a       58,408,511   119,065       2,729
         Director

     7   To re-elect Ken Hanna as a           58,514,778    12,994       2,533
         Director

     8   To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers  57,573,253   589,760     367,980
         LLP as Auditors

     9   To authorise the Directors to        58,485,167    42,601       3,225
         determine the Auditors'
         remuneration

    10   To authorise the Directors to allot  57,911,194   613,768       6,031
         relevant securities pursuant to
         Section 80 of the Companies Act
         1985

Special
    11   To empower the Directors to disapply 58,502,091    14,510      14,392
         pre-emption rights pursuant to
         Section 95 of the Companies Act
         1985

    12   To authorise the Company to make     58,517,734     4,919       8,340
         market purchases of its ordinary
         shares up to 10.0% of its issued
         share capital

    13   To amend the Company's Articles of   58,502,992    18,382       9,619
         Association


Notes to editors

For further information, please contact:

Group Communications, Inchcape plc  020 7546 0022

Hogarth Partnership Limited (John Olsen/Barnaby Fry) 020 7357 9477

Inchcape, an international automotive services group, provides quality
representation for its manufacturer partners, a choice of channels to market and
products for its retail customers and a range of business services for its
corporate customers. Operations are focused on the UK, Greece, Belgium,
Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore. Inchcape's activities include exclusive
Import, Distribution and Retail, Business Services, automotive E-commerce and
Financial Services. Our key manufacturer partners are Toyota/Lexus, Subaru, BMW,
the Premier Automotive Group of Ford, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen.

12 May 2005




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