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Inchcape PLC
23 August 2004

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company
Inchcape plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
(a)     FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity Management 
& Research Company (FMRCO) and Fidelity Management Trust Company (FMTC);

(b)     Fidelity International Limited (FIL) and its direct and indirect 
subsidiaries, Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL) and Fidelity Pension 
Management (FPM); and

(c)     Mr Edward C. Johnson 3d, a principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and 
Fidelity International Limited.

FMR Corp. (and its direct and indirect subsidiaries) and FIL (and its direct and 
indirect subsidiaries) both being non-beneficial holders

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18
See 2. Above

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

Bank of New York Brussels (FIL) - 7,500

Bank of New York London (FIL) - 184,300

BNP Paribas (FIL) - 12,000

Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd LUX (FIL) - 1,000

Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt (FIL) - 12,712

Chase Manhattan Bank London (FIL) - 7,698

Chase Nominees Ltd (FIL) - 13,500

Citibank (FIL) - 3,000

HSBC (FIL) - 8,200

HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Ltd (FIL) - 28,900

JP Morgan (FIL) - 49,781

Mellon Bank (FIL) - 1,300

Morgan Stanley (FIL) - 7,800

MSS Nominees Ltd (FIL) - 84,400

National Australia Bank (FIL) - 1,200

Northern Trust (FIL) - 136,200

Northern Trust London (FIL) - 600

Nortrust Nominees Ltd (FIL) - 14,500

Nortrust Nominees Ltd (FIL) - 5,900

PICG (FIL) - 700

State Street Bank & Trust (FIL) - 3,600

State Street Hong Kong (FIL) - 1,700

State Street Nominees Ltd (FIL) - 6,600

Bank of New York London (FIL) - 2,200

Chase Manhattan Bank London (FISL) - 10,200

Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Ltd (FISL) - 559,500

Chase Nominees Ltd (FMRCO) - 1,389,062

JP Morgan Chase (FMRCO) - 800

State Street Nominees Ltd (FMRCO) - 300,360

Bank of New York (FMTC) - 6,100

Bank of New York - Europe (FMTC) - 9,400

Brown Brothers Harriman (FMTC) - 3,600

Chase Nominees Ltd (FMTC) - 3,800

JP Morgan Chase (FMTC) - 15,700

Lloyds Bank Nominees Ltd (FMTC) - 56,400

Morgan Stanley Trust Co. Nominees Ltd Bank (FMTC) - 400

Northern Trust (FMTC) - 25,300

State Street Bank & Trust (FMTC) - 27,000

State Street Nominees Ltd (FMTC) - 9,900

Bank of New York London (FPM) - 4,700

Bankers Trust (FPM) - 179,700

Citibank (FPM) - 8,700

HSBC (FPM) - 3,100

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
98,048

6. Percentage of issued class
0.12%

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
N/a

8. Percentage of issued class
N/a

9. Class of security
Ordinary Shares of 150p each

10. Date of transaction
20 August 2004

11. Date company informed
23 August 2004

12. Total holding following this notification
3,209,013 Ordinary Shares of 150p each

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
4.04%

14. Any additional information
Issued share capital at 20 August 2004 - 79,373,878 Ordinary Shares of 150p each

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Alison Mansfield

020 7546 0022

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
Alison Mansfield

Date of notification
23 August 2004

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