Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached

Inchcape Plc

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 

Other (please specify): 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

FIL Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)

See attached schedule

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different) 

14 August 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified

18 August 2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

5%

8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

If possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

% of Voting Rights

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

ISIN: GB00B10QTX02

232,882,647

232,882,647

225,903,892

225,903,892

4.90

B. Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of Financial Instrument

Expiration Date

Exercise/Conversion Period/Date

Number of Voting Rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted

% of Voting Rights

C. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect of Qualifying Financial Instruments 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of Financial Instrument

Expiration Date

Exercise/Conversion Period/Date

Number of Voting Rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted

% of Voting Rights

CFD

874,062

Nominal 

Delta

0.01

Total (A+B+C)

Number of Voting Rights

% of Voting Rights

226,777,954

4.92

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable

See attached schedule

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

FIL Limited

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire:

6,978,755

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

14 August 2009

13. Additional information:

None

14. Contact Name

Subha Ravindran

15. Contact:

[email protected]

Shares held

Nominee

Management

Company

FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST), FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients.

5,226,007

BNP Paribas, Paris

FIGEST

8,707,691

BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX

FIL

1,507,138

JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH

FII

2,580

JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH

FIL

11,885,184

JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH

FISL