Holding(s) in Company

Wincanton PLC
09 March 2004

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   Name of company

     Wincanton plc

2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest

     Zurich Financial Services and its Group

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

     Not stated

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

           Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 21667         57,199

           Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 05576      3,380,000

           Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 05577        215,000

           Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 07203         50,661

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

     Not stated

6)   Percentage of issued class

     Not stated

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     Not stated

8)   Percentage of issued class

     Not stated

9)   Class of security

     Ordinary 10p shares

10)  Date of transaction

     Not stated

11)  Date company informed

     8th March 2004

12)  Total holding following this notification

     3,702,860 ordinary shares

13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     Not stated

14)  Any additional information

     Notification made on behalf of:-

           Allied Dunbar Assurance plc

            Eagle Star Insurance Company Limited

            Eagle Star Life Assurance Company Limited

            Eagle Star Holdings Limited

            Zurich Financial Services UK Pension Trustee Limited

            Eagle Star Executives Pension Trustee Limited

            Eagle Star Securities Limited

            Sceptre Trust Limited

            Home & Overseas Insurance Company Limited

            J.P.Morgan Trustee and Depositary Company Limited

            Eagle Star Unit Managers Limited

            Threadneedle Investment Funds ICVC

            Threadneedle Asset Management Limited

            Threadneedle Pensions Limited

            Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited

            Allied Zurich Holdings Limited

            Zurich Financial Services (UKISA) Limited

            Zurich Group Holding

            Zurich Insurance Company

            Allied Zurich plc

            Zurich Financial Services


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     Alan Kaye

     Secretary

     Tel: [phone]


16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
     making this notification



     Charles Phillips

     Secretary, Wincanton plc

     Tel: [phone]

     Date of notification 9th March 2004





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