Holding(s) in Company

WINCANTON PLC - NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

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

Wincanton plc

2. Reason for notification:

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

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

Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

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

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)

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

28 January 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

29 January 2009

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

From 4% - 6% (L&G)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares


+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Class/type of shares If    | Situation previous to the triggering |
| possible use ISIN CODE     | transaction                          |
|----------------------------+--------------------------------------|
|                            | Number of shares  | Number of voting |
|                            |                   | Rights           |
|----------------------------+-------------------+------------------|
| Ordinary Shares of 10      | 5,210,514         | 5,210,514        |
| pence each: GB0030329360   |                   |                  |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Class/type of shares |Number of|Number of voting  |% of voting rights|
|If possible use ISIN |shares   |rights            |                  |
|CODE                 |         |                  |                  |
|---------------------+---------+------------------+------------------|
|                     |         |Direct   |Indirect|Direct  |Indirect |
|---------------------+---------+---------+--------+--------+---------|
|Ordinary Shares of 10|4,818,863|4,818,863|N/A     |3.96%   |N/A      |
|pence each:          |         |         |        |        |         |
|GB0030329360         |         |         |        |        |         |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+


B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Type of   |Expiration|Exercise/conversion|Number of voting    |% of  |
|financial |date      |period/date        |rights that may be  |voting|
|instrument|          |                   |acquired (if the    |rights|
|          |          |                   |instrument exercised|      |
|          |          |                   |/ converted)        |      |
|----------+----------+-------------------+--------------------+------|
|N/A       |N/A       |N/A                |N/A                 |N/A   |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+


Total (A+B)


+----------------------------------------------+
| Number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
|-------------------------+--------------------|
| 4,818,863               | 3.96%              |
+----------------------------------------------+



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

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited
(LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)


  Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (4,818,863 -
  3.96% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)



Legal & General Investment Management       Legal & General Insurance
(Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)        Holdings Limited (Direct)
(4,377,247 - 3.6% = PMC)                    (LGIH)

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions         Legal & General Assurance
Management) Limited (PMC) (4,377,247 - 3.6% Society Limited (LGAS &
= PMC)                                      LGPL)

                                            Legal & General Pensions
                                            Limited (Direct) (LGPL)



Proxy Voting:

10. Name of proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

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

N/A

13. Additional information:

Notification using the total voting rights figure of 121,383,977

14. Contact name:

Steve Williams, Deputy Company Secretary

15. Contact telephone number:

01249 710 000

16.  AUTHORISED BY:

Charles Phillips, Company Secretary
30 January 2009

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