Holding(s) in Company

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|TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i)                             |
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|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying   |                               |
|issuer                                        |Wincanton plc                  |
|of existing shares to which voting rights are |                               |
|attached:                                     |                               |
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|2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):     |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                         |   Yes   |
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|An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which|         |
|may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which     |   No    |
|voting rights are attached                                          |         |
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|An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic     |   No    |
|effect to qualifying financial instruments                          |         |
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|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                    |   No    |
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|Other (please specify):|                                            |   No    |
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|3. Full name of person(s) subject to  |                                       |
|the                                   |Standard Life Investments Ltd          |
|notification obligation:              |                                       |
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|4. Full name of shareholder(s)        |Vidacos Nominees                       |
| (if different from 3.):              |                                       |
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|5. Date of the transaction and date on|                                       |
|which the threshold is crossed or     |16 June 2010                           |
|reached:                              |                                       |
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|6. Date on which issuer notified:     |17 June 2010                           |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or|9%                                     |
|reached:                              |                                       |
+-----------------------+--------------+-------+---------------------+---------+




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|8. Notified details:                                                              |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                               |
+------------+----------------------+----------------------------------------------+
|Class/type  |Situation previous    |Resulting situation after the triggering      |
|of          |to the triggering     |transaction                                   |
|shares      |transaction           |                                              |
|            +----------+-----------+----------+-------------------+---------------+
|if possible |Number    |Number     |Number    |Number of voting   |% of  voting   |
|using       |of        |of         |of shares |rights             |rights (x)     |
|the ISIN    |  ares    |V ting     +----------+---------+---------+------+--------+
|CODE        |          |Rights     |          |Direct   |Indirect |Direct|Indirect|
|            |          |           |          |(xi)     |(xii)    |      |        |
+------------+----------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+------+--------+
|Ordinary    |          |           |          |         |         |      |        |
|Shares of   |          |           |          |         |         |      |        |
|10 pence    |11,650,440|11,650,440 |10,194,760|2,669,405|7,525,355|2.199%|6.2%    |
|each        |          |           |          |         |         |      |        |
+------------+          |           |          |         |         |      |        |
|GB0030329360|          |           |          |         |         |      |        |
+------------+----------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+------+--------+

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|B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                               |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                              |
+--------------+----------+---------------------+--------------------+-------------+
|Type of       |Expiration|Exercise/            |Number of voting    |% of voting  |
|financial     |date      |Conversion Period    |rights that may be  |rights       |
|instrument    |          |                     |acquired if the     |             |
|              |          |                     |instrument is       |             |
|              |          |                     |exercised/          |             |
|              |          |                     |converted.          |             |
+--------------+----------+---------------------+--------------------+-------------+
|N/A           |N/A       |N/A                  |N/A                 |N/A          |
+--------------+----------+---------------------+--------------------+-------------+

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|C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial     |
|Instruments                                                                       |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                              |
+-------------+---------+----------+-----------+--------------------+--------------+
|Type of      |Exercise |Expiration|Exercise/  |Number of voting    |% of voting   |
|financial    |price    |date      |Conversion |rights instrument   |rights        |
|instrument   |         |          |period     |refers to           |              |
|             |         |          |           |                    |              |
+-------------+---------+----------+-----------+--------------------+-------+------+
|             |         |          |           |                    |Nominal|Delta |
|N/A          |N/A      |N/A       |N/A        |N/A                 +-------+------+
|             |         |          |           |                    |N/A    |N/A   |
+-------------+---------+----------+-----------+--------------------+-------+------+

+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Total (A+B+C)                                                                     |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights             |Percentage of voting rights                  |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|10,194,760                          |8.399%                                       |
+------------+++--------+-+--------+++---------++--------+---------+++----+-+------+




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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or|
|the                                                                       |
|financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                |
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|N/A                                                                       |
|                                                                          |
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|Proxy Voting:                                                             |
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|10. Name of the proxy holder:                    |N/A                     |
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|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will    |                        |
|cease                                            |N/A                     |
|to hold:                                         |                        |
+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------+
|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold|N/A                     |
|voting rights:                                   |                        |
+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------+

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|                             |                                            |
|13. Additional information:  |N/A                                         |
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|14. Contact name:            |Steve Williams, Company Secretary           |
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|15. Contact telephone number:|01249 710 000                               |
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|16. Authorised by:           |Steve Williams, Company Secretary           |
|                             |17 June 2010                                |
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