Holding(s) in Company

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|TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                               |
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|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying   |                               |
|issuer                                        |Wincanton plc                  |
|of existing shares to which voting rights are |                               |
|attached:                                     |                               |
+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
|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                                   |F&C Asset Management plc               |
|notification obligation:              |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|4. Full name of shareholder(s)        |See box 9 below                        |
|(if different from 3.):               |                                       |
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|5. Date of the transaction and date on|                                       |
|which the threshold is crossed or     |16 March 2011                          |
|reached:                              |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|6. Date on which issuer notified:     |17 March 2011                          |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or|5%                                     |
|reached:                              |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+

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|8. Notified details:                                                          |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                           |
+-------------+---------------------+------------------------------------------+
|Class/type of|Situation previous   |Resulting situation after the triggering  |
|shares       |to the triggering    |transaction                               |
|             |transaction          |                                          |
|if possible  +---------+-----------+---------+----------------+---------------+
|using        |Number   |Number     |Number   |Number of voting|% of  voting   |
|the ISIN CODE|of       |of         |of shares|rights          |rights x       |
|             |  ares   |Vo ing     +---------+------+---------+------+--------+
|             |         |Rights     |         |Direct|Indirect |Direct|Indirect|
|             |         |           |         |xi    |xii      |      |        |
+-------------+---------+-----------+---------+------+---------+------+--------+
|Ordinary     |         |           |         |      |         |      |        |
|Shares of 10 |         |           |         |      |         |      |        |
|pence each   |6,600,308|6,600,308  |5,350,308|-     |5,350,308|-     |4.40%   |
|             |         |           |         |      |         |      |        |
|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  |rights       |
|instrument     |          |                   |be               |             |
|               |          |                   |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                                                                   |
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|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   |
+--------------+--------+----------+----------+-----------------+-------+------+

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|Total (A+B+C)                                                                 |
+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights             |Percentage of voting rights              |
+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|5,350,308                           |4.40%                                    |
+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+

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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the|
|financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                    |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|F&C Asset Management plc:                                                     |
|                                                                              |
|Client               No. of voting       % of total      Registration name    |
|                     rights              voting rights                        |
|                                                                              |
|No underlying client 5,350,308           4.40            Chase Nominees       |
|holds over 3%                                            Limited              |
|                                                                              |
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|Proxy Voting:                                                                 |
+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|10. Name of the proxy holder:          |F&C Asset Management plc              |
+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|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           |N/A                                                 |
|information:             |                                                    |
+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
|14. Contact name:        |Steve Williams, Company Secretary                   |
+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
|15. Contact telephone    |01249 710 000                                       |
|number:                  |                                                    |
+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
|16. Authorised by:       |Steve Williams, Company Secretary                   |
|                         |18 March 2011                                       |
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