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                     |                                    |
|of existing shares to which voting    |Wincanton plc                       |
|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  |
+---------------+----------------------------------------------------+------+
|Other (please  |                                                    |  No  |
|specify):      |                                                    |      |
+---------------+--------------------+-------------------------------+------+
|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                                  |25 March 2011                         |
|which the threshold is crossed or   |                                      |
|reached:                            |                                      |
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|6. Date on which issuer notified:   |28 March 2011                         |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed |                                      |
|or                                  |9%                                    |
|reached:                            |                                      |
+------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+      |
|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           |                                              |
|            +----------+-----------+----------+-------------------+---------------+
|            |Number    |Number     |Number    |Number of voting   |% of  voting   |
|if possible |of        |of         |of shares |rights             |rights (x)     |
|using       |   res    |V ting     +----------+---------+---------+------+--------+
|the ISIN    |          |Rights     |          |Direct   |Indirect |Direct|Indirect|
|CODE        |          |           |          |(xi)     |(xii)    |      |        |
+------------+----------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+------+--------+
|Ordinary    |          |           |          |         |         |      |        |
|Shares of   |          |           |          |         |         |      |        |
|10 pence    |10,935,050|10,935,050 |11,061,787|2,310,054|8,751,733|1.898%|7.189%  |
|each        |          |           |          |         |         |      |        |
+------------+          |           |          |         |         |      |        |
|GB0030329360|          |           |          |         |         |      |        |
+------------+----------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+------+--------+

+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                               |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|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         |
+--------------+----------+---------------------+---------------------+------------+

+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|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                 |
+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|11,061,787                           |9.087%                                      |
+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+

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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                              |
+--------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
|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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|                                            |Steve Williams, Company Secretary|
|16. Authorised by:                          |                                 |
|                                            |28 March 2011                    |
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