Holding(s) in Company

Wincanton PLC
06 May 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   Name of company

     WINCANTON PLC

2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest

     Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary companies

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

     Non-beneficial

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

     Prudential plc

     PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom(UK)PAC AC        3,200,000

     PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom(UK)PPL AC          453,000



     The Prudential Assurance Company Limited

     PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom(UK)PAC AC      3,200,000

     PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom(UK)PPL AC        453,000


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

     Not stated

6)   Percentage of issued class

     n/a

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     Not stated

8)   Percentage of issued class

     n/a

9)   Class of security

     Ordinary 10 pence

10)  Date of transaction

     Not stated

11)  Date company informed

     6th May 2005

12)  Total holding following this notification

     3,653,000

13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     3.11%

14)  Any additional information

     Percentage holding based on an issued share capital of 117,382,837 shares

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     Jonathan Brunton, Prudential plc - Tel: [phone]

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

     Charles Phillips

     Secretary, Wincanton plc

     Date of notification 6th May 2005


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