Wincanton Plc : 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 voting rights| No  |
|are attached                                                             |     |
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|An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to| No  |
|qualifying financial instruments                                         |     |
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|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                         | No  |
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|Other (please                                                            | No  |
|specify):                                                                |     |
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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                                  |7 October 2011                            |
|which the threshold is crossed or   |                                          |
|reached:                            |                                          |
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|6. Date on which issuer notified:   |10 October 2011                           |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed |                                          |
|or                                  |10%                                       |
|reached:                            |                                          |
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|8. Notified details:                                                                   |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                    |
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|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    |   res    |V ting     +----------+----------+-------------+------+--------+
|CODE        |          |Rights     |          |Direct(xi)|Indirect(xii)|Direct|Indirect|
+------------+----------+-----------+----------+----------+-------------+------+--------+
|Ordinary    |          |           |          |          |             |      |        |
|Shares of   |          |           |          |          |             |      |        |
|10 pence    |11,961,466|11,961,466 |12,402,073|2,598,283 |9,803,790    |2.134%|8.053%  |
|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                                                                            |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                   |
+-------------+---------+----------+-----------+-------------------------+--------------+
|Type of      |Exercise |Expiration|Exercise/  |Number of voting rights  |% of voting   |
|financial    |price    |date      |Conversion |instrument refers to     |rights        |
|instrument   |         |          |period     |                         |              |
+-------------+---------+----------+-----------+-------------------------+-------+------+
|             |         |          |           |                         |Nominal|Delta |
|N/A          |N/A      |N/A       |N/A        |N/A                      +-------+------+
|             |         |          |           |                         |N/A    |N/A   |
+-------------+---------+----------+-----------+-------------------------+-------+------+

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|Total (A+B+C)                                                                          |
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|Number of voting rights              |Percentage of voting rights                      |
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|12,402,073                           |10.187%                                          |
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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:                                         |                        |
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|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           |
|                             |11 October 2011                             |
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