Employee Share Trust

Wincanton plc

The Company was notified on Monday, 18 December 2006 by the trustee of the
Wincanton plc Employee Share Trust that it had transferred, on the 18 December
2006, 24,000 Ordinary 10 pence shares out of Trust. The transfer was in respect
of an exercise by a participant of the Wincanton plc Unapproved Executive Share
Option Scheme 2001 who was classified as a good leaver under the terms of the
Scheme.

Following this transaction, the Trust holds 3,111,295 shares in the Company in
which PDMR's and the executive directors, Gerard Connell, Graeme McFaull and
Nigel Sullivan are deemed to be technically interested in under the Companies
Act. The transactions did not relate to any directors or PDMR's of the Company.

19 December 2006