Holding(s) in Company

14,692,95714,692,957

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                                   
                                                                                                 
1. Identity of the issuer or the             Wincanton plc                                       
underlying issuer                                                                                
of existing shares to which voting rights                                                        
are attached:                                                               
                                                                                                 
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):                        
                                                                                                 
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                           Yes        
                                                                                                 
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may              No         
result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting                               
rights are attached                                                                              
                                                                                                 
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect                No         
to qualifying financial instruments                                                              
                                                                                                 
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                      No         
                                                                                                 
Other (please                                                                         No         
specify):                                                                                        
      
                                                                                           
3. Full name of person(s) subject to   Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group                  
the                                                                                              
notification obligation:                                                                         
     
                                                                                            
4. Full name of shareholder(s)         See additional information under 13                       
(if different from 3.):                                                                          
      
                                                                                           
5. Date of the transaction and date    05 November 2014                                          
on                                                                                               
which the threshold is crossed or                                                                
reached:                                                                                         
                       
                                                                    
6. Date on which issuer notified:      07 November 2014                                          
                        
                                                                     
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed    Above the threshold of 13%                                
or                                                                                               
reached:                                                                                         
               
                                                                                
8. Notified details:                                                                             
                                                                                                 
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                              
                                                                                                 
Class/type   Situation           Resulting situation after the triggering                        
of           previous            transaction                                                     
shares       to the triggering                                                                   
             transaction                                                                         
                                                                                                 
if possible   Number        Number        Number       Number of voting          % of voting rights           
using         of            of            of shares         rights                                             
the ISIN      Shares        Voting                                                                     
CODE                        Rights        Direct       Direct     Indirect       Direct   Indirect  
                                                                                                 
Ordinary      14,692,957    14,692,957    0            0          15,857,852     0.000%   13.025%   
Shares of 10                                                                                     
pence each                                                                                                
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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                                       
                                                                                                 
N/A            N/A       N/A        N/A          N/A                     Nominal           Delta 
                                                                                                 
                                                                         N/A               N/A   
                                                                                                 
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                    
                                                                                                 
Number of voting rights                   Percentage of voting rights                            
                                                                
15,857,852                                13.025%                                                


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the 
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                     
                                                                               
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies       
controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia
Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and           
Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting   
rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and
Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.                                                     
        
                                                                       
Proxy Voting:                                                                  
                                                                               
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:                                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
13. Additional information:   Registered Owner                                 
                                                                               
                              State Street Nominees Limited                                                           
                              A/c XC7N                                 1,472,460
                                                                               
                              HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                             
                              A/c 683182                                 905,055
                                                                               
                              Littledown Nominees Ltd                           
                              A/c 10479                                    3,192
                                                                               
                              Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                           
                              A/c 18667                                  760,833
                                                                               
                              Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                             
                              A/c 10496                                11,113,552
                                                                               
                              Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                     
                              A/c 10492                                 1,602,760
                                                                               

14. Contact name:             Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group                  
   
                                                                            
15. Contact telephone number: 01793 363135