Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii

WINCANTON PLC

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 result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	ABERFORTH PARTNERS LLP
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv	SHAREHOLDER                                                                    SHARES ABERFORTH SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC             10,543,866 ABERFORTH UK SMALL COMPANIES FUND                        1,709,573 ABERFORTH GEARED INCOME TRUST PLC                       1,721,725 ABERFORTH PARTNERS LLP                                                   891,292 All shares are registered in the name of Nortrust Nominees Ltd
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	05/10/2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:	06/10/2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	12%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rightsx
			Direct	Direct xi	Indirect xii	Direct	Indirect
ORDINARY GB0030329360	13,992,464 1,281,831	13,992,464			14,866,456 1,289,131		12.01 0.00

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date xvii	Exercise/ Conversion period xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights xix, xx
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
14,866,456	12.01

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Held by Aberforth Partners LLP

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Pauline Robson, Aberforth Partners LLP
15. Contact telephone number:	0131 220 0733