AGM and GM Statement

Wincanton plc ('Wincanton' or the 'Company') AGM and General Meeting Statement The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting and its General Meeting, both held on 21 July 2011, all of the resolutions, as set out in the Notices of Meeting, were duly passed on a poll. The votes were as follows: Annual General Meeting +---------------+----------+-----+---------+----+----------+-----+---------+ |Resolution | VOTES| %| VOTES| %| VOTES| % of| VOTES| |(No. as noted | FOR| | AGAINST| | TOTAL| ISC| WITHHELD| |on proxy form) | | | | | |Voted| | +---------------+----------+-----+---------+----+----------+-----+---------+ |1 |70,882,240|99.90| 74,370|0.10|70,956,610|58.28| 81,180| +---------------+----------+-----+---------+----+----------+-----+---------+ |2 |62,671,275|92.25|5,265,873|7.75|67,937,148|55.80|3,091,425| +---------------+----------+-----+---------+----+----------+-----+---------+ |3 |70,487,829|99.38| 439,754|0.62|70,927,583|58.26| 111,567| +---------------+----------+-----+---------+----+----------+-----+---------+ |4 |69,917,293|98.57|1,016,234|1.43|70,933,527|58.26| 106,323| +---------------+----------+-----+---------+----+----------+-----+---------+ |5 |70,652,802|99.60| 285,096|0.40|70,937,898|58.27| 101,952| +---------------+----------+-----+---------+----+----------+-----+---------+ |6 |70,715,787|99.69| 220,418|0.31|70,936,205|58.27| 102,060| +---------------+----------+-----+---------+----+----------+-----+---------+ |7 |70,318,497|99.12| 623,450|0.88|70,941,947|58.27| 96,503| +---------------+----------+-----+---------+----+----------+-----+---------+ |8 |70,776,569|99.77| 161,433|0.23|70,938,002|58.27| 100,898| +---------------+----------+-----+---------+----+----------+-----+---------+ |9 |69,421,959|99.81| 133,696|0.19|69,555,655|57.13|1,484,195| +---------------+----------+-----+---------+----+----------+-----+---------+ |10 |70,857,992|99.85| 108,893|0.15|70,966,885|58.29| 70,319| +---------------+----------+-----+---------+----+----------+-----+---------+ |11 |69,802,641|98.47|1,085,676|1.53|70,888,317|58.23| 149,649| +---------------+----------+-----+---------+----+----------+-----+---------+ |12 |67,683,708|99.31| 471,959|0.69|68,155,667|55.98|2,883,614| +---------------+----------+-----+---------+----+----------+-----+---------+ |13 |70,600,792|99.56| 309,553|0.44|70,910,345|58.24| 126,223| +---------------+----------+-----+---------+----+----------+-----+---------+ |14 |69,348,320|99.73| 188,564|0.27|69,536,884|57.12|1,471,908| +---------------+----------+-----+---------+----+----------+-----+---------+ |15 |66,490,894|93.70|4,469,389|6.30|70,960,283|58.28| 63,509| +---------------+----------+-----+---------+----+----------+-----+---------+ General Meeting +-------------+----------+-----+-------------+-----+----------+-----+----------+ |Resolution | VOTES| %|VOTES AGAINST| %| VOTES| % of| VOTES| |(No. as noted| FOR| | | | TOTAL| ISC| WITHHELD| |on proxy | | | | | |Voted| | |form)  | | | | | | | | +-------------+----------+-----+-------------+-----+----------+-----+----------+ |1 |51,122,394|88.02| 6,956,010|11.98|58,078,404|47.70|12,925,242| +-------------+----------+-----+-------------+-----+----------+-----+----------+ |2 |46,335,487|68.84| 20,969,248|31.16|67,304,735|55.28| 3,707,453| +-------------+----------+-----+-------------+-----+----------+-----+----------+ Approximately 57.05% of the Company's 121,747,293 shares in issue as at the date of the meetings were voted on. A total of 1,714 valid proxy cards for the Annual General Meeting and 1,589 valid proxy cards for the General Meeting were received. This represents approximately 12.59% and 11.67% respectively of the total number of shareholders as at the date of the meetings. Please note that each share carries one vote and that a 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and will not be counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against the resolution.  Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the votes for total. Copies of the Resolutions will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available to the public for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do. Stephen Williams Company Secretary 22 July 2011 This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of Thomson Reuters clients. The owner of this announcement warrants that: (i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and other applicable laws; and (ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein. Source: Wincanton Plc via Thomson Reuters ONE [HUG#1532888]

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