AGM Statement

Wincanton PLC
18 July 2002



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   18 July 2002

                                 AGM STATEMENT

               WINCANTON CONTINUES GOOD PROGRESS IN CURRENT YEAR


Victor Benjamin, Chairman of Wincanton, gave the following trading update at the
Company's AGM this morning:


'New business scheduled to come onstream in recent months has been successfully
delivered for Heinz, BP Castrol and Thistle Hotels, amongst others.  Major
network initiatives with customers such as Safeway are also progressing well.'


'Our leading position with Tesco continues to expand, with a regional
distribution centre at Snodland in Kent being added to the sites already managed
by Wincanton at Middleton, Doncaster and Daventry.  A new warehouse for Arla
Foods in Leeds is another contract win to have begun operations recently.  We
have also taken over the running of one of Argos's  regional distribution
centres.  This site, at Wolverhampton, is the first warehousing operation to
have been outsourced by Argos.'


'The level of new business enquiry remains high and we remain confident that
Wincanton will achieve further good progress this year.'



Contacts:


Wincanton plc                                          Tel: [phone]
Chas Lawrence, Chief Executive
Gerard Connell, Group Finance Director
Charles Carr, Marketing Communications Director

Buchanan Communications Ltd                            Tel: [phone]
Charles Ryland,/Jeremy Garcia



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