Employee Share Trust

Wincanton PLC
31 July 2006

Wincanton plc



The Company was notified on Monday, 31 July 2006 by the trustee of the Wincanton
plc Employee Share Trust that it had transferred, on that day, 57,200 Ordinary
10 pence shares out of Trust.  The transfer was in respect of two exercises by
participants of the Wincanton plc Unapproved and Approved Executive Share Option
Schemes 2001 who were classified as good leavers under the terms of the Scheme.



Following this transaction, the Trust holds 3,390,916 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.





Charles Phillips
Company Secretary


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