Holding in Company

Wincanton PLC
25 May 2001


                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   Name of company

     WINCANTON PLC

2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest

     2.1 FMR CORP and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
     2.2 FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED and its direct and indirect
         subsidiaries
     2.3 EDWARD C. JOHNSON 3d

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
     holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

     NON-BENEFICIAL HOLDERS

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
     number of shares held by each of them

     16,400          STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD
     5,065,737       CLYDESDALE BANK (HEAD OFFICE) NOMINEES LIMITED
     2,705,400       HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE (UK) LIMITED
     187,950         MSS NOMINEES LIMITED
     364,200         CLYDESDALE BANK(HEAD OFFICE) NOMINEES LIMITED
     566,400         NORTHERN TRUST

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

     N/A

6)   Percentage of issued class

     N/A

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     N/A

8)   Percentage of issued class

     N/A

9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES

10)  Date of transaction

     NOT STATED

11)  Date company informed

     25TH MAY 2001

12)  Total holding following this notification

     8,906,087


13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     7.76%

14)  Any additional information

     THE NOTIFIABLE INTERESTS INCLUDE INTERESTS HELD ON BEHALF OF AUTHORISED

     UNIT TRUST SCHEMES IN THE UK


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     PATRICIA BOLEN AT [phone] OR BY FAX AT [phone]

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
     making this notification


     CHARLES PHILLIPS

     SECRETARY


     Date of notification ..25TH MAY..................2001.....