Holding in Company

Wincanton PLC
31 March 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

WINCANTON PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Legal & General Investment Management Limited

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

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

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/C 887711 - 495,584

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/C 775245 - 555,652

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/C 357206 - 2,762,594

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/C 747381 - 227,980

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/C 866203 - 168,285

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/C 754612 - 425,000

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/C 360509 - 101,540


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

150,000 shares

6) Percentage of issued class

n/a

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

Not stated

8) Percentage of issued class

n/a

9) Class of security

Ordinary 10 pence

10) Date of transaction

Not stated

11) Date company informed

31st March 2003

12) Total holding following this notification

4,736,635

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.12%

Based on issued share capital of 114,913,863

14) Any additional information

None

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Jamie Shearn - Tel: [phone]

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

Charles Phillips

Secretary, Wincanton plc

Date of notification 31st March 2003




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