Holding(s) in Company

Wincanton PLC
03 September 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   Name of company

     Wincanton plc

2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest

     Zurich Financial Services and its Group

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

     Not stated

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

           Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 07197        550,000
           Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 05576      4,000,000
           Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 05577        250,000

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

     Not stated

6)   Percentage of issued class

     Not stated

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     Not stated

8)   Percentage of issued class

     Not stated

9)   Class of security

     Ordinary 10p shares

10)  Date of transaction

     Not stated

11)  Date company informed

     3rd September 2003

12)  Total holding following this notification

     4,800,000 ordinary shares

13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     Not stated

14)  Any additional information

     Notification made on behalf of:-

            Allied Dunbar Assurance plc
            Threadneedle Asset Management Limited
            Threadneedle Pensions Limited
            Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited
            Allied Zurich Holdings Limited
            Zurich Financial Services (UKISA) Limited
            Zurich Group Holding
            Zurich Insurance Company
            Allied Zurich plc
            Zurich Financial Services


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     Alan Kaye
     Secretary
     Tel: [phone]


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


     Charles Phillips
     Secretary, Wincanton plc
     Tel: [phone]

     Date of notification 3rd September 2003


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