Holding(s) in Company

Wincanton PLC
13 October 2004

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   Name of company

     Wincanton plc

2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest

     Morgan Stanley Securities 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

     See item 14 below.

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

      Not stated.

Morgan Stanley Securities Limited state that, in respect of 2,500,000 shares,
notification is given under Section 208(5)of the Companies Act 1985, as those
shares have been transferred to third parties.


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

     11th October 2004

11)  Date company informed

     13th October 2004

12)  Total holding following this notification

     3,858,362 ordinary shares

13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     3.3%

14)  Any additional information

      Notification is also made on behalf of those Morgan Stanley group
      companies which are direct or indirect holding companies of Morgan Stanley
      Securities Limited, as also being interested in such shares.


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     George Sobek

     Law Division

     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 13th October 2004





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