Holding(s) in Company

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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                   |
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the           |                      |
| underlying issuer                          |                      |
| of existing shares to which voting rights  | Wincanton plc        |
| are                                        |                      |
| attached:                                  |                      |
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or |
| boxes):                                                           |
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights           |    Yes    |
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial    |           |
| instruments which may result in the acquisition of    |    No     |
| shares already issued to which voting rights are      |           |
| attached                                              |           |
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with        |           |
| similar economic effect to qualifying financial       |    No     |
| instruments                                           |           |
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights      |    No     |
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| Other (please specify): |                             |    No     |
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject |                               |
| to the                            | Standard Life Investments Ltd |
| notification obligation:          |                               |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)    | Vidacos Nominees              |
|  (if different from 3.):          |                               |
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| 5. Date of the transaction and    |                               |
| date on                           | 31 July 2009                  |
| which the threshold is crossed or |                               |
| reached:                          |                               |
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 3 August 2009                 |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are       |                               |
| crossed or                        | 9%                            |
| reached:                          |                               |
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|8. Notified details:                                                                                    |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                     |
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|Class/type of      |Situation previous           |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  |
|shares             |to the triggering            |                                                      |
|if possible using  |transaction                  |                                                      |
|the ISIN CODE      |-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------|
|                   |Number           |Number     |Number    |Number of voting     |% of  voting rights x|
|                   |of               |of         |of shares |rights               |                     |
|                   |Shares           |Voting     |----------+---------------------+---------------------|
|                   |                 |Rights     |          |Direct xi  |Indirect |Direct     |Indirect |
|                   |                 |           |          |           |xii      |           |         |
|-------------------+-----------------+-----------+----------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------|
|Ordinary Shares of |                 |           |          |           |         |           |         |
|10 pence each      |10,891,120       |10,891,120 |10,939,015|2,787,447  |8,151,568|2.296%     |6.716%   |
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|GB0030329360       |                 |           |          |           |         |           |         |
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|B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                     |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                    |
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|Type of financial           |Expiration    |Exercise/             |Number of voting       |% of voting  |
|instrument                  |date          |Conversion Period     |rights that may be     |rights       |
|                            |              |                      |acquired if the        |             |
|                            |              |                      |instrument is          |             |
|                            |              |                      |exercised/ converted.  |             |
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|N/A                         |N/A           |N/A                   |N/A                    |N/A          |
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|C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments               |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                    |
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|Type of financial   |Exercise price  |Expiration|Exercise/  |Number of voting rights |% of voting rights|
|instrument          |                |date      |Conversion |instrument refers to    |                  |
|                    |                |          |period     |                        |                  |
|--------------------+----------------+----------+-----------+------------------------+------------------|
|                    |                |          |           |                        |Nominal   |Delta  |
|N/A                 |N/A             |N/A       |N/A        |N/A                     |----------+-------|
|                    |                |          |           |                        |N/A       |N/A    |
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|Total (A+B+C)                                                                                           |
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|Number of voting rights                                |Percentage of voting rights                     |
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|10,939,015                                             |9.012%                                          |
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting      |
| rights and/or the                                                 |
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:        |
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| N/A                                                               |
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| Proxy Voting:                                                     |
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                    | N/A            |
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will    |                |
| cease                                            | N/A            |
| to hold:                                         |                |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to     |                |
| hold                                             | N/A            |
| voting rights:                                   |                |
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| 13. Additional information:     | N/A                             |
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| 14. Contact name:               | Steve Williams, Deputy Company  |
|                                 | Secretary                       |
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| 15. Contact telephone number:   | 01249 710 000                   |
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|                                 | Charles Phillips, Company       |
| 16. Authorised by:              | Secretary                       |
|                                 | 3 August 2009                   |
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