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    |Wincanton plc                    |
|rights are                            |                                 |
|attached:                             |                                 |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
|2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or       |
|boxes):                                                                 |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                      | Yes  |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------+
|An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments   |      |
|which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to  |  No  |
|which voting rights are attached                                 |      |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------+
|An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic  |  No  |
|effect to qualifying financial instruments                       |      |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------+
|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                 |  No  |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------+
|Other (please specify):                                          |  No  |
+------------------------------------+----------------------------+------+
|3. Full name of person(s) subject to|                                   |
|the                                 |Prudential plc group of companies  |
|notification obligation:            |                                   |
+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
|                                    |Prudential plc                     |
|                                    |                                   |
|                                    |Nortrust        A/c MHF01    26,911|
|                                    |Nominee Ltd                        |
|                                    |                                   |
|                                    |Nortrust Noms                10,801|
|                                    |Ltd                                |
|                                    |                                   |
|                                    |Nortrust Noms   A/c CRI01 4,000,000|
|                                    |Ltd                                |
|                                    |                                   |
|                                    |PRUCLT HSBC GIS           2,013,246|
|                                    |NOM(UK) PAC AC                     |
|                                    |                                   |
|                                    |PRUCLT HSBC GIS              51,630|
|                                    |Nom(UK) PPL AC                     |
|                                    |                                   |
|                                    |M&G Group Limited                  |
|                                    |                                   |
|                                    |Nortrust        A/c MHF01    26,911|
|                                    |Nominee Ltd                        |
|                                    |                                   |
|                                    |Nortrust Noms                10,801|
|                                    |Ltd                                |
|4. Full name of shareholder(s)      |                                   |
|(if different from 3.):             |Nortrust Noms   A/c CRI01 4,000,000|
|                                    |Ltd                                |
|                                    |                                   |
|                                    |PRUCLT HSBC GIS           2,013,246|
|                                    |NOM(UK) PAC AC                     |
|                                    |                                   |
|                                    |PRUCLT HSBC GIS              51,630|
|                                    |Nom(UK) PPL AC                     |
|                                    |                                   |
|                                    |M&G Limited                        |
|                                    |                                   |
|                                    |Nortrust        A/c MHF01    26,911|
|                                    |Nominee Ltd                        |
|                                    |                                   |
|                                    |Nortrust Noms                10,801|
|                                    |Ltd                                |
|                                    |                                   |
|                                    |Nortrust Noms   A/c CRI01 4,000,000|
|                                    |Ltd                                |
|                                    |                                   |
|                                    |PRUCLT HSBC GIS           2,013,246|
|                                    |NOM(UK) PAC AC                     |
|                                    |                                   |
|                                    |PRUCLT HSBC GIS              51,630|
|                                    |Nom(UK) PPL AC                     |
+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
|5. Date of the transaction and date |                                   |
|on                                  |05 July 2011                       |
|which the threshold is crossed or   |                                   |
|reached:                            |                                   |
+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
|6. Date on which issuer notified:   |06 July 2011                       |
+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed |                                   |
|or                                  |See item 13                        |
|reached:                            |                                   |
+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----+
|8. Notified details:                                                          |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                           |
+-------------+-------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|Class/type of|Situation previous |Resulting situation after the triggering    |
|shares       |to the triggering  |transaction                                 |
|             |transaction        |                                            |
|if possible  +---------+---------+---------+------------------+---------------+
|using        |Number   |Number   |Number   |Number of voting  |% of  voting   |
|the ISIN CODE|of       |of       |of shares|rights            |rights         |
|             |  ares   | o ing   +---------+---------+--------+------+--------+
|             |         |Rights   |Direct   |Direct   |Indirect|Direct|Indirect|
+-------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+--------+------+--------+
|Ordinary     |         |         |         |         |        |      |        |
|Shares of 10 |         |         |         |         |        |      |        |
|pence each   |6,268,259|6,268,259|6,102,588|6,102,588|0       |5.01% |0       |
|             |         |         |         |         |        |      |        |
|GB0030329360 |         |         |         |         |        |      |        |
+-------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+--------+------+--------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                           |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          |
+---------------+----------+--------------------+----------------+-------------+
|Type of        |Expiration|Exercise/           |Number of voting|% of voting  |
|financial      |date      |Conversion Period   |rights that may |rights       |
|instrument     |          |                    |be              |             |
|               |          |                    |acquired if the |             |
|               |          |                    |instrument is   |             |
|               |          |                    |exercised/      |             |
|               |          |                    |converted.      |             |
+---------------+----------+--------------------+----------------+-------------+
|N/A            |N/A       |N/A                 |N/A             |N/A          |
+---------------+----------+--------------------+----------------+-------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial |
|Instruments                                                                   |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          |
+--------------+---------+----------+----------+----------------+--------------+
|Type of       |Exercise |Expiration|Exercise/ |Number of voting|% of voting   |
|financial     |price    |date      |Conversion|rights          |rights        |
|instrument    |         |          |period    |instrument      |              |
|              |         |          |          |refers to       |              |
|              |         |          |          |                |              |
+--------------+---------+----------+----------+----------------+-------+------+
|              |         |          |          |                |Nominal|Delta |
|N/A           |N/A      |N/A       |N/A       |N/A             +-------+------+
|              |         |          |          |                |N/A    |N/A   |
+--------------+---------+----------+----------+----------------+-------+------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Total (A+B+C)                                                                 |
+-------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights              |Percentage of voting rights             |
+-------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
|6,102,588                            |5.01%                                   |
+-------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the|
|financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                    |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Prudential plc (parent Company)                                               |
|M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc)                 |
|M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited)                    |
|                                                                              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Proxy Voting:                                                                 |
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
|10. Name of the proxy holder:                   |N/A                          |
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will   |                             |
|cease                                           |N/A                          |
|to hold:                                        |                             |
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to    |                             |
|hold                                            |N/A                          |
|voting rights:                                  |                             |
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+

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|                             |                                                |
|13. Additional information:  |M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned |
|                             |subsidiary of M&G Limited) no longer has a      |
|                             |notifiable interest.                            |
|                             |                                                |
|                             |                                                |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|14. Contact name:            |Steve Williams, Company Secretary               |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|15. Contact telephone number:|01249 710 000                                   |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|16. Authorised by:           |Steve Williams, Company Secretary               |
|                             |07 July 2011                                    |
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