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:                            |                                   |
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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 shares already issued to    | No  |
|which voting rights are attached                                   |     |
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|An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic    | No  |
|effect to qualifying financial instruments                         |     |
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|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                   | No  |
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|Other (please                                                      | No  |
|specify):                                                          |     |
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|3. Full name of person(s) subject  |                                     |
|to the                             |Standard Life Investments Ltd        |
|notification obligation:           |                                     |
+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
|4. Full name of shareholder(s)     |Vidacos Nominees                     |
|(if different from 3.):            |                                     |
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|5. Date of the transaction and date|                                     |
|on                                 |16 March 2011                        |
|which the threshold is crossed or  |                                     |
|reached:                           |                                     |
+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
|6. Date on which issuer notified:  |17 March 2011                        |
+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed|                                     |
|or                                 |8%                                   |
|reached:                           |                                     |
+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-------+
|8. Notified details:                                                             |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                              |
+------------+---------------------+----------------------------------------------+
|Class/type  |Situation previous   |Resulting situation after the triggering      |
|of          |to the triggering    |transaction                                   |
|shares      |transaction          |                                              |
|            +---------+-----------+----------+-------------------+---------------+
|if possible |Number   |Number     |Number    |Number of voting   |% of  voting   |
|using       |of       |of         |of shares |rights             |rights x       |
|the ISIN    |   res   |Vo ing     +----------+---------+---------+------+--------+
|CODE        |         |Rights     |          |Direct xi|Indirect |Direct|Indirect|
|            |         |           |          |         |xii      |      |        |
+------------+---------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+------+--------+
|Ordinary    |         |           |          |         |         |      |        |
|Shares of   |         |           |          |         |         |      |        |
|10 pence    |9,556,079|9,556,079  |10,809,985|2,310,054|8,499,931|1.898%|6.982%  |
|each        |         |           |          |         |         |      |        |
|            |         |           |          |         |         |      |        |
|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 be   |rights      |
|instrument    |          |                    |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 instrument   |rights        |
|instrument   |        |          |period     |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                 |
+------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|10,809,985                          |8.880%                                      |
+------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+

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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:                                                             |
+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------+
|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:  |N/A                                         |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|14. Contact name:            |Steve Williams, Company Secretary           |
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|15. Contact telephone number:|01249 710 000                               |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|16. Authorised by:           |Steve Williams, Company Secretary           |
|                             |18 March 2011                               |
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