Holding(s) in Company

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|TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i)                     |
+--------------------------------------+-------------------------------+--------
                                       |                               |
+--------------------------------------+-------------------------------+--------
|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):                                                               |
+----------------------------------------------------------------+-----+--------
|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   |                                               | No  |
|specify):       |                                               |     |
+----------------+-------------------+---------------------------+-----+--------
|3. Full name of person(s) subject to|                                 |
|the                                 |Newton Investment Management Ltd.|
|notification obligation:            |                                 |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+--------
|4. Full name of shareholder(s)      |                                 |
| (if different from 3.):            |                                 |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+--------
|5. Date of the transaction and date |                                 |
|on                                  |28 March 2011                    |
|which the threshold is crossed or   |                                 |
|reached:                            |                                 |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+--------
|6. Date on which issuer notified:   |29 March 2011                    |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+--------
|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed |                                 |
|or                                  |Decrease from 5.39% to 4.80%     |
|reached:                            |                                 |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+-------+
|8. Notified details:                                                          |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                           |
+-------------+---------------------+------------------------------------------+
|Class/type of|Situation previous   |Resulting situation after the triggering  |
|shares       |to the triggering    |transaction                               |
|             |transaction          |                                          |
|             +---------+-----------+---------+----------------+---------------+
|if possible  |Number   |Number     |Number   |Number of voting|% of  voting   |
|using        |of       |of         |of shares|rights          |rights (x)     |
|the ISIN CODE|   res   |Vo ing     +---------+------+---------+------+--------+
|             |         |Rights     |Direct   |Direct|Indirect |Direct|Indirect|
|             |         |           |         |(xi)  |(xii)    |      |        |
+-------------+---------+-----------+---------+------+---------+------+--------+
|Ordinary     |         |           |         |      |         |      |        |
|Shares of 10 |         |           |         |      |         |      |        |
|pence each   |6,556,106|5.39%      |N/A      |N/A   |5,844,481|N/A   |4.80%   |
+-------------+         |           |         |      |         |      |        |
|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             |
+-------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
|5,844,481                            |4.80%                                   |
+-------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the|
|financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                    |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Newton Investment Management Ltd. own these shares as a discretionary         |
|investment manager.                                                           |
|                                                                              |
|                                                                              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|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:                                  |                             |
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+

+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|                             |                                                |
|13. Additional information:  |N/A                                             |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|14. Contact name:            |Steve Williams, Company Secretary               |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|15. Contact telephone number:|01249 710 000                                   |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|                             |Steve Williams, Company Secretary               |
|16. Authorised by:           |                                                |
|                             |29 March 2011                                   |
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