Holding(s) in Company

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                         |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+----------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
|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 specify):                                          |  No  |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------+------+
|3. Full name of person(s) subject to  |Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and   |
|the                                   |its group.                       |
|notification obligation:              |                                 |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
|4. Full name of shareholder(s)        |See additional information under |
|(if different from 3.):               |13.                              |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
|5. Date of the transaction and date on|                                 |
|which the threshold is crossed or     |28 March 2011                    |
|reached:                              |                                 |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
|6. Date on which issuer notified:     |31 March 2011                    |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or|Above the threshold of 10%       |
|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  +---------+----------+--------+------------------+---------------+
|using        |Number   |Number    |Number  |Number of voting  |% of  voting   |
|the ISIN CODE|of       |of        |of      |rights            |rights         |
|             |Shares   |Voting    |shares  |                  |               |
|             |         |R g ts    +--------+-------+----------+------+--------+
|             |         |          |Direct  |Direct |Indirect  |Direct|Indirect|
+-------------+---------+----------+--------+-------+----------+------+--------+
|Ordinary     |         |          |        |       |          |      |        |
|Shares of 10 |         |          |        |       |          |      |        |
|pence each   |6,398,393|6,398,393 |128,874 |128,874|12,154,054|0.106%|9.984%  |
|             |         |          |        |       |          |      |        |
|GB0030329360 |         |          |        |       |          |      |        |
+-------------+---------+----------+--------+-------+----------+------+--------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                           |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          |
+---------------+-----------+---------------------+--------------+-------------+
|Type of        |Expiration |Exercise/            |Number of     |% of voting  |
|financial      |date       |Conversion Period    |voting        |rights       |
|instrument     |           |                     |rights that   |             |
|               |           |                     |may 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     |% of voting   |
|financial     |price     |date       |Conversion|voting 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           |
+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|12,282,928                             |10.090%                               |
+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the|
|financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                    |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies      |
|controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers,        |
|Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and |
|Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting  |
|rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd   |
|and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.                                                |
|                                                                              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|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           |Registered Owner                                    |
|information:             |                                                    |
|                         |State Street Nominees Limited A/c XC7N  1,382,764   |
|                         |                                                    |
|                         |Littledown Nominees Ltd       A/c ZLA05   244,148   |
|                         |                                                    |
|                         |Littledown Nominees Ltd       A/c ZLA07 2,558,488   |
|                         |                                                    |
|                         |Littledown Nominees Ltd       A/c 07197   128,874   |
|                         |                                                    |
|                         |Littledown Nominees Ltd       A/c 10479     3,450   |
|                         |                                                    |
|                         |Littledown Nominees Ltd       A/C ZLA12    92,084   |
|                         |                                                    |
|                         |Littledown Nominees Ltd       A/c ZLA14    25,642   |
|                         |                                                    |
|                         |Littledown Nominees Ltd       A/c 34789   218,503   |
|                         |                                                    |
|                         |Littledown Nominees Ltd       A/c 18667   476,768   |
|                         |                                                    |
|                         |Littledown Nominees Ltd       A/c 10469   535,594   |
|                         |                                                    |
|                         |Littledown Nominees Ltd       A/c 10496 4,625,040   |
|                         |                                                    |
|                         |Littledown Nominees Ltd       A/c 10492 1,405,795   |
|                         |                                                    |
|                         |Littledown Nominees Ltd       A/c 10488   585,778   |
|                         |                                                    |
+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
|14. Contact name:        |Steve Williams, Company Secretary                   |
+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
|15. Contact telephone    |01249 710 000                                       |
|number:                  |                                                    |
+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
|16. Authorised by:       |Steve Williams, Company Secretary                   |
|                         |31 March 2011                                       |
+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+







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