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                                                    |  No  |
|specify):                                                        |      |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------+------+
|3. Full name of person(s) subject to  |                                 |
|the                                   |Henderson Global Investors       |
|notification obligation:              |                                 |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
|4. Full name of shareholder(s)        |                                 |
|(if different from 3.):               |                                 |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
|5. Date of the transaction and date on|                                 |
|which the threshold is crossed or     |28 July 2011                     |
|reached:                              |                                 |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
|6. Date on which issuer notified:     |01 August 2011                   |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or|5%                               |
|reached:                              |                                 |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------+-----+
|8. Notified details:                                                          |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                           |
+-------------+---------------+------------------------------------------------+
|Class/type of|Situation      |Resulting situation after the triggering        |
|shares       |previous       |transaction                                     |
|             |to the         |                                                |
|if possible  |triggering     |                                                |
|using        |transaction    |                                                |
|the ISIN CODE+-------+-------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+
|             |Number |Number |Number     |Number of voting   |% of  voting    |
|             |of     |of     |of shares  |rights             |rights          |
|             |  ares |Vot ng +-----------+---------+---------+-------+--------+
|             |       |Rights |Direct     |Direct   |Indirect |Direct |Indirect|
+-------------+-------+-------+-----------+---------+---------+-------+--------+
|Ordinary     |       |       |           |         |         |       |        |
|Shares of 10 |Below  |Below  |           |         |         |       |        |
|pence each   |5%     |5%     |0          |0        |5,081,699|0      |4.17%   |
|             |       |       |           |         |         |       |        |
|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 |
|CFD           |N/A       |N/A        |N/A        |1,048,434    +-------+------+
|              |          |           |           |             |0.86%  |N/A   |
+--------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+-------+------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Total (A+B+C)                                                                 |
+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights                |Percentage of voting rights           |
+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|6,130,133                              |5.03%                                 |
+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or|
|the                                                                       |
|financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                                          |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|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:  |                                            |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|14. Contact name:            |Steve Williams, Company Secretary           |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|15. Contact telephone number:|01249 710 000                               |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|16. Authorised by:           |Steve Williams, Company Secretary           |
|                             |02 August 2011                              |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+







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