Holding(s) in Company

Wincanton PLC
19 November 2004

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   Name of company

     Wincanton plc

2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest

     The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
     The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
     holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

     Not stated

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
     number of shares held by each of them

      Nortrust Nominees Limited           5,250,000
      Nortrust Limited                      122,500


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

     Not stated

6)   Percentage of issued class

     Not stated

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     Not stated

8)   Percentage of issued class

     Not stated

9)   Class of security

     Ordinary 10p shares

10)  Date of transaction

     Not stated

11)  Date company informed

     19th November 2004

12)  Total holding following this notification

     5,372,500 ordinary shares

13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     4.6%

14)  Any additional information

      The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc state that none of the shares to
      which this notification relates to interests as mentioned in Section
      208(5)of the Companies Act 1985.



The percentages quoted are based on issued share capital of 116,675,449.


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

           R.J.Hopkins

Share Aggregation

Royal Bank of Scotland

Tel: [phone]


16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
     making this notification



     Charles Phillips

     Secretary, Wincanton plc

     Tel: [phone]

     Date of notification 19th November 2004





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