Director/PDMR Shareholding

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS/PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CONNECTED PERSONS

As required by Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4R(1)

Name of Issuer

WINCANTON PLC

 Name of person discharging managerial responsibilities/director

MARTIN PALMER	PDMR
JULIE WELCH	PDMR

State whether notification relates to a person connected with a person discharging managerial responsibilities/director named above and identify the connected person

N/A

Indicate whether the notification is in respect of a holding of the person referred to above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest

BENEFICIAL INTEREST OF NAMED DIRECTOR / PDMR

Description of shares (including class), debentures or derivatives or financial instruments relating to shares.

ORDINARY 10p

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

COMPUTERSHARE TRUSTEES LTD

State the nature of the transaction

THE INTERESTS ACQUIRED COMPRISE PARTNERSHIP SHARES PURCHASED BY, AND MATCHING SHARES AWARDED TO, THE NAMED DIRECTOR / PDMR ON 18 JANUARY 2016, UNDER THE WINCANTON PLC APPROVED SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN 2003

Number of shares, debentures or financial instruments relating to shares acquired.

	PARTNERSHIP SHARES	MATCHING SHARES	DIVIDEND SHARES
MARTIN PALMER	88	22	0
JULIE WELCH	89	22	0

MATCHING SHARES ARE AWARDED ON A BASIS OF 1 MATCHING SHARE FOR EVERY 4 PARTNERSHIP SHARES ACQUIRED

Percentage of issued class acquired (treasury shares of that class should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)

LESS THAN 1% IN EACH CASE

Number of shares, debentures or financial instruments relating to share disposed

N/A

Percentage of issued class disposed (treasury shares of that class should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)

N/A

Price per share or value of transaction

PURCHASE PRICE OF £1.695 PER ORDINARY SHARE

Date and place of transaction

PARTNERSHIP AND MATCHING SHARES PURCHASED ON 18 JANUARY 2016, ALL ON THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

Total holding following notification and total percentage holding following notification (any treasury shares should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)

SHARES HELD UNDER THE WINCANTON PLC APPROVED SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN 2003:-

	PARTNERSHIP SHARES	MATCHING SHARES	DIVIDEND SHARES
MARTIN PALMER	820	205	0
JULIE WELCH	7,573	1,893	0

BOTH HOLD LESS THAN 1% OF THE COMPANY’S ISSUED ORDINARY SHARES. 

Date issuer informed of transaction

21 JANUARY 2016

Name and signature of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification

Alison Dowling

Company Secretary

Date of notification        21 JANUARY 2016