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Wincanton PLC AGM Information 2021

Jul 7, 2021

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AGM Information

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WINCANTON PLC ("Wincanton" or the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

Wincanton plc, a leading supply chain partner for UK business, announces that at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 7 July 2021, the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting, circulated to shareholders on 4 June 2021, were passed by the requisite majorities.

Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 16 to 20 were passed as special resolutions. In accordance with the Group's Articles of Association, the resolutions were put to the meeting on a poll in which every member present in person or by proxy had one vote for every share held.

The poll results are as follows:

RESOLUTION VOTES FOR % VOTES % VOTES % OF VOTES
1 Reports and Accounts 88,155,128 99.99 AGAINST
9,804
0.01 TOTAL
88,164,932
ISC VOTED
70.79%
WITHHELD
74,575
2 Annual Report on
Remuneration
86,603,252 98.21 1,581,730 1.79 88,184,982 70.81% 50,803
3 Final dividend 88,223,740 99.99 5,095 0.01 88,228,835 70.84% 7,088
4 Appoint Mr A
Bickerstaff
88,182,661 99.98 20,065 0.02 88,202,726 70.82% 32,133
5 Re-appoint Ms G Barr 88,166,694 99.96 37,227 0.04 88,203,921 70.82% 31,839
6 Re-appoint Ms M
Jayaweera
88,154,527 99.94 51,000 0.06 88,205,527 70.82% 30,233
7 Re-appoint Mr T Lawlor 88,177,328 99.97 26,138 0.03 88,203,466 70.82% 32,294
8 Re-appoint Ms D Lentz 88,166,276 99.96 37,668 0.04 88,203,944 70.82% 31,816
9 Re-appoint Mr S Oades 88,185,327 99.98 18,236 0.02 88,203,563 70.82% 32,197
10 Re-appoint Dr M Read
CBE
88,168,511 99.96 33,596 0.04 88,202,107 70.82% 33,653
11 Re-appoint Mr J
Wroath
88,123,955 99.91 82,583 0.09 88,206,538 70.82% 31,183
12 To re-appoint Auditor 88,195,344 99.97 27,146 0.03 88,222,490 70.84% 13,270
13 Remuneration of
Auditor
88,193,104 99.98 20,343 0.02 88,213,447 70.83% 19,432
14 Donations to political
organisations
87,835,431 99.58 369,285 0.42 88,204,716 70.82% 34,628
15 Allot shares 87,106,548 98.77 1,083,207 1.23 88,189,755 70.81% 45,810
16 New International
Share Incentive Plan
88,065,793 99.89 94,365 0.11 88,160,158 70.79% 75,602
17 New Articles of
Association
88,148,424 99.96 32,347 0.04 88,180,771 70.80% 54,989
18 Disapply Pre-emption
rights
87,972,610 99.77 206,531 0.23 88,179,141 70.80% 56,468
19 Market purchase of
own shares
88,105,133 99.91 78,245 0.09 88,183,378 70.81% 52,382
20 Notice of meetings
other than AGMs
87,825,660 99.56 388,431 0.44 88,214,091 70.83% 21,669

The number of the Company's shares in issue as at the date of the meeting was 124,543,670 Ordinary Shares of 10p each.

Please note that each share carries one vote and that a 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and has not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against the resolution. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'votes for' total.

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the special business resolutions passed at the meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and shortly be available for inspection at its website: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

About Wincanton

Wincanton is a leading British supply chain solutions company. The Group provides business critical services including storage, handling and distribution; high volume eFulfilment; retailer 'dark stores'; two-person home delivery; fleet and transport management; and network optimisation for many of the UK's best known companies.

It is active across a range of markets including food and consumer goods; retail and manufacturing; eCommerce; the public sector; major infrastructure; building materials; fuel; and defence. With almost 100 years' heritage, Wincanton's 19,600-strong team operates from more than 200 sites across the country, utilising 3,500 vehicles.

For further information please contact:

Headland Tel: +44 20 3805 4822 Susanna Voyle/ Henry Wallers E: [email protected]

Wincanton Lyn Colloff, Company Secretary Tel: +44 1249 710 000