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Wincanton Plc - Result of AGM

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LONDON, United Kingdom, July 12

12 July 2023

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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 12 July 2023, the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting, circulated to shareholders on 5 June 2023, were passed by the requisite majorities.

Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 17 to 21 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 AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	% OF ISC VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
1	Reports and Accounts	87,474,588	99.99	9,501	0.01	87,484,089	70.24%	328,291
2	Annual Report on Remuneration	87,032,099	99.15	749,622	0.85	87,781,721	70.48%	35,602
3	Directors' Remuneration Policy	84,988,112	97.26	2,395,863	2.74	87,383,975	70.16%	433,348
4	Final dividend	87,811,307	100.00	1,065	0.00	87,812,372	70.51%	6,619
5	Elect Mr T Hinton	87,607,451	99.79	182,694	0.21	87,790,145	70.49%	27,178
6	Re-elect Ms G Barr	86,182,678	98.16	1,611,178	1.84	87,793,856	70.49%	23,274
7	Re-elect Mr A Bickerstaff	86,946,961	99.04	842,990	0.96	87,789,951	70.49%	27,179
8	Re-elect Ms M Jayaweera	86,927,661	99.02	863,763	0.98	87,791,424	70.49%	25,706
9	Re-elect Ms D Lentz	85,918,678	98.15	1,618,353	1.85	87,537,031	70.29%	280,099
10	Re-elect Mr S Oades	86,941,538	99.04	843,954	0.96	87,785,492	70.49%	31,638
11	Re-elect Sir M Read CBE	85,826,209	97.77	1,953,690	2.23	87,779,899	70.48%	37,424
12	Re-elect Mr J Wroath	85,478,633	97.38	2,298,373	2.62	87,777,006	70.48%	40,317
13	To re-appoint Auditor	87,003,051	99.10	790,060	0.90	87,793,111	70.49%	24,019
14	Remuneration of Auditor	87,012,743	99.10	786,736	0.90	87,799,479	70.50%	17,844
15	Donations to political organisations	86,960,971	99.07	813,251	0.93	87,774,222	70.48%	43,101
16	Allot shares	84,458,455	96.22	3,319,493	3.78	87,777,948	70.48%	39,331
17	New Long Term Incentive Plan	86,627,894	98.77	1,080,795	1.23	87,708,689	70.42%	110,495
18	New Deferred Share Bonus Plan	86,585,497	98.69	1,150,910	1.31	87,736,407	70.45%	81,535
19	Disapply Pre-emption rights	84,768,511	96.58	3,002,458	3.42	87,770,969	70.47%	46,161
20	Market purchase of own shares	87,446,865	99.61	346,348	0.39	87,793,213	70.49%	24,110
21	Notice of meetings other than AGMs	86,844,828	98.91	954,101	1.09	87,798,929	70.50%	19,013

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.

Each share carries one vote; 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 Chair 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 20,300-strong team operates from more than 160 sites across the country, responsible for 7,400 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