Investor FAQs

Currently, RBC, Espirito Santo, Charles Stanley, Investec Securities, JP Morgan Cazenove and Numis Securities have issued research on Wincanton.

They are all “subscription” only research. To obtain a copy we advise you contact the individual firms’ sales teams for assistance.

Wincanton's financial year ends March 31st.

Methuen Park
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN14 0WT

Computershare Investor Services PLC
The Pavilions
Bridgwater Road
Bristol
BS99 6ZY.
Telephone: 0870 707 1788
Fax: 0870 703 6106
TextPhone: 0870 702 0005

Web Queries: www.investorcentre.co.uk/contactus

The registrars.

Via our Investor Relations contacts page. You can also sign up for email alerts and view and/or download a copy of the Annual Report and Accounts.

Please see the financial calendar for specific dates.

Please see the financial calendar for specific dates.

You can view the HTML version in the Reports and Presentations section of the website, download the pdf or contact the Company Secretary. 

Individual shareholders are encouraged to support the company; attending the AGM is one way of doing this.

Transport.

Wincanton is listed on the LSE under the symbol "WIN".

Approximately 121 million.

JP Morgan Cazenove and Numis Securities.

No.

Our major shareholders can be found on this website.

Wincanton de-merged from Uniq on 18th May 2001.

No, shareholder concessions are not considered appropriate or relevant for a business such as Wincanton that does not provide a service directly to the general public.

A note setting out the calculation of base cost for those shareholders who were previously shareholders in Uniq plc, is included in the following press release:Information on base cost of Wincanton shares for Capital Gains Tax purposes.

No, the company does not currently operate a DRIP (Dividend Re-Investment Programme).

Yes the company and the registrars encourage the use of mandated payments directly to a shareholders bank.

Tax vouchers are circulated to shareholders at the time of the dividend payments twice yearly.

Speak to the registrars or register on-line to use the web based shareholder service.

Contact the Registrars in the first instance.

To the registrars.

Questions about tax on dividends should be directed towards your professional advisor. Any queries about errors should be raised with the Registrars.

The shares are freely transferable; speak to your personal advisor or broker.

The policy is laid out in the Annual Report and Accounts. You can view the HTML version in the Reports and Presentations section of the website, download the pdf or contact the Company Secretary. 

January 2011.

No.  The company has only issued shares in relation to the settling of share options, no other issue has been made.

Wincanton’s main area of business is to provide supply chain solutions, including transport, warehousing and specialist services, to customers in a range of market sectors. Our core business focuses on contract logistics and includes operations for customers in retail, construction, consumer goods, energy and petroleum and defence, plus specialist businesses such as container logistics, fleet mananagement and records management. Click here to know more.

Wincanton’s strategy is to focus on the UK & Ireland market, where we have a proven track record, significant opportunities for growth and a broad range of services. Our objective is to continue to build on our core competences in the design, implementation and management of supply chain solutions and to offer specialist services such as fleet management, container logistics and records management. We aim to further strengthen our leadership position in markets such as retail, construction, defence and containers and further develop our warehousing and transport solutions. We will focus on developing broader supply chain services to help customers meet the challenges of multichannel retailing by combining our expertise in leveraging market-leading systems with our proven expertise in operations and processes. Click here to know more.

Approximately 16,000 people.

Our customers operate in a range of market sectors and include UK high street retailers, niche brands, large multinationals and small to medium sized enterprises.

Wincanton completed the disposal of its businesses and activities in Mainland Europe in January 2012.