ECM.L Regulatory News (ECM)

18 Oct 2005 15:06

Electrocomponents PLC18 October 2005 ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC ('the Company') NOTIFICATION OF SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER The Company received notification on 18th October 2005 (dated 17th October 2005)in accordance with section 198 of the Companies Act from Capital Group CompaniesInc, ('CG'), a US based holding Company on behalf of its affiliates, CapitalInternational Limited and Capital Research and Management Company. Thenotification states that the notifiable interest held by these affiliates hasdecreased to 21,651,910 Ordinary Shares of 10p each in the Company, whichrepresents 4.975% of the total issued share Capital of the Company. The sharesare held as follows: Number of Capital Group Companies, Inc. ('CG') holdings Shares % held Capital International Limited 941,910 0.216Capital Research and Management Company 20,710,000 4.758 TOTAL 21,651,910 4.975 SHARES ARE REGISTERED AS FOLLOWS: Capital International Limited Registered Name holding Northern Trust 42,502Chase Nominees Limited 431,553Bankers Trust 27,100Nortrust Nominees 124,400State Street Bank & Trust Co. 52,600Deutsche Bank AG 50,547HSBC Bank plc 157,408Mellon Bank N.A. 38,300Bank One London 17,500 TOTAL 941,910 Capital Research and Management Company Registered Name holding State Street Nominees Limited 1,000,000Chase Nominees Limited 19,710,000 TOTAL 20,710,000 CARMELINA CARFORA Group Company Secretary 18th October 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange