Holding(s) in Company

19 Oct 2005 15:33

Electrocomponents PLC19 October 2005 ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC ("the Company") NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 198 - COMPANIES ACT 1985 The Company received notification on 19th October 2005 (dated 18th October 2005)in accordance with Section 198 of the Companies Act that SilchesterInternational Investors Limited ("Silchester") has a notifiable interest in67,487,024 Ordinary Sharers of 10p each in the Company; and that Sanderson AssetManagement Limited ("Sanderson") (a UK limited company of which Silchester holds49.9% of the issued share capital) and Silchester (by virtue of Section Section203(2)(b) of the Companies Act 1985), have an interest in 5,085,900 shares.Silchester's interest therefore represents 16.67% of the total issued ordinaryshare Capital of the Company. Within this holding it is noted that SilchesterInternational Investors International Value Equity Group Trust controls18,318,988 Ordinary Shares, which represents 4.21% of the total issued sharecapital of the Company, and that Silchester International InvestorsInternational Value Equity Trust controls 43,548,306 Ordinary Shares, whichrepresents 10.01% of the total issued share capital of the Company. The Company is informed that the shares to which this notification relates areregistered as follows: SII Account Nominee Number of Shares % held Silchester International Investors International Value Northern Trust Co 18,318,988 4.21Equity Group TrustSilchester International Investors Tobacco Free Northern Trust Co 2,918,452 0.67International Value Equity TrustSilchester International Investors International Value Northern Trust Co 43,548,306 10.00Equity TrustThe Calleva Trust Northern Trust Co 2,701,278 0.62 TOTAL 67,487,024 15.50 SAM Account Nominee Number of Shares % held BUST Northern Trust Co 1,898,000 0.44CAT Pictet & Cie 132,000 0.03DYN State Street 98,000 0.02EUF State Street 172,000 0.04GOLF Bank of New York 79,000 0.02GRIT Northern Trust Co 684,600 0.16INGOT Mellon Trust 172,500 0.04MINI State Street 266,800 0.06OCEAN Northern Trust Co 80,300 0.02OVAL Mellon Trust 150,600 0.03PEARL Northern Trust Co 32,000 0.01RAIN Citigroup 130,000 0.03RANGER Northern Trust Co 41.000 0.01STAMP Northern Trust Co 90,000 0.02SURF Northern Trust Co 69,000 0.02TIME Bank of New York 30,000 0.01TRAY Northern Trust Co 530,100 0.12WHEAT Mellon Trust 169,000 0.04WINDY Northern Trust Co 131,000 0.03WOGAN Northern Trust Co 130,000 0.03 TOTAL 5,085,900 1.17 OVERALL TOTAL (SII and SAM Accounts) 72,572,924 16.67 CARMELINA CARFORA Group Company Secretary 19th October 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange