ECM.L Regulatory News (ECM)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached:

Electrocomponents Plc

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation:

FIL Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):

See attached schedule

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached:

17 February 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

20 February 2012

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached:

5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

indirect

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB0003096442

21,830,898 21,830,898

21,885,371

21,885,371

5.00

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversion Period

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

21,885,371

5.00%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

See attached schedule

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

FIL LTD

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire:

54,473

12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire voting rights:

17 February 2012

13. Additional information:

Notification using the total voting rights figure of  436,879,575

14. Contact name:

Ian Haslegrave

15. Contact telephone number:

01865 207491

16. Date:

22 February 2012

FIL

Issuer name:

ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC

Current ownership percentage:

5.00%

Total shares held:

21,885,371

Issued share capital:

436,879,575

SHARES HELD

NOMINEE

MANAGEMENT

 COMPANY

FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent

2,643,360

JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH

FII

holding company for various direct and indirect

19,242,011

JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH

FISL

subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management

Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd

(FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST), FIL

Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL),

FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong)

Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management

(FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL

Investments International (FII), investment managers

for various non-US investment companies and

institutional clients.