ECM.L Regulatory News (ECM)

2 Mar 2006 09:15

Electrocomponents PLC02 March 2006 ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC ("the Company") NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 198 - COMPANIES ACT 1985 The Company received notification on 1st March 2006 in accordance with Section198 of the Companies Act that Silchester International Investors Limited ("Silchester") has a notifiable interest in 68,209,531 Ordinary Sharers of 10peach in the Company; and that Sanderson Asset Management Limited ("Sanderson")(a UK limited company of which Silchester holds 49.9% of the issued sharecapital) and Silchester (by virtue of Section Section 203(2)(b) of the CompaniesAct 1985), have an interest in 6,063,600 shares. Silchester's interest thereforerepresents 17.06% of the total issued ordinary share Capital of the Company.Within this holding it is noted that Silchester International InvestorsInternational Value Equity Group Trust controls 18,567,007 Ordinary Shares,which represents 4.27% of the total issued share capital of the Company, andthat Silchester International Investors International Value Equity Trustcontrols 43,909,487 Ordinary Shares, which represents 10.09% of the total issuedshare 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 18,567,007 4.27Equity Group Trust Silchester International Investors Tobacco Free Northern Trust Co 2,966,035 0.68International Value Equity Trust Silchester International Investors International Value Northern Trust Co 43,909,487 10.09Equity Trust The Calleva Trust Northern Trust Co 2,767,002 0.64 TOTAL 68,209,531 15.67 SAM Account Nominee Number of Shares % held BUST Northern Trust Co 2,803,000 0.64CAT Pictet & Cie 132,000 0.03DYN State Street 98,000 0.02EUF State Street 172,000 0.04GOLF Bank of New York 110,000 0.03GRIT Northern Trust Co 684,600 0.16INGOT Mellon Trust 172,500 0.04MINI State Street 266,800 0.06OCEAN Northern Trust Co 120,000 0.03OVAL Mellon Trust 150,600 0.03PEARL Northern Trust Co 63,000 0.01RAIN Citigroup 130,000 0.03STAMP Northern Trust Co 90,000 0.02TIME Bank of New York 30,000 0.01TRAY Northern Trust Co 611,100 0.14WHEAT Mellon Trust 169,000 0.04WINDY Northern Trust Co 131,000 0.03WOGAN Northern Trust Co 130,000 0.03 TOTAL 6,063,600 1.39 OVERALL TOTAL (SII and SAM Accounts) 74,273,131 17.06 CARMELINA CARFORA Group Company Secretary 1st March 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange