ECM.L Regulatory News (ECM)

17 Jan 2006 14:53

Electrocomponents PLC17 January 2006 ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC ('the Company') NOTIFICATION OF MATERIAL INTEREST The Company has received a notification on 16 January 2006 from M&G InvestmentManagement Limited of its interests in the Ordinary Shares of 10p each("shares") in the Company. The notification reflects recent changes within M&GInvestment Management Limited, and includes the notifiable interests held byPrudential plc and The Prudential Assurance Company Limited. Prudential plc - total notifiable interest 17,096,996 shares which represents3.92% of the issued share capital of the Company. Prudential plcRegistered Holder Holding of shares JP Morgan Nominees 244,949MAGIM HSBC GIS Nom (UK) SALI 25,934PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom(UK) PAC AC 16,563,578PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom(UK) PPL AC 148,900PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom(UK) EQBF AC 12,313PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom(UK) MNBF AC 21,129PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom(UK) PENE AC 77,807Prudential Holborn Pensions LD 2,386 TOTAL 17,096,996 The Prudential Assurance Company Limited - total notifiable interest 16,738,412which represents 3.84% of the issued share capital of the Company and isincluded within the total holding of 3.92% held by Prudential plc detailedabove. The Prudential Assurance Company LimitedRegistered holder Holding of shares MAGIM HSBC GIS Nom(UK) SALI 25,934PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom(UK) PAC AC 16,563,578PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom(UK) PPL AC 148,900 TOTAL 16,738,412 CARMELINA CARFORA Group Company Secretary 17 January 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange