Director/PDMR Shareholding

Electrocomponents PLC
23 July 2007



REG-Electrocomponents Director/PDMR Shareholding



ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC ('the Company')


Dealings by Directors/PDMRs


The Company has been informed that the following Directors, Mr I Mason, Chief
Executive Officer and Mr S Boddie, Group Finance Director, each acquired 25,000
ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company on Friday 20th July, 2007.


The shares were acquired at a price of 260.4842p.


Mr Mason now holds 87,349 shares in the Company, and Mr Boddie now holds 50,000
shares in the Company, which together represent less than 0.1% of the issued
share capital.


The Company has been notified of this transaction in accordance with s324 of the
Companies Act 1985 and the FSA Disclosure Rules 3.1.2 R.





IAN HASLEGRAVE
Company Secretary
23 July 2007




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