Director/PDMR Shareholding

Electrocomponents PLC
22 November 2007


ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC ('the Company')


Dealings by Directors/PDMRs

The Company was yesterday informed that the following Directors, Mr I Mason,
Chief Executive Officer and Mr S Boddie, Group Finance Director, yesterday each
acquired 25,000 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company.

The shares were acquired at a price of 208.59p.

Mr Mason now holds 112,349 shares in the Company, and Mr Boddie now holds 75,000
shares in the Company, which together represent less than 0.1% of the Company's
issued share capital.


IAN HASLEGRAVE
Company Secretary
22 November 2007



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