Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0950A

Electrocomponents PLC

29 July 2008

 



TR-1:   notification of major interests in shares 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC
2. Reason for the notification     (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		√
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):___________________________________________
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	OppenheimerFunds Inc (OFI) and Baring Asset Management Limited (Baring)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	July  24, 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	July 28, 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	4% (crossed to 4.0118%)
8. Notified details:	'[e-mail]' Company Secretary:  Ian Haslegrave Electrocomponents plc International Management Centre 8050 Oxford Business Park North Oxford OX4 2HW Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares   if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0003096442 OFI Baring Total	17,340,245 72,400 17,412,645	17,340,245 72,400 17,412,645	17,392,795 72,400 17,465,195		17,392,795 72,400 17,465,195		3.9951% .0166% 4.0118%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
17,465,195	4.0118%

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

OppenehimerFunds, Inc. owns, as of 7/24/08, 17,392,795 shares equal to  3.9951% of the shares outstanding . Baring Asset Management Limited owns, as of 7/24/08, 72,400 shares equal to .0166% of the shares outstanding . Shares outstanding:  435,350,416.0000

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Ian Haslegrave
15. Contact telephone number:	01865 207491
16. Date:	29 July 2008

 

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