Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9038X

Electrocomponents PLC

22 February 2012

 

Financial Services Authority

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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				Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		FIL Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):		See attached schedule
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		17 February  2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:		20 February 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		5%

8. Notified details:

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 indirect

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB0003096442

21,830,898 21,830,898

21,885,371

21,885,371

5.00

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

21,885,371

5.00%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
See attached schedule
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		FIL LTD
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire:		54,473
12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire voting rights:		17 February 2012
13. Additional information:	Notification using the total voting rights figure of  436,879,575
14. Contact name:	Ian Haslegrave
15. Contact telephone number:	01865 207491
16. Date:	22 February 2012

FIL
Issuer name:	ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC
Current ownership percentage:	5.00%
Total shares held:	21,885,371
Issued share capital:	436,879,575
	SHARES HELD	NOMINEE	MANAGEMENT  COMPANY
FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent	2,643,360	JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH	FII
holding company for various direct and indirect	19,242,011	JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH	FISL
subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management
Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd
(FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST), FIL
Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL),
FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong)
Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management
(FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL
Investments International (FII), investment managers
for various non-US investment companies and
institutional clients.

 

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