Holding(s) in Company

Electrocomponents PLC
04 July 2006



ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC ('the Company')


NOTIFICATION OF SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER


The Company received notification on 3 July 2006 (dated 30 June 2006) from
Oppenheimer Funds Inc, ('OFI'), a US based holding company on behalf of its
affiliate Baring Asset Management Ltd ('Baring'), its parent company
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. ('MML') and its clients. The
notification states that the shares of the Company are held by OFI and Baring on
behalf of various OFI and Baring clients only for investment purposes only.



The notifiable interest as at 28 June 2006 held by these affiliates is
19,795,735 Ordinary Shares of 10p each in the Company, which represents 4.55% of
the total issued share capital of the Company.





CARMELINA CARFORA
Group Company Secretary
3 July 2006


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