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Electrocomponents PLC 28 October 2005 ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC ('the Company') NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 198 - COMPANIES ACT 1985 The Company received notification on 27th October 2005 (dated 26th October 2005) in accordance with Section 198 of the Companies Act that Silchester International Investors Limited ('Silchester') has a notifiable interest in 68,922,024 Ordinary Sharers of 10p each in the Company; and that Sanderson Asset Management Limited ('Sanderson') (a UK limited company of which Silchester holds 49.9% of the issued share capital) and Silchester (by virtue of Section Section 203(2)(b) of the Companies Act 1985), have an interest in 5,085,900 shares. Silchester's interest therefore represents 17.00% of the total issued ordinary share Capital of the Company. Within this holding it is noted that Silchester International Investors International Value Equity Group Trust controls 18,723,773 Ordinary Shares, which represents 4.30% of the total issued share capital of the Company, and that Silchester International Investors International Value Equity Trust controls 44,449,229 Ordinary Shares, which represents 10.21% of the total issued share capital of the Company. The Company is informed that the shares to which this notification relates are registered as follows: SII Account Nominee Number of Shares % held Silchester International Investors International Value Northern Trust Co 18,723,773 4.30 Equity Group Trust Silchester International Investors Tobacco Free Northern Trust Co 2,985,675 0.69 International Value Equity Trust Silchester International Investors International Value Northern Trust Co 44,449.229 10.21 Equity Trust The Calleva Trust Northern Trust Co 2,763,347 0.63 TOTAL 68,922,024 15.83 SAM Account Nominee Number of Shares % held BUST Northern Trust Co 1,898,000 0.44 CAT Pictet & Cie 132,000 0.03 DYN State Street 98,000 0.02 EUF State Street 172,000 0.04 GOLF Bank of New York 79,000 0.02 GRIT Northern Trust Co 684,600 0.16 INGOT Mellon Trust 172,500 0.04 MINI State Street 266,800 0.06 OCEAN Northern Trust Co 80,300 0.02 OVAL Mellon Trust 150,600 0.03 PEARL Northern Trust Co 32,000 0.01 RAIN Citigroup 130,000 0.03 RANGER Northern Trust Co 41.000 0.01 STAMP Northern Trust Co 90,000 0.02 SURF Northern Trust Co 69,000 0.02 TIME Bank of New York 30,000 0.01 TRAY Northern Trust Co 530,100 0.12 WHEAT Mellon Trust 169,000 0.04 WINDY Northern Trust Co 131,000 0.03 WOGAN Northern Trust Co 130,000 0.03 TOTAL 5,085,900 1.17 OVERALL TOTAL (SII and SAM Accounts) 74,007,924 17.00 CARMELINA CARFORA Group Company Secretary 28th October 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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