Long Term Incentive Plan

Electrocomponents PLC
13 July 2000


Long Term Incentive Plan (the ' Plan')

Electrocomponents announces the following:

In July 1997, the Remuneration Committee recommended to the Trustee that
conditional awards of Electrocomponents 10p ordinary shares ('Shares') be made
Mr R. A Lawson (Chief Executive Officer)  and Mr J. L Hewitt. (Group Finance
Director)

On 13 July 2000, the Remuneration Committee confirmed that in accordance with
the terms of the Performance Target set for the Awards granted in July 1997,
they have recommended to the Trustee that 51,106 of the original Award of
70,686 Electrocomponents Shares should be transferred to Mr Lawson and 31,941
of the original Award of 44,179 Electrocomponents Shares be transferred to Mr
Hewitt. The transfers are to be made for nil consideration.

Following acceptance of the recommendations, the Trustee subsequently sold
20,443 Shares at a price of 690 pence per share on behalf of Mr Lawson and
12,777 Shares at a price of 690 pence per share on behalf of Mr Hewitt. On
settlement, the proceeds from these sales will be forwarded to the Inland
Revenue to cover the income tax charges which the Company must account for
under the PAYE regulations.

Following these transactions, Mr Lawson holds 306,860 Shares and Mr Hewitt
holds 19,926 Shares.


CARMELINA CARFORA
GROUP COMPANY SECRETARY