Holding(s) in Company

Electrocomponents PLC
26 January 2006


ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC ('the Company')

NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 198 - COMPANIES ACT 1985

The Company received notification on 26th January 2006 in accordance with
Section 198 of the Companies Act that Silchester International Investors Limited
('Silchester') has a notifiable interest in 69,079,531 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 5,488,600 shares. Silchester's interest therefore
represents 17.13% 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 18,787,170 Ordinary Shares,
which represents 4.32% of the total issued share capital of the Company, and
that Silchester International Investors International Value Equity Trust
controls 44,471,949 Ordinary Shares, which represents 10.22% 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         18,787,170        4.32
Equity Group Trust

Silchester International Investors Tobacco Free             Northern Trust Co          3,000,171        0.69
International Value Equity Trust

Silchester International Investors International Value      Northern Trust Co         44,471,949       10.22
Equity Trust

The Calleva Trust                                           Northern Trust Co          2,820,241        0.65

TOTAL                                                                                 69,079,531       15.87



SAM Account                                                           Nominee   Number of Shares      % held

BUST                                                        Northern Trust Co          2,228,000        0.51
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            110,000        0.03
GRIT                                                        Northern Trust Co            684,600        0.16
HOOK                                                        Northern Trust Co             40,000        0.01
INGOT                                                            Mellon Trust            172,500        0.04
MINI                                                             State Street            266,800        0.06
OCEAN                                                       Northern Trust Co            120,000        0.03
OVAL                                                             Mellon Trust            150,600        0.03
PEARL                                                       Northern Trust Co             63,000        0.01
RAIN                                                                Citigroup            130,000        0.03
STAMP                                                       Northern Trust Co             90,000        0.02
TIME                                                         Bank of New York             30,000        0.01
TRAY                                                        Northern Trust Co            571,100        0.13
WHEAT                                                            Mellon Trust            169,000        0.04
WINDY                                                       Northern Trust Co            131,000        0.03
WOGAN                                                       Northern Trust Co            130,000        0.03

TOTAL                                                                                  5,488,600        1.26


OVERALL TOTAL (SII and SAM Accounts)                                                  74,568,131       17.13




CARMELINA CARFORA
Group Company Secretary
26th January 2006



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