Holding(s) in Company
Electrocomponents PLC
05 October 2005
ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC ('the Company')
NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 198 - COMPANIES ACT 1985
The Company received notification on 5th October 2005 (dated 4th October 2005)
in accordance with Section 198 of the Companies Act that Silchester
International Investors Limited ('Silchester') has a notifiable interest in
64,726,793 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 4,975,900 shares.
Silchester's interest therefore represents 16.01% 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
17,624,101 Ordinary Shares, which represents 4.05% of the total issued share
capital of the Company, and that Silchester International Investors
International Value Equity Trust controls 41,695,604 Ordinary Shares, which
represents 9.58% 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 17,624,101 4.05
Equity Group Trust
Silchester International Investors Tobacco Free Northern Trust Co 2,826,324 0.65
International Value Equity Trust
Silchester International Investors International Value Northern Trust Co 41,695,604 9.58
Equity Trust
The Calleva Trust Northern Trust Co 2,580,764 0.59
TOTAL 64,726,793 14.87
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
STAMP Northern Trust Co 90,000 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 4,975,900 1.14
OVERALL TOTAL (SII and SAM Accounts) 69,702,693 16.01
CARMELINA CARFORA
Group Company Secretary
5th October 2005
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