12th Jan 2006 15:47
Electrocomponents PLC12 January 2006 ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC ('the Company') NOTIFICATION OF SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER The Company received notification on 12th January 2006 (dated 11th January 2006)in accordance with section 198 of the Companies Act from Capital Group CompaniesInc, ('CG'), a US based holding Company on behalf of its affiliates, CapitalInternational Limited and Capital Research and Management Company. Thenotification states that the notifiable interest held by these affiliates hasincreased to 26,862,266 Ordinary Shares of 10p each in the Company, whichrepresents 6.171% of the total issued share Capital of the Company. The sharesare held as follows: Capital Group Companies, Inc. ('CG') holdings Number of Shares % held Capital International Limited 674,010 0.155Capital Research and Management Company 26,188,256 6.016 TOTAL 26,862,266 6.171 SHARES ARE REGISTERED AS FOLLOWS: Capital International Limited Registered Name holding Bank of New York Nominees 61,900Northern Trust 42,502Chase Nominees Limited 179,400Nortrust Nominees 124,400State Street Bank & Trust Co. 52,600HSBC Bank plc 157,408Mellon Bank N.A. 38,300Bank One London 17,500 TOTAL 674,010 Capital Research and Management CompanyRegistered Name holdingChase Nominees Limited 26,188,256TOTAL 26,188,256 CARMELINA CARFORAGroup Company Secretary12th January 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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