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Electrocomponents PLC27 February 2006 ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC ("the Company") NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 198 - COMPANIES ACT 1985 The Company received notification from Franklin Templeton Investments on 27thFebruary 2006 (dated 24th February 2006) in accordance with Section 198 of theCompanies Act that Franklin Resources, Inc. and its affiliates on behalf ofclients (detailed below), had an interest in 38,647,085 Ordinary shares ofElectrocomponents PLC representing a total of 8.8788% of the total issued sharecapital of the Company, which represents a notifiable interest in the sharecapital of the Company. Registered Holder Number of Shares % held Bank of New York, London 670,860 0.1541JP Morgan Chase Bank, London 35,908,033 8.2495Citibank NA, London 244,700 0.0562HSBC Bank, London 456,940 0.1050Northern Trust, Luxemborg 98,300 0.0226Royal Trust Corp. of Canada, London 282,149 0.0648State Street Bank, London 986,103 0.2265 TOTAL 38,647,085 8.8788 CARMELINA CARFORAGroup Company Secretary27th February 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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