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Electrocomponents PLC11 October 2005 ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC ("the Company") NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 198 - COMPANIES ACT 1985 The Company received notification from Franklin Templeton Investments on 11thOctober 2005 (dated 10th October 2005) in accordance with Section 198 of theCompanies Act that Franklin Resources, Inc. and its affiliates on behalf ofclients (detailed below), had an interest in 35,487,570 Ordinary shares ofElectrocomponents PLC representing a total of 8.1532% of the total issued sharecapital of the Company, which now represents a notifiable interest in the sharecapital of the Company. Registered Holder Number of Shares % held Bank of New York, London 380,375 0.0874JP Morgan Chase Bank 33,631,535 7.7268Citibank Nominees Ltd 234,000 0.0538HSBC Bank 427,789 0.0983Mellon Bank 20,526 0.0047Royal Trust Corp. of Canada 263,315 0.0605State Street Nominees Limited 530,030 0.1218 TOTAL 35,487,570 8.1532 CARMELINA CARFORA Group Company Secretary 11th October 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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