30th Sep 2005 15:50
Electrocomponents PLC30 September 2005 ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC ("the Company") NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 198 - COMPANIES ACT 1985 The Company received notification from Franklin Templeton Investments on 30thSeptember 2005 (dated 29th September 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 30,850,026 Ordinary shares ofElectrocomponents PLC representing a total of 7.087% 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 281,040 0.0646JP Morgan Chase Bank 29,344,652 6.7419Citibank Nominees Ltd 194,400 0.0447HSBC Bank 346,189 0.0795Mellon Bank 17,600 0.0040Royal Trust Corp. of Canada 228,515 0.0525State Street Nominees Limited 437,630 0.1005 TOTAL 30,850,026 7.0877 CARMELINA CARFORA Group Company Secretary 30th September 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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