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Electrocomponents PLC02 September 2005 ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC ("the Company") NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 198 - COMPANIES ACT 1985 The Company received notification from Franklin Templeton Investments on 2ndSeptember 2005 (dated 1st 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 14,150,000 Ordinary shares ofElectrocomponents PLC representing a total of 3.25% 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 11,200 0.0026JP Morgan Chase Bank 13,658,000 3.1379Citibank Nominees Ltd 84,000 0.0193HSBC Bank 65,600 0.0151Mellon Bank 8,000 0.0018Royal Trust Corp. of Canada 110,400 0.0254State Street Nominees Limited 212,800 0.0489 TOTAL 14,150,000 3.2509 CARMELINA CARFORA Group Company Secretary 2nd September 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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