31st Oct 2005 14:45
Electrocomponents PLC31 October 2005 ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC ("the Company") NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 198 - COMPANIES ACT 1985 The Company received notification on 31st October 2005 in accordance withSection 198 of the Companies Act that Silchester International Investors Limited("Silchester") has a notifiable interest in 70,422,024 Ordinary Sharers of 10peach in the Company; and that Sanderson Asset Management Limited ("Sanderson")(a UK limited company of which Silchester holds 49.9% of the issued sharecapital) and Silchester (by virtue of Section Section 203(2)(b) of the CompaniesAct 1985), have an interest in 5,137,900 shares. Silchester's interest thereforerepresents 17.36% of the total issued ordinary share Capital of the Company.Within this holding it is noted that Silchester International InvestorsInternational Value Equity Group Trust controls 19,146,893 Ordinary Shares,which represents 4.40% of the total issued share capital of the Company, andthat Silchester International Investors International Value Equity Trustcontrols 45,390,957 Ordinary Shares, which represents 10.43% of the total issuedshare capital of the Company. The Company is informed that the shares to which this notification relates areregistered as follows: SII Account Nominee Number of Shares % held Silchester International Investors International Value Northern Trust Co 19,146,893 4.40Equity Group Trust Silchester International Investors Tobacco Free Northern Trust Co 3,055,945 0.70International Value Equity Trust Silchester International Investors International Value Northern Trust Co 45,390,957 10.43Equity Trust The Calleva Trust Northern Trust Co 2,828,229 0.65 TOTAL 70,422,024 16.18 SAM Account Nominee Number of Shares % held BUST Northern Trust Co 1,898,000 0.44CAT Pictet & Cie 132,000 0.03DYN State Street 98,000 0.02EUF State Street 172,000 0.04GOLF Bank of New York 79,000 0.02GRIT Northern Trust Co 684,600 0.16INGOT Mellon Trust 172,500 0.04MINI State Street 266,800 0.06OCEAN Northern Trust Co 80,300 0.02OVAL Mellon Trust 150,600 0.03PEARL Northern Trust Co 32,000 0.01RAIN Citigroup 130,000 0.03RANGER Northern Trust Co 41.000 0.01STAMP Northern Trust Co 90,000 0.02SURF Northern Trust Co 69,000 0.02TIME Bank of New York 30,000 0.01TOXIC Northern Trust Co 52,000 0.01TRAY Northern Trust Co 530,100 0.12WHEAT Mellon Trust 169,000 0.04WINDY Northern Trust Co 131,000 0.03WOGAN Northern Trust Co 130,000 0.03 TOTAL 5,137,900 1.18 OVERALL TOTAL (SII and SAM Accounts) 75,559,924 17.36 CARMELINA CARFORA Group Company Secretary 31st October 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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