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Electrocomponents PLC21 October 2005 ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC ("the Company") NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 198 - COMPANIES ACT 1985 The Company received notification from Franklin Templeton Investments on 21stOctober 2005 (dated 20th 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 39,453,515 Ordinary shares ofElectrocomponents PLC representing a total of 9.0640% 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 503,030 0.1156JP Morgan Chase Bank 37,285,490 8.5659Citibank Nominees Ltd 284,530 0.0654HSBC Bank 456,940 0.1050Mellon Bank 20,256 0.0047Royal Trust Corp. of Canada 282,149 0.1648State Street Nominees Limited 620,580 0.1426 TOTAL 39,453,515 9.0640 CARMELINA CARFORA Group Company Secretary 21st October 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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