2nd Aug 2005 14:51
Electrocomponents PLC02 August 2005 ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC ("the Company") NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 198 - COMPANIES ACT 1985 The Company received notification on 2nd August 2005 (dated 1st August 2005) inaccordance with Section 198 of the Companies Act that Silchester InternationalInvestors Limited ("Silchester") has a notifiable interest in 60,530,993Ordinary Sharers of 10p each in the Company; and that Sanderson Asset ManagementLimited ("Sanderson") (a UK limited company of which Silchester holds 49.9% ofthe issued share capital) and Silchester (by virtue of Section Section 203(2)(b)of the Companies Act 1985), have an interest in 4,812,900 shares. Silchester'sinterest therefore represents 15.01% of the total issued ordinary share Capitalof the Company. Within this holding it is noted that Silchester InternationalInvestors International Value Equity Group Trust controls 16,488,300 OrdinaryShares, which represents 3.79% of the total issued share capital of the Company,and that Silchester International Investors International Value Equity Trustcontrols 39,022,092 Ordinary Shares, which represents 8.97% 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 16,488,300 3.79Equity Group Trust Silchester International Investors Tobacco Free Northern Trust Co 2,640,758 0.61International Value Equity Trust Silchester International Investors International Value Northern Trust Co 39,022,092 8.97Equity Trust The Calleva Trust Northern Trust Co 2,379,843 0.55 TOTAL 60,530,993 13.91 SAM Account Nominee Number of Shares % held BUST Northern Trust Co 1,820,000 0.42CAT Pictet & Cie 132,000 0.03CHER Northern Trust Co 22,000 0.01DYN State Street 65,000 0.01EUF 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 0.03RIVAL Northern Trust Co 56,000 0.01STAMP Northern Trust Co 90,000 0.02TIME Bank of New York 30,000 0.01TRAY Northern Trust Co 530,100 0.12WHEAT Northern Trust Co 169,000 0.04WINDY Northern Trust Co 131,000 0.03 TOTAL 4,812,900 1.11 OVERALL TOTAL (SII and SAM Accounts) 65,343,893 15.01 CARMELINA CARFORA Group Company Secretary 2nd August 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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