12th Jul 2005 15:09
Electrocomponents PLC12 July 2005 ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC ("the Company") NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 198 - COMPANIES ACT 1985 The Company received notification on 11th July 2005 in accordance with Section198 of the Companies Act that Silchester International Investors Limited("Silchester") has a notifiable interest in 56,970,060 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 4,446,100 shares. Silchester's interest thereforerepresents 14.11% 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 15,523,800 Ordinary Shares,which represents 3.57% of the total issued share capital of the Company, andthat Silchester International Investors International Value Equity Trustcontrols 36,708,059 Ordinary Shares, which represents 8.43% 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 15,523,800 3.57Equity Group TrustSilchester International Investors Tobacco Free Northern Trust Co 2,483,758 0.57International Value Equity TrustSilchester International Investors International Value Northern Trust Co 36,708,059 8.43Equity TrustThe Calleva Trust Northern Trust Co 2,254,443 0.52 TOTAL 56,970,060 13.08 SAM Account Nominee Number of Shares % held BUST Northern Trust Co 1,486,200 0.34CAT Pictet & Cie 99,000 0.02CHER 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 0.04IVF State Street 0 0.00MINI 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 4,446,100 1.02 OVERALL TOTAL (SII and SAM Accounts) 61,416,160 14.11 CARMELINA CARFORA Group Company Secretary 12 July 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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