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Electrocomponents PLC22 September 2005 ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC ("the Company") NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 198 - COMPANIES ACT 1985 The Company received notification from Franklin Templeton Investments onSeptember 22nd September 2005 (dated 21st September 2005) in accordance withSection 198 of the Companies Act that Franklin Resources, Inc. and itsaffiliates on behalf of clients (detailed below), had an interest in 27,564,974Ordinary shares of Electrocomponents PLC representing a total of 6.33% of thetotal issued share capital of the Company, which now represents a notifiableinterest in the share capital of the Company. Registered Holder Number of % held Shares Bank of New York, London 215,040 0.0494JP Morgan Chase Bank 26,297,200 6.0417Citibank Nominees Ltd 168,000 0.0386HSBC Bank 289,789 0.0666Mellon Bank 15,200 0.0035Royal Trust Corp. of Canada 203,315 0.0467State Street Nominees Limited 376,430 0.0865 TOTAL 27,564,974 6.3330CARMELINA CARFORAGroup Company Secretary22nd September 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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