Holdings Notification

Electrocomponents PLC 16 June 2004 ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC ('the Company') NOTIFICATION OF SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER The Company received notification today (16th June 2004) in accordance with the Companies Act (as amended) that the Capital Group Companies Inc, ('CGC'), a US based holding Company for several subsidiary companies, has a notifiable interest in 22,018,480 Ordinary Sharers of 10p each in the Company, which represents 5.06% of the total issued share Capital of the company. Within this holding it is noted that Capital International Limited's holding of 15,694,180 Ordinary Shares of 10p each now represents 3.61% of the total issued share capital of the Company. The Company is informed that the shares to which this notification relates are registered as follows: Registered Holder Shares Capital International Limited 15,694,180 Capital International S.A. 1,187,000 Capital International, Inc. 137,300 Capital Research and Management Company 5,000,000 CARMELINA CARFORA Group Company Secretary 16 June 2004 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange