Holding(s) in Company

Electrocomponents PLC
02 February 2004

Notification of a Substantial Shareholder



The Company received notification today (2 February 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 obtained a
notifiable interest in 18,753,880 Ordinary Shares of 10p each in the Company
which represents 4.309% of the total issued share capital of the Company.
Within this holding it is noted that Capital International Limited's holding of
12,145,080 Ordinary Shares of 10p each now represents 2.79% 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                                        12,145,080
Capital International S.A.                                            1,485,000
Capital International, Inc.                                             107,800
Capital Research and Management Company                               5,016,000





CARMELINA CARFORA

Group Company Secretary

2 February 2004


                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange