Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6923X

Electrocomponents PLC

12 February 2013

 



Financial Services Authority

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			Electrocomponents Plc
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		Ameriprise Financial, Inc.  and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):		See additional information under 13
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		06 February 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		08 February 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Above the threshold of 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB000309442

N/A

78,278        78,278    22,304,805    0.018%     5.091%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

22,383,083

5.109%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment advisers, Columbia Wanger Asset management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itsel controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:	Registered Owner
	Chase Nominees Ltd		A/c41407	2,000,000
	State Street Nominees Limited		A/c XC7N	1,398,960
	HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited		A/c 683182	849,704
	The Bank of New York (Nominees) Ltd		A/c PTG 15303/09997799	113,165
	HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd		A/c 811056	103,443
	Nortrust Nominees Ltd		A/c BBH05	307,058
	William& Glyns (Isle of Man Nominees Ltd		A/c 301780	136,854
	Littledown Nominees Ltd		A/c ZLA01	400,000
	Littledown Nominees Ltd		A/c ZLA03	673,079
	Littledown Nominees Ltd		A/c27642	78,278
	Littledown Nominees		A/c 10479	10,341
	Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd		A/c WWSF0004002	340,210
	Littledown Nominees Ltd		A/c18667	710,619
	Littledown Nominees Ltd		A/c 10469	474,406
	Littledown Nominees Ltd		A/c10496	9,107,279
	Littledown Nominees Ltd		A/c 10492	1,092,698
	Litttledown Nominees Ltd		A/c 10491	3,626,989
	Littledown Nominees Ltd		A/c 10495	960,000
14. Contact name:	Ian Haslegrave
15. Contact telephone number:	01865 207491
16. Date:	12 February 2013

 

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