RS Group PLC

Transaction in Own Shares • Jan 12, 2015

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RNS Number : 8928B

Electrocomponents PLC

12 January 2015

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests 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 notification (yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

No

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

No

Other (please specify):___________________________

No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to 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 transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

07 January 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

09 January 2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Above the threshold of 12%

8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

If possible use 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

Percentage of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB0003096442	48,411,546	48,411,546	0	0	53,055,288	0.000%	12.064%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period	No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	Percentage 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	No. of voting rights instrument refers to	Percentage of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
53,055,288	12.064%

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 itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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

Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 41407	11,536,485
State Street Nominees Limited	A/c XC7N	2,340,287
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 683182	1,519,747
State Street Nominees Limited	A/c 2GQ6	6,972,253
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA01	740,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10479	9,302
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 18667	1,844,560
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10469	428,981
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10496	24,165,740
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10492	1,397,933
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10495	2,100,000

14 Contact name:

Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group

15. Contact telephone name:

01793 363135

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