Electrocomponents Plc - Annual General Meeting

Electrocomponents Plc announces that each of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 29 May 2009 were passed on a show of hands by shareholders at today's Annual General Meeting, including the following resolutions relating to items of special business:

• Renewal of the Directors' authority to allot shares;

• Renewal of Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights;

• Renewal of the Directors' authority for the purchase by the Company of its own shares;

• Authority for the Company to call a general meeting on 14 days' notice;

• Authority for the Company to amend its Articles of Association with effect from 1 October 2009.

Copies of the above resolutions have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Tel. no. + 44 (0) 20 7066 1000.

Details of the proxy votes received in advance of the meeting can be found on the Company's website at http://www.electrocomponents.com/ecm/responsibilities/corpgov/

IAN HASLEGRAVE

Company Secretary

17 July 2009

International Management Centre
8050 Oxford Business Park North
Oxford OX4 2HW
tel: +44 (0) 1865 207400

fax: +44 (0) 1865 207400

www.electrocomponents.com