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November 23, 2009 10:27 AM ET

Electrocomponents plc

(ECM:London Stock Exchange)

LAST 170.60 GBX
CHANGE TODAY +3.40 2.03%
VOLUME 423.6K
As of 3:12 PM 11/23/09 All times are local (Market data by Reuters is delayed by at least 15 minutes).

Snapshot of Electrocomponents plc (ECM)

OPEN
167.60
PREVIOUS CLOSE
167.20
DAY HIGH
170.90
DAY LOW
167.60
52 WEEK HIGH
11/18/09 - 176.00
52 WEEK LOW
02/24/09 - 113.00
MARKET CAP
74.3B
AVERAGE VOLUME 3 mo
714.4K
DILUTED EPS TTM
0.10
SHARES OUTSTANDING
435.4M
EX-DATE
12/9/09
P/E TTM
17.6x
DIVIDEND
11.00
DIVIDEND YIELD
6.45%
K = Thousands  M = Millions  B = Billions

ECM Details

Electrocomponents plc distributes electronic, electrical, industrial, and commercial supplies and services to engineers worldwide. Its products range comprises electrical, automation, and cables, including electrical installation products, enclosures and fans, control gears, process controls, relays, switches, and indicators, as well as heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and security products; electronic components, and power and connector products, such as batteries, power supplies, transformers, connectors, semiconductors and optoelectronics, passives, development hardware, and ESD handling products; and mechanical products and tools comprising mechanical components, hardware, plumbing and hosing products, pneumatics and hydraulics, tools and tool storage products, workshop consumables, and workshop and site equipment. The company also offers information technology, test, and safety equipment products, including books, software, office supplies and labeling equipment, audit visual equipment, information technology, test and measurement products, personal protective equipment, and site safety products. Electrocomponents plc sells its products through catalogues and trade counters, as well as online primarily to electronics or maintenance engineers. The company was founded in 1928 and is based in Oxford, the United Kingdom.

6,000 Employees
Founded in 1928

ECM Top Compensated Officers

Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director, ...
Age: 46
Total Annual Compensation: £538.4K
Group Finance Director, Executive Director, C...
Age: 49
Total Annual Compensation: £356.3K
Compensation as of Fiscal Year 2009.

Key developments for Electrocomponents plc (ECM)

Electrocomponents plc to Report First Half, 2010 Results on December 13, 2009

Electrocomponents plc announced that they will report first half, 2010 results on December 13, 2009.

Electrocomponents plc Approves Authority to Amend Articles of Association with Effect from October 1, 2009

Electrocomponents plc announced that the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on May 29, 2009 approved the authority for the company to amend its Articles of Association with effect from October 1, 2009.

Electrocomponents plc Proposes to Adopt a New Set of Articles of Association

Electrocomponents plc announced availability of Annual Report and Accounts and Notice of Annual General Meeting, which includes explanatory notes on proposed resolutions. The Notice of Annual General Meeting for 2009 includes a resolution to adopt a new set of Articles of Association. Explanatory notes of principle changes to the Articles of Association are set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, and a copy of the new Articles of Association is available for inspection at the company's registered office. In accordance with paragraph 6.1.2 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, two draft copies of the Articles incorporating the amendments to be proposed at the AGM, as per resolution 11, and to take effect from 1 October 2009, have also been submitted to the UKLA. In addition, a full set of the Articles highlighting the amendments is available for inspection until the close of the AGM at the company's registered office.

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Price/Book 244.2x
Price/Cash Flow 843.6x
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Buyback
July 17, 2009
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