Directorate Change

Premier Farnell plc 19 September 2013 Board changes: Non Executive Director Premier Farnell plc, the leading multi-channel, high service distributorsupporting millions of engineers and purchasing professionals globally, ispleased to announce the appointment of Peter Ventress as one of itsnon-executive directors, with effect from 1 October 2013. Mr Ventress is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Berendsen plc. Priorto joining Berendsen in 2010, he was International President of Staples Inc.and, formerly, Chief Executive of Corporate Express NV. In his roles atCorporate Express and Staples he was also a non-executive director of CorporateExpress Australia Ltd. His broad international experience in business tobusiness environments is expected to be of particular value to the company. Commenting on the appointment, Premier Farnell's Chairman, Val Gooding said:'We are delighted to welcome Peter Ventress to the Board. His combination ofstrategic and commercial skills and experience of different cultures andindustries make him perfectly qualified to make a significant contribution toPremier Farnell as we continue our strategic journey to be the distributor of choicefor electronic design engineers and purchasing professionals globally.' There is no other information in respect of Mr Ventress that is required to bedisclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13. For further information, contact: Steven Webb Group Company Secretary Premier Farnell plc +44 (0) 870 129 8608