Holding(s) in Company

10th Mar 2011 09:45

For filings with the FSA include the annex

For filings with the issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares

Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing Premier Farnell plc shares to which voting rights are attached:

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 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 Capital Group obligation: International, Inc. 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the 8 March 2011 threshold is crossed reached: 6. Date on which the issuer notified: 9 March 2011

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 7% 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering Class/type of the Triggering transaction shares If transaction possible using the Number of Number of shares Number of voting % of voting ISIN CODE Number of voting rights rights shares rights Direct Indirect Direct Indirect Direct Indirect Ordinary Shares 24,842,613 24,842,613 27,443,513 27,443,513 (ISIN: 7.4528% GB0003318416) B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights that may be % of financial date Conversion acquired if the instrument is voting instrument Period exercised/converted rights N/A C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights % of voting financial price date Conversion instrument refers to rights instrument period xviii Nominal Delta Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights % of voting rights

27,443,513 7.4528%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information: 14. Contact Name:

15. Contact telephone number:

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex Notification of Major Interests in Shares

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name (including legal form for Capital Group International, Inc. legal entities) 11100 Santa Monica Blvd., 15th Floor Los Angeles, Contact address (registered office for California 90025 legal entities) (213) 615-0469 Phone number & email [email protected] Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons) B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable Full name Christopher Aquino Contact address 11100 Santa Monica Blvd., 15th Floor Los Angeles, California 90025 Phone number (213) 615-0469 Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation) Fax: (213) 486-9698 C: Additional Information

Commencing 20 January 2007, The Capital Group Companies, Inc., no longer reports ownership of securities. Capital Group International, Inc. and Capital Research and Management Company now report relevant holdings separately for the purposes of the new DTR Handbook.

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