Holding(s) in Company

PREMIER FARNELL PLC - Holding(s) in Company

PR Newswire

London, January 11

For filings with the FSA include the annex

For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to whichvoting rights are attached:ii

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: X

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:iii

Cazenove Capital Management Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv

N/A

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed orreached: 10th January 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified: 11th January 2013

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Number of Shares: 16,155,760

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of shares: 16,143,760

Number of voting rights: Indirect 16,143,760

% of voting rights: 4.35%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument N/A

Expiration date xiii N/A

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv N/A

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.N/A

% of voting rights N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying FinancialInstruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument CFD

Exercise price N/A

Expiration date xvi N/A

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii N/A

Number of voting rights instrument refers to 2,316,393

% of voting rights xix, xx Nominal 0.63% Delta N/A

Percentage of voting rights: 4.98%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

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

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

Annex: Notification of major interests in sharesxxii

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notificationobligation

Full name (including legal form of legal entities): Cazenove CapitalManagement Limited

Contact address (registered office for legal entities): 12 Moorgate, London,EC2R 6DA

Phone number & email: 0203 479 0461

Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons): Laura Whelan

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person orlegal entity subject to the notification obligation): N/A

C: Additional information

N/A