Holding(s) in Company

8th Dec 2010 11:01

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 which voting rights are attached:ii

Premier Farnell Plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights YES

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 JPMorgan Asset

Management Holdings notification obligation:iii Inc. JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited JPMorgan Investment Management Inc.

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from JPMorgan Asset

Management (Taiwan) 3.):iv Limited JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the 03 December 2010 threshold is crossed or reached: v 6. Date on which issuer notified: 07 December 2010 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, 5% Upwards vii 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering

of shares triggering transaction transaction Number of Number of Voting Number of

Number of voting % of voting

if possible Shares Rights shares rights rights x using the ISIN CODE Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect xi xii GB0003318416 N/A N/A 18,217,557 4.95% B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Conversion Number of voting % of instrument date Period xiv rights that may be voting xiii acquired if the rights instrument is exercised/ converted. C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting financial price date xvii Conversion period rights instrument rights xix, instrument xviii refers to xx Contract for Nominal Delta Difference 579,010 0.16% Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 18,796,567 5.11%

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

financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi Total disclosable holding for JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc : 18,796,567 (5.11%) JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited JPMorgan Investment Management Inc. JPMorgan Asset Management (Taiwan) Limited JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to N/A hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting N/A rights: N/A 13. Additional information: 14. Contact name: Kartik Parekh 15. Contact telephone number: 020 7325 9387

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