Holding(s) in Company

8th Jun 2010 17:11

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of Premier Farnell plc

existing shares to which voting rights are attached:ii 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

n/a

in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to n/a qualifying financial instruments An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

n/a Other (please n/a specify): 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the UBS Global Asset Management (Traditional notification obligation:iii Entities) UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different

from 3.):iv UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Limited UBS Global Asset Management Life Limited

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the 3 June 2010 threshold is crossed or reached: v 6. Date on which issuer notified: 7 June 2010 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 6%

vi, 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

if possible Number of Number of Voting Number of Number of voting % of voting using the Shares Rights shares rights rights x ISIN CODE Direct xi Indirect Direct Indirect xii GB0003318416 21,967,898 21,967,898 23,099,637 1,107,597 21,992,040 0.30% 6.00%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Conversion Number of voting % of voting

instrument date Period xiv rights that may be rights xiii acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. n/a C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting instrument price date xvii Conversion period rights instrument rights xix, xx xviii refers to Nominal Delta n/a Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 23,099,637 6.30%

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

financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc - 215,357 @ 0.06% UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Limited - 21,776,683 @ 5.94% UBS Global Asset Management Life Limited - 1,107,597 @ 0.30%

Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: UBS Global Asset Management on behalf of a number of clients

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: Alexa Koenig / Brigitte Schwarz 15. Contact telephone number: +41 44 239 6299

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