Holding(s) in Company

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 Premier Farnell Plcof existing shares to which voting rights areattached:ii GB0003318416 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/ain the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to n/aqualifying financial instruments An event changing the breakdown of voting rights n/a Other (please specify): n/a

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the UBS Global Asset Management (Traditionalnotification obligation:iii

Entities) 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv 5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed or 18 March 2013reached: v 6. Date on which issuer notified: 20 March 2013 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or Below Notifiable Thresholdreached: vi, vii 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transactionof

to the triggeringshares transaction Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights xif possible of of of shares rightsusing Shares Votingthe ISIN Rights Direct xi Indirect Direct IndirectCODE xii Below Below Below Below Below

GB0003318416 18,636,754 18,636,754 Notifiable Notifiable Notifiable Notifiable Notifiable

Threshold Threshold Threshold Threshold Threshold B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of votinginstrument date xiii Conversion Period rights that may be rights xiv acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. - - - - - C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying FinancialInstruments xv, xvi Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting rightsfinancial price date xvii Conversion rights instrument xix, xxinstrument period xviii refers to - Nominal Delta - - - - - - Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights Below Notifiable Threshold Below Notifiable Threshold

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

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 holderwill ceaseto hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder willcease to holdvoting rights: 13. Additional information: 14. Contact name: Konstantina Georgaki / Zuzana Görögová 15. Contact telephone number: +41 44 239 4071