Notice of Results

London, 23 May 2016

Premier Farnell plc

First quarter financial year ending 29 January 2017

Trading Update

Premier Farnell plc (LSE: PFL.L) announces that it will issue a trading update for the 13 weeks ended 1 May 2016 on Thursday, 16 June 2016.

Premier Farnell will hold a conference call for analysts at 9am on 16 June 2016. The event will also be audio webcast.

Full details of the event will be included in the trading update.

Enquiries:

Premier Farnell plc

Paul Sharma, Head of Investor Relations

Tel: +44 (0) 207 851 4107

FTI Consulting

Richard Mountain

Tel: +44 (0) 203 727 1374