Result of AGM

Premier Farnell plc Annual General Meeting of the Company At the Company's Annual General Meeting (AGM) held yesterday (17 June 2014),all of the resolutions proposed were passed on a poll as set out below. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, full details of the resolutions passedas special business will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism andwill shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM The following table shows the votes cast on each resolution: RESOLUTION VOTES % VOTES % VOTES % of ISC VOTES FOR AGAINST TOTAL VOTED WITHHELD 1 308,298,289 98.23 5,556,943 1.77 313,855,232 84.52% 492,594 2 307,368,164 97.95 6,440,884 2.05 313,809,048 84.51% 538,778 3 298,328,556 95.43 14,295,499 4.57 312,624,055 84.19% 1,721,856 4 313,875,928 100.00 250 0.00 313,876,178 84.53% 471,648 5 313,432,487 99.86 430,095 0.14 313,862,582 84.52% 485,244 6 305,655,396 97.38 8,214,415 2.62 313,869,811 84.53% 478,015 7 309,035,153 98.46 4,834,560 1.54 313,869,713 84.53% 478,113 8 313,450,238 99.87 419,475 0.13 313,869,713 84.53% 478,113 9 313,408,883 99.86 449,618 0.14 313,858,501 84.52% 489,325 10 303,120,037 96.57 10,751,274 3.43 313,871,311 84.53% 476,515 11 313,421,076 99.86 450,084 0.14 313,871,160 84.53% 476,666 12 312,444,455 99.55 1,425,479 0.45 313,869,934 84.53% 477,892 13 289,488,944 99.77 675,594 0.23 290,164,538 78.14% 24,183,288 14 298,313,306 99.72 834,240 0.28 299,147,546 80.56% 15,200,280 15 313,810,414 99.98 58,843 0.02 313,869,257 84.53% 478,569 16 305,518,394 97.35 8,306,527 2.65 313,824,921 84.51% 522,905 17 313,818,198 99.99 43,354 0.01 313,861,552 84.52% 486,274 18 313,848,530 99.99 22,432 0.01 313,870,962 84.53% 476,864 19 313,808,480 99.98 62,482 0.02 313,870,962 84.53% 476,864 20 299,872,299 95.54 13,999,131 4.46 313,871,430 84.53% 476,396 21 313,371,525 99.84 487,427 0.16 313,858,952 84.52% 488,874 *ISC = Issued Share Capital **A "Vote Withheld" is not a 'vote' in law and is not counted in thecalculation of the proportion of the votes 'For' and 'Against' the resolution. The total number of ordinary shares of £0.05 each eligible to be voted at theAnnual General Meeting was 371,325,801. The scrutineers of the poll wereComputershare Investor Services PLC. Enquiries: Steven Webb - Company SecretaryPremier Farnell plc

18 June 2014