Premier Farnell plc: Schedule 10 Notification of Major Interests in Shares LEEDS, England, January 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 1. Name of company Premier Farnell plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Prudential plc and Certain of its Subsidiary Companies 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 Not Disclosed 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them CHASE NOMS LTD 54,539 ESMEE FAIRBAIRN FOUNDATION 1,255,000 MAGIM HSBC NOM (UK) SALI 210,978 NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHE01 3,750,000 NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHF01 76,956 NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHB01 1,219,866 NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHD01 1,000,000 NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD 3,090,815 NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C PUF01 399,343 NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C PUH01 12,688 NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C PUI01 27,479 NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C PUR01 1,274,710 PRUCLT HSBC NOM (UK) PAC AC 22,371,051 PRUCLT HSBC NOM (UK) PPL AC 2,170,255 PRUCLT HSBC NOM (UK) PAC AC 1,345,662 RBS EDINBURGH NOMS LD A/C SAGS 6,600 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired N/A 6. Percentage of issued class N/A 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed Not Disclosed 8. Percentage of issued class Not Disclosed 9. Class of security Ordinary Shares of 5 Pence Each 10. Date of transaction Not Disclosed 11. Date company informed 21 January 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 38,265,942 13.Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 10.54% 14. Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Steven Webb, Company Secretary DATASOURCE: Premier Farnell Plc CONTACT: Steven Webb, Company Secretary, Premier Farnell plc, 150 Armley Road, Leeds, LS12 2QQ, Tel. +44-113-387-5277

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