BLOCK LISTING SIX MONTHLY RETURN                        

    To:  The FCA

    Date: 3 August 2015

    Name of applicant:                          PREMIER FARNELL PLC                        
                                                                                           
    Name of scheme:                             SAYE                                       
                                                                                           
    Period of return:                From:      31 JANUARY 2015    To:   31 JULY 2015      
                                                                                           
    Balance under scheme from previous return:  787,967 ORDINARY SHARES OF 5P EACH         
                                                                                           
    The amount by which the block scheme has    0                                          
    been increased, if the scheme has been                                                 
    increased since the date of the last                                                   
    return:                                                                                
                                                                                           
    Number of securities issued/allotted under   158,282                                   
    scheme during period:                                                                  
                                                                                           
    Balance under scheme not yet issued/         629,685                                   
    allotted at end of period                                                              
                                                                                           
    Number and class of securities originally   225,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF 5 PENCE LISTED  
    listed and the date of admission            ON 28 FEBRUARY 2001                        
                                                300,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF 5 PENCE LISTED  
                                                ON 22 FEBRUARY 2008                        
                                                300,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF 5 PENCE LISTED  
                                                ON 12 DECEMBER 2011                        
                                                500,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF 5 PENCE LISTED  
                                                ON 27 JUNE 2012                            
                                                1,000,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF 5 PENCE LISTED
                                                ON 21 MARCH 2013                           
                                                                                           
    Total number of securities in issue at the                                             
    end of the period                           371,594,689                                
                                                                                           

       

    Name of contact:                           STEVEN WEBB                                 
                                                                                           
    Address of contact:                        150 ARMLEY ROAD, LEEDS, LS12 2QQ            
                                                                                           
    Telephone number of contact:               0113 348 4599                               

    SIGNED BY

    STEVEN WEBB

    Company Secretary,
    for and on behalf of
    PREMIER FARNELL PLC

    If you knowingly or recklessly give false or misleading information you may be
    liable to prosecution.