Premier Farnell : Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                  Premier Farnell plc
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached: ii

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result               X
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to
qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please
specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                   The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
notification obligation: iii

4. Full name of shareholder(s)                              Goldman Sachs International
 (if different from 3.):iv                              Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.

5. Date of the transaction and date on                           21 September 2016
which the threshold is crossed or
reached: v

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                23 September 2016

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                Above 6%
reached: vi, vii




8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of      Situation previous        Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares             to the triggering
                   transaction
if possible using
the ISIN CODE      Number       Number       Number     Number of voting      % of  voting rights x
                   of           of           of shares  rights
                   Shares       Voting
                                Rights       Direct     Direct Indirect xii   Direct     Indirect
                                                        xi

                     1,063,914    1,063,914                                               0.0041%
   GB0003318416                                                      15,096

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial                 Expiration    Exercise/        Number of voting      % of voting
instrument                        date xiii     Conversion       rights that may be    rights
                                                Period xiv       acquired if the
                                                                 instrument is
                                                                 exercised/ converted.

      Stock Loan (Physical)                                           22,426,784         6.0298%

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
Instruments

xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial       Exercise Expiration     Exercise/  Number of    % of voting rights
instrument              price    date           Conversion voting       xix, xx
                                                period     rights
                                                           instrument
                                                           refers to    Nominal    Delta


      CFD (Cash)                      17-Jun-26                 159,740              0.0429%

      CFD (Cash)                      19-Aug-26                  43,783              0.0118%


Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights                         Percentage of voting rights

                  22,645,403                                          6.0886%




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


The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; 22,645,403 shares; 6.0886%

Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C. (Controlled by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.);
22,630,307 shares; 6.0845%%
Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited (Controlled by Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C);
22,630,307 shares; 6.0845%%
Goldman Sachs International (Controlled by Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited);
22,630,307 shares; 6.0845%%



GSAM Holdings LLC (Controlled by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.)
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (Controlled by GSAM Holdings LLC)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:                                            N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                      N/A
to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                        N/A
voting rights:

                                             Please note, total amount of voting rights have
13. Additional information:                  been rounded to 4 decimal places therefore
                                             there is a possibility of a rounding error.
                                             General email contact:
                                             shareholderdisclosures@gs.com

14. Contact name:                            Peter Chisholm

15. Contact telephone number:                +44 207 051 9612