Premier Farnell: Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

Premier Farnell: Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in
Shares 


LEEDS, England, February 22  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 

  1. Name of company
  PREMIER FARNELL PLC
  2. Name of shareholder having a major interest


FMR CORP (FIDELITY) AND FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED AND THEIR SUBSIDIARIES

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

NON-BENEFICIAL

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

  STATE STREET HONG KONG                 27,200
  BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS             105,400
  BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX              9,600
  JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH               3,016,976
  NATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE            674,900
  NORTHERN TRUST LONDON               3,862,825
  STATE STREET BK & TR CO LNDN          945,024
  BROWN BROS HARRIMN AND CO           6,048,200
  BANK OF NEW YORK                      273,500
  JP MORGAN CHASE BANK                  334,000
  MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INC.              24,200
  NORTHERN TRUST CO                     481,100
  STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO        1,365,032
  BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS           1,715,880
  BANKERS TRUST LONDON                  507,400
  CHASE MANHATTAN LONDON                 22,900
  CHASE MANHATTAN BANK AG FRANKFURT     164,800
  CITIBANK LONDON                       475,600
  CLYDESDALE BANK PLC                   193,100
  DEXIA PRIVATBANK (SCHWEIZ)             19,000
  MELLON BANK                         1,223,300
  MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES           258,500
  NORDEA BANK AB                         52,200


  5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
  923,804
  6. Percentage of issued class
  0.25%
  7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
  NOT DISCLOSED
  8. Percentage of issued class
  N/A
  9. Class of security
  ORDINARY SHARES OF 5P EACH
  10. Date of transaction
  NOT DISCLOSED
  11. Date company informed
  22 FEBRUARY 2005
  12. Total holding following this notification
  21,800,637
  13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
  6.01%
  14. Any additional information
  15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

  STEVEN WEBB
  COMPANY SECRETARY
  PREMIER FARNELL PLC
  150 ARMLEY ROAD
  LEEDS
  LS12 2QQ
  TEL. [phone]




16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

  STEVEN WEBB
  COMPANY SECRETARY

  Date of notification: 22 FEBRUARY 2005


DATASOURCE: Premier Farnell Plc



CONTACT:  Contact: Steven Webb, Company Secretary, Premier Farnell plc,

150 Armley Road, Leeds, LS12 2QQ, Tel. [phone]

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