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

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. [phone]

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