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                        6.6           0.2           5.0
Total non-current assets                                    119.0         137.3         120.6

Current assets
Inventories                                                 165.3         183.3         194.3
Financial assets                                                -           0.6             -
Trade and other receivables                                 123.6         137.9         128.8
Cash and cash equivalents                       7            31.7          34.6          39.6
Total current assets                                        320.6         356.4         362.7

LIABILITIES
Current liabilities
Financial liabilities                           7          (40.1)        (11.1)         (5.1)
Trade and other payables                                  (100.2)       (100.2)        (94.5)
Current tax payable                                        (25.4)        (23.1)        (17.4)
Total current liabilities                                 (165.7)       (134.4)       (117.0)

Net current assets                                          154.9         222.0         245.7

Non-current liabilities
Financial liabilities                           7         (256.3)       (310.5)       (330.4)
Retirement and other post-employment benefits              (48.5)        (20.3)        (35.3)
Deferred tax liabilities                                    (1.8)        (23.0)         (6.2)
Total non-current liabilities                             (306.6)       (353.8)       (371.9)

NET (LIABILITIES)/ASSETS                                   (32.7)           5.5         (5.6)

EQUITY
Ordinary shares                                              18.3          18.3          18.3
Equity element of preference shares                          10.4          10.4          10.4
Share premium                                                23.8          23.8          23.8
Capital redemption reserve                                    4.4           4.4           4.4
Hedging reserve                                                 -           0.6         (3.7)
Cumulative translation reserve                               11.2         (0.9)          15.3
Retained earnings                                         (100.8)        (51.1)        (74.1)
TOTAL EQUITY                                               (32.7)           5.5         (5.6)

Consolidated Statement of changes in Equity
For the third quarter and nine months ended 1st November 2009

                                               2009/10        2008/9      2008/9
                                                  Nine          Nine        Full
                                                months        months        year
                                             unaudited     unaudited     audited
                                                    £m            £m          £m

Total equity at beginning of period              (5.6)          20.1        20.1

Profit for the period                             25.0          42.7        51.7
Other comprehensive (expense)/income            (17.9)        (27.9)      (42.2)
Derivative financial instruments                   3.7           3.5       (0.8)

Transactions with owners:
Ordinary dividends paid                         (34.0)        (34.0)      (34.0)
Ordinary shares issued                               -           0.9         0.9
Purchase of ordinary shares           9          (5.0)         (2.9)       (2.9)
Purchase of preference shares:
- reduction in equity element                        -         (4.8)       (4.8)
- gain arising on equity element                     -           4.8         4.8
- deferred tax                                       -           0.8         0.8
Share-based payments                               1.1           2.3         0.8
Total transactions with owners                  (37.9)        (32.9)      (34.4)

Total equity at end of period                   (32.7)           5.5       (5.6)

The accompanying notes form an integral part of this unaudited condensed
consolidated financial information.
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
For the third quarter and nine months ended 1st November 2009

                                                              2009/10     2008/9    2009/10     2008/9   2008/9
                                                                Third      Third       Nine       Nine     Full
                                                              quarter    quarter     months     months     year
                                                            unaudited  unaudited  unaudited  unaudited  audited
                                                   Notes           £m         £m         £m         £m       £m

Cash flows from operating activities
Operating profit from continuing operations                      15.6       22.1       49.7       68.3     85.4
Restructuring/pension changes:
- net income statement impact                                     2.8          -        1.3          -      3.4
- cash impact                                                   (2.1)          -      (5.7)          -    (2.0)
Non-cash impact of restructuring/pension changes                  0.7          -      (4.4)          -      1.4
Depreciation and amortisation                                     5.1        4.4       14.8       13.0     18.0
Changes in working capital                                        5.0      (3.4)       16.6      (9.6)      2.7
Additional pension scheme funding (UK defined benefit plan)     (0.5)      (0.7)      (1.7)      (2.2)    (2.9)
Other non-cash movements                                          1.1          -        3.0        0.4    (2.3)
Total cash generated from operations                             27.0       22.4       78.0       69.9    102.3
Interest received                                                 0.1        0.1        0.3        0.5      0.7
Interest paid                                                   (1.3)      (1.5)      (7.8)      (7.4)   (12.4)
Dividends paid on preference shares                                 -          -      (1.8)      (1.8)    (3.5)
Taxation paid                                                   (5.1)      (7.0)      (6.4)     (18.0)   (21.9)
Net cash generated from operating activities                     20.7       14.0       62.3       43.2     65.2

Cash flows from investing activities
Acquisition of business                                2        (6.1)          -      (6.1)          -    (1.1)
Disposal of business                                                -          -          -        0.7      0.7
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment                 -          -          -        3.3      3.3
Purchase of property, plant and equipment                       (0.8)      (1.0)      (2.7)      (3.9)    (7.0)
Purchase of intangible assets (computer software)               (1.7)      (2.4)      (5.4)      (7.1)    (9.1)
Net cash used in investing activities                           (8.6)      (3.4)     (14.2)      (7.0)   (13.2)

Cash flows from financing activities
Issue of ordinary shares                                            -        0.5          -        0.9      0.9
Purchase of ordinary shares                            9            -      (0.1)      (5.0)      (2.9)    (2.9)
Purchase of preference shares                                       -      (0.5)          -     (23.6)   (23.6)
New bank loans                                                    7.2          -      144.1       26.7     29.5
Repayment of bank loans                                             -      (7.3)    (158.7)      (7.3)   (22.8)
Dividends paid to ordinary shareholders                        (15.1)     (15.2)     (34.0)     (34.0)   (34.0)
Net cash used in financing activities                           (7.9)     (22.6)     (53.6)     (40.2)   (52.9)

Net increase/(decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and bank
overdrafts                                                        4.2     (12.0)      (5.5)      (4.0)    (0.9)
Cash, cash equivalents and bank overdrafts
at beginning of period                                           27.3       45.8       39.0       37.6     37.6
Exchange gains/(losses)                                           0.2        0.8      (1.8)        1.0      2.3
Cash, cash equivalents and bank overdrafts at end of period      31.7       34.6       31.7       34.6     39.0

Reconciliation of net financial liabilities
Net financial liabilities at beginning of period                                    (295.9)    (254.1)  (254.1)
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and bank overdrafts                            (5.5)      (4.0)    (0.9)
Decrease/(increase) in debt                                                            14.6     (19.4)    (6.7)
Decrease in preference shares                                                             -       27.4     27.4
Premium on redemption of preference shares                                            (0.6)      (0.6)    (0.9)
Derivative financial instruments                                                        4.4        3.5    (1.5)
Exchange movement                                                                      18.3     (39.2)   (59.2)
Net financial liabilities at end of period             7                            (264.7)    (286.4)  (295.9)

The accompanying notes form an integral part of this unaudited condensed
consolidated financial information.
Notes
1  Basis of preparation
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial information in this report has
been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards
(IFRSs) and applying the accounting policies disclosed in the Group's 2009
Annual Report and Accounts on pages 81 to 85, except as described below.
The following new standards and amendments to standards are mandatory for the
first time for financial years beginning on or after 1 January 2009, and have
been adopted by the Group effective from 2 February 2009.
IAS 1 (revised), `Presentation of financial statements'. The revised standard
brings new disclosure requirements regarding `non-owner changes in equity' and
'owner changes in equity', which are now required to be shown separately.
Under this revised guidance the Group has elected to continue to present two
performance statements: an income statement and a statement of comprehensive
income (previously the 'Statement of Recognised Income and Expense'). These
financial statements have been prepared under the revised disclosure
requirements. The requirements under the revised standard have not had a
significant impact on the Group's financial statements.
IFRS 8, `Operating segments' (replacing IAS 14, `Segment reporting'): IFRS 8
requires a `management approach' under which segment information is presented
on the same basis as that used for internal reporting purposes. This has not
affected the financial results of the Group, but has resulted in a change to
the Group's segmental disclosures. The previous two divisions within the
Marketing and Distribution Division (MDD) have been split in to three
divisions with CPC (previously in MDD Europe and Asia Pacific) and MCM
(previously in MDD Americas) now both categorised as "Other Distribution
Businesses". Comparatives have been re-presented accordingly.
This condensed consolidated financial information does not comprise statutory
accounts within the meaning of Section 434 of the Companies Act 2006.
Statutory accounts for the financial year ended 1st February 2009, were
approved by the Board of Directors on 17th April 2009, and delivered to the
Registrar of Companies. The report of the auditors on those accounts was
unqualified and did not contain any statement under Section 237 of the
Companies Act 1985. Copies of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts are
available from Premier Farnell plc, 150 Armley Road, Leeds, LS12 2QQ, England,
or from the Company's website at www.premierfarnell.com.
2  Acquisition
On 23rd September 2009, the Group acquired the entire issued share capital of
CadSoft Computer GmbH, a leading German-based developer and supplier of
specialist computer aided design (CAD) software for design engineers, together
with the business of Cadsoft Computer Inc., in the US.
This transaction has been accounted for by the purchase method of accounting.
The consideration and provisional fair values of the net assets acquired were
as follows:
                                                                                Fair value
                                                                   Book value  adjustments  Fair value
                                                                           £m           £m          £m

   Intangible assets                                                        -          5.3         5.3
   Property, plant and
   equipment                                                              0.1            -         0.1
   Trade and other
   receivables                                                            0.1            -         0.1
   Trade and other payables                                             (0.2)            -       (0.2)
   Cash and cash equivalents                                              0.2            -         0.2
                                                                          0.2          5.3         5.5

   Goodwill                                                                                        2.8
   Total cash consideration
   (including deferred consideration
   of £1.9m and costs of £0.2m)                                                                    8.3

   Net cash outflow arising
   on acquisition comprises:
   Cash condsideration at
   date of acquisition
   (including costs)                                                                               6.3
   Cash and cash equivalents
   acquired                                                                                      (0.2)
                                                                                                   6.1

Intangible assets of £5.3m comprise the software licence, database and brand
and are being amortised over periods of between 4 and 15 years. Goodwill is
attributable to the future profitability of the acquired business.
Deferred consideration of £1.9m is dependent on the performance of the
acquired business over the next three years. Both the trading results of
CadSoft for the period since acquisition, and also for the period since the
start of the financial year had the acquisition taken place on that date, are
not material to the Group's results.
3  Segment information (unaudited)

                                                                2009/10
                                                             Third quarter                             2008/9
                                                     Before   Restructuring            After            Third
                                              restructuring        (note 4)    restructuring          quarter
                                                                                               (re-presented)
                                                         £m              £m               £m               £m

   Revenue
   Marketing and Distribution Division
   Americas                                            78.1               -             78.1             90.5
   Europe and Asia Pacific                             79.3               -             79.3             74.7
   Other Distribution Businesses                       23.4               -             23.4             23.0
   Total Marketing and Distribution Division          180.8               -            180.8            188.2
   Industrial Products Division                        19.0               -             19.0             20.9
                                                      199.8               -            199.8            209.1

   Operating profit
   Marketing and Distribution Division
   Americas                                             3.1           (2.8)              0.3              9.1
   Europe and Asia Pacific                             12.4               -             12.4              9.5
   Other Distribution Businesses                        2.4               -              2.4              2.3
   Total Marketing and Distribution Division           17.9           (2.8)             15.1             20.9
   Industrial Products Division                         3.4               -              3.4              4.2
   Head Office costs                                  (2.9)               -            (2.9)            (3.0)
                                                       18.4           (2.8)             15.6             22.1

                                                                2009/10
                                                              Nine months
                                                     Before  Restructuring/            After           2008/9
                                             restructuring/         pension   restructuring/             Nine
                                                    pension         changes          pension           months
                                                    changes        (note 4)          changes   (re-presented)
                                                         £m              £m               £m               £m

   Revenue
   Marketing and Distribution Division
   Americas                                           231.2               -            231.2            250.7
   Europe and Asia Pacific                            230.7               -            230.7            232.0
   Other Distribution Businesses                       67.4               -             67.4             64.6
   Total Marketing and Distribution Division          529.3               -            529.3            547.3
   Industrial Products Division                        58.5               -             58.5             56.9
                                                      587.8               -            587.8            604.2

   Operating profit
   Marketing and Distribution Division
   Americas                                             7.4             0.3              7.7             23.8
   Europe and Asia Pacific                             34.2           (2.9)             31.3             34.9
   Other Distribution Businesses                        6.8             0.3              7.1              7.3
   Total Marketing and Distribution Division           48.4           (2.3)             46.1             66.0
   Industrial Products Division                        10.4             1.0             11.4             11.1
   Head Office costs                                  (7.8)               -            (7.8)            (8.8)
                                                       51.0           (1.3)             49.7             68.3

                                                                 2008/9
                                                               Full year
                                                     Before                            After
                                              restructuring   Restructuring    restructuring
                                                      costs  costs - note 4            costs
                                             (re-presented)  (re-presented)   (re-presented)
                                                         £m              £m               £m

   Revenue
   Marketing and Distribution Division
   Americas                                           335.5               -            335.5
   Europe and Asia Pacific                            303.8               -            303.8
   Other Distribution Businesses                       87.8               -             87.8
   Total Marketing and Distribution Division          727.1               -            727.1
   Industrial Products Division                        77.3               -             77.3
                                                      804.4               -            804.4

   Operating profit
   Marketing and Distribution Division
   Americas                                            31.2           (0.9)             30.3
   Europe and Asia Pacific                             44.8           (1.8)             43.0
   Other Distribution Businesses                        9.7           (0.2)              9.5
   Total Marketing and Distribution Division           85.7           (2.9)             82.8
   Industrial Products Division                        14.3           (0.2)             14.1
   Head Office costs                                 (11.2)           (0.3)           (11.5)
                                                       88.8           (3.4)             85.4

Segmental information has been re-presented to reflect the adoption of IFRS 8
(note 1).
The segments shown above are the segments for which summary management account
information is presented to the Board which is deemed to be the Group's chief
operating decision maker.
4  Profit before taxation
   Profit before taxation is stated after the following:

                                                             2009/10     2008/9    2009/10     2008/9    2008/9
                                                               Third      Third       Nine       Nine      Full
                                                             quarter    quarter     months     months      year
                                                           unaudited  unaudited  unaudited  unaudited   audited
                                                                  £m         £m         £m         £m        £m

   One-off (charges)/credits:
   - restructuring costs                                       (2.8)          -      (7.6)          -     (3.4)
   - net one-off income from pension changes                       -          -        6.3          -         -
                                                               (2.8)          -      (1.3)          -     (3.4)

   Charge for share-based payments                             (0.6)      (0.7)      (1.1)      (2.3)     (0.8)
   (Charge)/income for defined benefit pension schemes         (0.7)        0.6      (2.9)        1.6       2.2

As noted in its year end results announcement on 19th March 2009, the Group
has taken further action during the first nine months to restructure its
branch network in North America and to rationalise its structure in Europe.
The one-off cost related to this restructuring in the first nine months was
£7.6 million of which £2.8 million was incurred in the third quarter.
The impact of the prior year end valuations on the Group's defined benefit
pension plans have resulted in a net charge to underlying operating profit in
the first nine months of £2.9 million, compared to net income of £1.6 million
in the first nine months of 2008/9. This reflects primarily the decline in the
market value of investments of the US Pension Plan during 2008/9. This year
the Group has reduced further its exposure to the equity markets in its North
American plan. In addition, on 31st July 2009, the Group's North American
pension plans were closed to further accrual of defined benefit obligations,
with members being transferred to a money purchase plan. This resulted in a
net one-off accounting gain in the second quarter of £6.3 million.
Due to their significance, restructuring costs and the net one-off income from
pension changes have been disclosed separately on the face of the income
statement.
5  Taxation
The taxation charge represents an effective tax rate for the period on profit
before tax, preference dividends and gain on purchase of preference shares of
29.0% (2008/9: 29.0%), being the estimated effective rate of taxation for the
financial year ending 31 January 2010.
6 Earnings per share
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the profit attributable to
ordinary shareholders for the period by the weighted average number of
ordinary shares in issue during the period, excluding those shares held by the
Premier Farnell Executive Trust. For diluted earnings per share, the weighted
average number of ordinary shares in issue is adjusted to assume issue of all
dilutive potential ordinary shares, being those share options and awards with
a non-market based performance condition granted to employees where the
exercise price is less than the average market price of the Company's ordinary
shares during the period, and those shares with a market based performance
condition based on the current estimate of the number of shares that will vest
under the performance criteria.
Reconciliations of earnings and the weighted average number of ordinary shares
used in the calculations are set out below.
                                                 2009/10                                  2008/9
                                         Nine months (unaudited)                Nine months (unaudited)
                                           Basic per   Diluted per                   Basic per       Diluted per
                              Earnings  share amount  share amount  Earnings      share amount      share amount
                                    £m         pence         pence        £m             pence             pence
 Earnings per share
 Profit attributable to
 ordinary shareholders            25.0           6.9           6.9      42.7              11.8              11.6
 Gain on purchase of
 preference shares                   -             -             -     (3.7)             (1.0)             (1.0)
 Restructuring costs               7.6           2.1           2.1         -                 -                 -
 Tax attributable
 to restructuring costs          (2.5)         (0.7)         (0.7)         -                 -                 -
 Net one-off income from
 pension changes                 (6.3)         (1.7)         (1.7)         -                 -                 -
 Tax attributable to net one-off
 income from pension changes       2.4           0.7           0.6         -                 -                 -
 Profit attributable to ordinary
 shareholders before
 gain on purchase of
 preference shares, restructuring
 costs and one-off income from
 pension changes                  26.2           7.3           7.2      39.0              10.8              10.6

                                                            Number                                        Number

 Weighted average number
 of shares                                             360,859,252                                   362,422,882
 Dilutive effect of
 share options                                           2,735,739                                     4,526,866
 Diluted weighted average number
 of shares                                             363,594,991                                   366,949,748

                                                                                           2008/9
                                                                                     Full Year (audited)
                                                                                     Basic per       Diluted per
                                                                    Earnings      share amount      share amount
                                                                          £m             pence             pence
 Earnings per share
 Profit attributable to
 ordinary shareholders                                                  51.7              14.3              14.2
 Gain on purchase of
 preference shares                                                     (3.7)             (1.0)             (1.0)
 Restructuring costs                                                     3.4               0.9               0.9
 Tax attributable
 to restructuring costs                                                (1.0)             (0.3)             (0.3)
 Profit attributable to ordinary
 shareholders before gain on purchase of
 preference shares and excluding
 restructuring costs                                                    50.4              13.9              13.8

                                                                                                          Number

 Weighted average number of shares                                                                   362,412,369
 Dilutive effect of share options                                                                      2,678,546
 Diluted weighted average number of shares                                                           365,090,915

Earnings per share before the gain on purchase of preference shares and excluding restructuring
costs and one-off pension changes have been provided in order to facilitate year on year comparison.
7  Net financial liabilities
                                                                     1st November  2nd November   1st February
                                                                             2009          2008           2009
                                                                        unaudited     unaudited        audited
                                                                               £m            £m             £m

   Cash and cash equivalents                                                 31.7          34.6           39.6
   Unsecured loans and overdrafts                                         (236.4)       (262.0)        (271.7)
   Net financial liabilities before
   preference shares and derivatives                                      (204.7)       (227.4)        (232.1)
   Preference shares                                                       (60.0)        (59.1)         (59.4)
   Derivative financial instruments (net)                                       -           0.1          (4.4)
   Net financial liabilities                                              (264.7)       (286.4)        (295.9)

   Net financial liabilities are analysed
   in the balance sheet as follows:

   Current assets
   Cash and cash equivalents                                                 31.7          34.6           39.6
   Derivative financial instruments                                             -           0.6              -
                                                                             31.7          35.2           39.6

   Current liabilities
   Bank overdrafts                                                              -             -          (0.6)
   5.3% US dollar Guaranteed Senior Notes
   payable 2010                                                            (40.0)             -              -
   Other loans                                                              (0.1)        (10.6)          (0.1)
   Derivative financial instruments                                             -         (0.5)          (4.4)
                                                                           (40.1)        (11.1)          (5.1)

   Non-current liabilities
   Bank loans                                                              (95.6)       (107.4)        (109.8)
   5.3% US dollar Guaranteed Senior Notes
   payable 2010                                                                 -        (41.0)         (45.8)
   5.9% US dollar Guaranteed Senior Notes
   payable 2013                                                            (96.4)        (98.8)        (110.4)
   Other loans                                                              (4.3)         (4.2)          (5.0)
   Preference shares                                                       (60.0)        (59.1)         (59.4)
                                                                          (256.3)       (310.5)        (330.4)

The Group has £150 million syndicate bank facilities agreed at the end of the
last quarter, which expire in January 2013, and a further £20 million bank
facility which expires in May 2012. Based on these new bank facilities of £170
million, the Group's headroom on bank borrowings at the end of the nine months
to 1st November was £72 million.
8  Post-retirement benefits
An actuarial loss of £21.5 million (£13.8 million net of associated deferred
tax) was recognised in the second quarter through the Condensed Consolidated
Statement of Comprehensive Income relating to the Group's pension and post
retirement obligations, the majority of which relates to the US pension plan
(£16.1 million) and the UK pension plan (£4.8 million). For both plans this
loss arose primarily from changes in the market-related bond rate used to
discount plan liabilities at the period end. As detailed in note 4, on 31st
July 2009, the Group's North American pension plans were closed to further
accrual of defined benefit obligations, with members being transferred to a
money purchase plan. This resulted in net one-off income in the second quarter
of £6.3 million.
9  Purchase or ordinary shares
During the second quarter, the Premier Farnell Executive Trust acquired
3,829,933 of the Company's ordinary shares, through purchases on the London
Stock Exchange, for a total cash consideration of £5.0 million in order to
meet future obligations under the Company's performance share plan. This
amount has been deducted from shareholders' equity.
10 Exchange rates
The principal average exchange rates used to translate the Group's overseas
profits were as follows:
                              2009/10   2008/9  2009/10  2008/9  2008/9
                                Third    Third     Nine    Nine    Full
                              quarter  quarter   months  months    year

    US dollar                    1.62     1.74     1.58    1.90    1.79
    Euro                         1.11     1.27     1.13    1.27    1.24

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