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Voting Rights and Capital
Notification of alteration to total voting rights in accordance with the DTR
rule 5.6.1
Premier Farnell plc (the `Company') has two classes of shares admitted to
trading on a regulated market: ordinary shares of 5 pence each and preference
shares of 100 pence each.
As at the date of this announcement, Premier Farnell plc's issued share capital
consists of:
  * 365,436,958 Ordinary Shares; and

  * 3,949,419 Convertible Preference Shares;

  * The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.

The number of voting rights in Premier Farnell plc is:
  * 365,436,958 in respect of the Ordinary Shares (one vote per share)

  * The preference shares do not carry voting rights but can be converted into
    ordinary shares of 5p each. The conversion rate is 2.06864 ordinary shares
    for each Convertible Preference Share. The voting rights attaching to these
    shares are therefore 8,169,926, assuming their conversion.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company to be used is
365,436,958. This figure may be used by shareholders (and others with
notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations by which they
will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to
their interest in, the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency
Rules which took effect on 20 January 2007.
29 January 2010
Enquiries:
Steven Webb +44 (0) 870 129 8608
Group Company Secretary and General Counsel
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