SCHEDULE 10                                  
                                                                               
                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

1) Name of company

PREMIER FARNELL PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

AXA S.A. AND ITS GROUP 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

BENEFICIAL AND NON-BENEFICIAL INTEREST

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

Non-beneficial

AXA UK Investment Co ICVC 3,639,532

AXA World Funds II 50,500

AXA World Funds 7,050

Sun Life Nominees Ltd 208,574

AXA France 718,685

AXA Royale Belge 210,238

AXA Colonia Konzern 15,000

AXA UK Group Pension Scheme 1,530,700

AXA Financial Inc.* 23,431

* AXA Financial includes holdings for Alliance Capital Management

Beneficial

Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd 1,343,547

Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd A/c X 7,183,053

Sun Life Assurance Society Plc 2,556,113

Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X 892,065

Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd 450,000

AXA Belgium 287,564

AXA Sun Life plc 5,074,239

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

Not disclosed

6) Percentage of issued class

N/A

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

Not disclosed

8) Percentage of issued class

N/A


9) Class of security

Ordinary shares of 5 pence each

10) Date of transaction

Not disclosed

11) Date company informed

17 June 2002


12) Total holding following this notification


Total non-beneficial holding = 6,403,710

Total beneficial holding = 17,786,581

Total holding - 24,190,291

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

% holding - 6.67%

14) Any additional information

N/A

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Steven Webb

Company Secretary

Premier Farnell plc

150 Armley Road

Leeds

LS12 2QQ

Tel: 0113 387 5277

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

Steven Webb

Company Secretary


Date of notification 17 June 2003




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