Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. Announces their Participation in a Virtual Tradeshow Sponsored by Premier Farnell

Worcester, MA ¨C December 5, 2008 ¡ª Allegro® announced today that it plans to showcase their latest LED driver solutions at a virtual tradeshow called Live EDGE ¡°Energy Efficiency & Lighting¡± sponsored by Premier Farnell. Allegro offers a growing portfolio of LED drivers used for signs, displays, backlighting, architectural and automotive lighting applications. Allegro¡¯s process technology and applications expertise have enabled the development of highly integrated LED driver ICs with on-chip FETs and diverse control options, providing flexibility and functionality in a small solution footprint. Allegro¡¯s LED driver portfolio covers a wide variety of topologies, channel counts, output currents and feature sets, to help customers optimize their solutions.

This complimentary event will be held live on December 11, 2008 from 8 am to midnight EST and will be held in the Live EDGE EcoSphere, a virtual environment that was designed specifically as a learning and networking community for design engineers around the world.

The event¡¯s objective is to showcase the newest technologies from 31 leading component manufacturers in support of global environmental design. Premier Farnell¡¯s $100K Live EDGE (Environmental Design for the Global Environment) challenge is now accepting design entries through January 31, 2009.

EcoSphere attendees will have the opportunity to network with colleagues, download technical presentations and whitepapers, and chat live virtually with manufacturer representatives and technical experts. To register and access a complete schedule of presentations please visit http://www.live-edge.com.

About Allegro

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. is a leader in developing, manufacturing and marketing high-performance power integrated circuits and integrated Hall-effect magnetic sensors. Allegro¡¯s innovative solutions serve high-growth applications within the automotive, communications, computer/office automation, consumer and industrial markets. Allegro is headquartered in Worcester, Massachusetts (USA) with design and applications centers located in North and South America, Asia, and Europe. Further information about Allegro can be found at www.allegromicro.com.

About Premier Farnell

Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl) is a leading high service, multi-channel distributor of electronic, maintenance, repair and operation products and specialist services throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific. While global in scope, and with over 4,100 employees Premier Farnell recognizes the individual needs of each market and has continued to internationalize its model accordingly, trading locally under different brand names. Its primary electronics businesses trade as Farnell in the UK, Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand, Newark in the US, Canada and Mexico, and Premier Electronics in Greater China. In Singapore, Malaysia, and Brazil the operation is known as Farnell Newark. For information visit www.premierfarnell.com.

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