Director/PDMR Shareholding

11 October 2012

                    XP PowerLimited ("XP" or the "Company")                    

                               Grant of options                                

XP Power Limited announces that on 10 October 2012, certain Directors of the
Company were awarded options over ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company
("Ordinary Shares"), under the Company's Share Option Plan, as detailed below.

Director            Number of Ordinary   Exercise priceper    Total number of  
                     Shares over which         share         shares over which 
                      options granted                          options held    
                                                                 following     
                                                               notification    
                                                                               
Mike Laver                75,000               £9.46              75,000       
                                                                               
Duncan Penny              75,000               £9.46              75,000       
                                                                               
Jonathan Rhodes           20,000               £9.46              20,000       
                                                                               
Andy Sng                  20,000               £9.46              70,000       

The above options will vest on the fourth anniversary from the date of grant.
The vesting of these options is subject to XP's Total Shareholder Return
("TSR") relative to the FTSE350 Electronic and Electrical Equipment Sector as
set out in the following table:

TSR relative to the FTSE Electronic and Electrical Percentage of award    
Equipment Sector                                   that vests             
                                                                          
Top 20th percentile                                100%                   
                                                                          
Median                                             25%                    
                                                                          
Below median                                       Nil                    

Enquiries:

XP Power

Duncan Penny, Chief Executive Officer [phone]

Jonathan Rhodes, Finance Director [phone]

Citigate Dewe Rogerson [phone]

Kevin Smith/Jos Bieneman