Holding(s) in Company

Electra Private Equity PLC
18 January 2007

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

ELECTRA PRIVATE EQUITY PLC

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

BRITISH EMPIRE SECURITIES AND GENERAL TRUST PLC

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

IN RESPECT OF HOLDER NAMED IN 2. ABOVE

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

CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED CREST A/C BT01C

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

/

6. Percentage of issued class

/

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

/

8. Percentage of issued class

/

9. Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 25 PENCE EACH

10. Date of transaction

/

11. Date company informed

18 JANUARY 2007

12. Total holding following this notification

1,151,411 ORDINARY SHARES OF 25 PENCE EACH

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.07%

14. Any additional information

BRITISH EMPIRE SECURITIES AND GENERAL TRUST PLC CONFIRMS THAT THE NOTIFIABLE
INTEREST HAS ARISEN AS A RESULT OF THE REDUCTION IN THE ISSUED ORDINARY SHARE
CAPITAL OF ELECTRA PRIVATE EQUITY PLC FOLLOWING A SERIES OF PURCHASES OF ITS OWN
ORDINARY SHARES FOR CANCELLATION BY ELECTRA PRIVATE EQUITY PLC

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

PJ DYKE, COMPANY SECRETARY, 020 7 306 3883

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


PJ DYKE, COMPANY SECRETARY



Date of notification


18 JANUARY 2007



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