Transaction in Own Shares

Electra Private Equity PLC
17 March 2008



Electra Private Equity Plc ('the Company')



17 March 2008



Electra Private Equity Plc announces that on 17 March 2008 the Company purchased
1,000,000 of its own ordinary shares of 25p each for cancellation representing
2.73% of the issued share capital at a price of £15.70 per share.



Following this transaction the Company now has 35,595,687 ordinary shares of 25p
each in issue.






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