Transaction in Own Shares

XP Power PLC 16 June 2004 XP Power plc ('XP' or 'the Company') Purchase of Own Shares The Company announces today that it has purchased 375,000 ordinary shares at a price of £3.80 per share. All of these shares will be held in treasury and will be used to fund the Company's existing share employee share option schemes or for other appropriate purposes such as small acquisitions. Following the purchase of own shares, the Company has 20,704,621 ordinary shares in issue including 700,000 treasury shares held by the Company. 16 June 2004 - Ends - Enquiries: XP Power plc 0118 984 5515 Larry Tracey, Executive Chairman James Peters, Deputy Chairman Duncan Penny, Chief Executive Officer Weber Shandwick Square Mile 020 7067 0700 Christian Taylor-Wilkinson or Kevin Smith Notes to editors: XP Power plc, formerly IFX Power plc, provides power supply solutions to the mid-tier market of the electronics industry. All electronic equipment needs a power supply. Power supplies convert the incoming AC supply into various levels of DC voltages to drive electronic components and sub-assemblies within the end user's equipment. By servicing this market XP Power provides investors with access to technology and industrial markets through its 8,000 strong customers in the profitable, high margin, mid-tier sector of the North American and European markets. The mid-tier of the market is highly fragmented and made up of a large number of small to medium sized Original Equipment Manufacturers who source standard and modified standard power supplies from several hundred power supply companies. For further information, please visit www.xppower.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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