Significant Shareholder

Elektron PLC
31 October 2007



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                                                                 31 October 2007


                                  ELEKTRON PLC

                         ('Elektron' or the 'Company')

                            Significant Shareholder

The Company was informed on 29 October 2007 that on 26 October 2007, Panther
Securities purchased 500,000 Elektron  ordinary shares ('Ordinary Shares') at a
price of 17.75p per Ordinary Share, resulting in a total holding at that date 
of 10,750,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 12.39 per cent. of the Company's
issued share capital.

The personal pension fund of Mr. Andrew Perloff, the Chairman of Panther
Securities, also holds 5,010,909 Elektron  Ordinary Shares.

Accordingly, Mr Andrew Perloff is interested in a total holding of 15,760,909
ordinary shares, or 18.17 per cent. of  the Company's issued share capital.



For further information, please contact:

Chris Leigh
Elektron Plc
Tel: [phone]

Michael Cornish
Beaumont Cornish Limited

Tel: [phone]

ENDS




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