Significant Shareholding

Elektron PLC
09 August 2005


For immediate release

                                                                   9 August 2005

                                  ELEKTRON PLC

                            Significant Shareholding

The Board of Elektron Plc (the 'Company' or 'Elektron') announces that it was
informed on 9 August 2005 by John Kinder that he was interested in 14,367,647
ordinary shares of 5p each in the capital of the Company ('Ordinary Shares'),
representing 18.1 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company following
completion of the recent restructuring of the Company's issued share capital.

ENDS


Chris Leigh

Elektron Plc
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