Transaction in Own Shares

Electra Private Equity PLC
19 September 2006



Electra Private Equity Plc ('the Company')

19 September 2006


Electra Private Equity Plc announces that on 19 September 2006 the Company
purchased for cancellation 2,000,000 ordinary shares of 25p each at a price of
£13.98 per share representing 4.91% of the issued share capital.

Following this transaction the Company now has 38,722,687 ordinary shares in
issue.




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