Transaction in Own Shares

Electra Private Equity PLC
22 January 2008



Electra Private Equity Plc ('the Company')



22 January 2008



Electra Private Equity Plc announces that on 22 January 2008 the Company
purchased 100,000 of its own ordinary shares of 25p each for cancellation
representing 0.27% of the issued share capital at a price of £15.50 per share.



Following this transaction the Company now has 36,595,687 ordinary shares of 25p
each in issue.






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