Dealing and Shareholding

Elektron PLC
11 August 2005


For immediate release                                             11 August 2005

                                  ELEKTRON PLC
                         ('Elektron' or the 'Company')

                              Director's dealings
                            Significant Shareholding

Elektron, the AIM quoted components group, was informed today that Keith Daley,
a director of the Company purchased 100,000 ordinary shares (the 'Shares') at a
price of 14p in two transactions of 50,000 dated 9 and 10 August 2005.

Following this above purchases, the holdings attributable to the interests of
Keith Daley are 2,460,000 Shares (3.1% of the issued share capital of the
company) held as follows:

Personal Holding: 1,100,000 Shares
Specialist Holdings Limited Pension Plan 3: 1,350,000 Shares
Specialist Holdings Limited (a company wholly owned by Keith Daley) : 10,000
Shares

Following the issue of new odinary shares for the acquisition of Riveroak
Limited and the subsequent consolidation and sub-division of the ordinary
shares, the Company announces that it was informed on 10 August 2005 that the
holding by Bulgin Trusts is now 6,303,943 ordinary shares, representing 7.94% of
the Company's issued share capital.

For further information:

Christopher Leigh
Elektron Plc
Tel: [phone].




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