Share buy-back from EBT

Elektron PLC
24 January 2006


For immediate release                                            24 January 2006

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

                            Share buy back from EBT

Elektron, the AIM quoted components group, announces that yesterday the Company
purchased 300,000 ordinary shares (the 'Shares') at a price of 13.25p through
the market from the Company's Employee Benefit Trust ('EBT') for a total cost of
£39,750. These Shares will be cancelled. Following this above transaction, the
EBT will hold no Shares and therefore have no interest in the Company.

Following this transaction, re-purchased Shares will be cancelled from trading
on AIM and accordingly, the reduced issued share capital trading on AIM will
amount to 79,073,102 Shares.


For further information:

Christopher Leigh
Elektron Plc
Tel: [phone].




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