Purchase of Own Securities

XP Power PLC
13 May 2003


XP POWER PLC ('the Company')

Purchase of own shares for cancellation

The Company announces that it has today purchased for cancellation 150,000
ordinary shares at a price of 113.75p per share.

The resultant issued share capital for the ordinary shares of 1p each after this
transaction is 20,667,118 shares.

Enquiries:

Duncan Penny
0118 976 5086
13 May 2003


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