Elektron PLC
27 March 2006



For immediate release
                                                                   27 March 2006


                                   Elektron Plc

                         ("Elektron" or the "Company")

                                Share repurchase


Elektron, the AIM quoted components group, announces that the Company acquired
50,000 ordinary shares of 5p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary
Shares") at a price of 18p per Ordinary Share through the market.


Following this transaction, the repurchased Ordinary Shares will be cancelled
from trading on AIM. Accordingly, the reduced issued share capital admitted to
trading to AIM will amount to 78,308,602 Ordinary Shares.



For further information:

Christopher Leigh
Elektron Plc
Tel: 020 8477 9308


Roland Cornish
Beaumont Cornish Limited
Tel: 0207 628 3396



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