Electra Private Equity PLC, an investment trust focused on private equity investments, is pleased to announce that HSBC Bank plc ('HSBC') and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc ('Morgan Stanley') have been appointed as joint brokers to the Company with immediate effect.

Enquiries:

HSBC (Joint Corporate Broker) Tel: +44 20 7991 8888
Simon Alexander
Richard Fagan

Morgan Stanley (Joint Corporate Broker) Tel: +44 20 7425 8000
Andrew Foster
Sam McLennan
Brunswick Group LLP (PR Adviser) Tel: +44 20 7404 5959
Gill Ackers
Rowan Brown

About Electra
Electra Private Equity PLC ('Electra') is a private equity investment trust which has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1976. Electra's long-term investment performance has been consistently superior to private equity and other benchmarks. Over the ten years to 30 September 2015, Electra has seen diluted NAV per share growth of 244%. This is equivalent to a ten-year annualised return of 13%, at the upper end of Electra's target range of 10-15% over the long-term.

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