Transaction in Own Shares

19 Jun 2006 16:16

Westmount Energy Limited19 June 2006 19 June 2006 PRESS RELEASE WESTMOUNT ENERGY LIMITED Purchase of Own Shares Westmount Energy announces that on 15th June 2006 it purchased 17,000 of its 20p ordinary shares at a price of 121 pence per share and on the 16 June 2006 it purchased 6,250 of its 20p ordinary shares at 120 pence per share. The total of 23,250 20p ordinary shares are held in treasury and it is intended that they will be cancelled in due course. Westmount Energy Limited has a total of 7,483,430 20p Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding these 23,250 treasury shares). Note for Editors: Westmount Energy Limited ("Westmount") is a Jersey based AIM quoted EnergyInvestment Company. Its present investments include, 30,000,000 shares of AIMquoted Sterling Energy plc, 5,500,000 shares of AIM quoted Desire Petroleum plc,a £500,000 convertible loan of AIM quoted CDS Oil & Gas Group plc and 244,000shares of presently unquoted Eclipse Energy Company Limited. Westmount has noborrowings. Contacts: Paul R. Anderson,Westmount Energy Limited Tel: 01534 814209 Gavin J. Burnell,Ruegg & Co. Limited Tel: 020 7584 3663 ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange