Transaction in Own Shares

CROWN PLACE VCT PLC

SHARE PURCHASE, VOTING RIGHTS AND CAPITAL

Crown Place VCT PLC announces that it has purchased 150,000 Ordinary shares on 20 March 2013 at a price of 29.3 pence per share.  This represents 0.19% of the total number of voting rights in the Company before the transaction.  These shares will be cancelled. In addition the Company cancelled 17,000 shares out of Treasury.

Following this transaction, and, in conformity with the Transparency Directive's transitional provision 6 we would like to notify the market of the following:

Crown Place VCT PLC's capital as at 20 March 2013 consisted of 87,951,872 Ordinary shares with a nominal value of 10p each. Crown Place VCT PLC holds 8,794,410 shares in treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Crown Place VCT PLC is 79,157,462 which may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, Crown Place VCT PLC under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

21 March 2013

Company Secretary

Albion Ventures LLP

Tel: [phone]

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