Issue of Equity and total voting rights

Albion Venture Capital Trust PLC

The  final allotment for this  tax year of New  Ordinary Shares of nominal value
50 pence  per share in  Albion Venture Capital  Trust PLC under  the Albion VCTs
Linked  Top Up Offer (which was  launched on 1 November 2010) (the "Offer") took
place on 5 April 2011 at an issue price of 83.1 pence per New Ordinary Share.

Applications for 514,084 New Ordinary Shares in Albion Venture Capital Trust VCT
PLC were received.

The  net proceeds  of the  Offer for  this allotment  are approximately £400,000
bringing the total to date for Albion Venture Capital Trust PLC to approximately
£1,653,000.

Application  has been made  to the Financial  Services Authority for 514,084 New
Ordinary  Shares to  be admitted  to the  Official List  and to the London Stock
Exchange  for the New  Ordinary Shares to  be admitted to  trading on the London
Stock Exchange's market for listed securities.

It  is expected that Admission  will become effective, and  that dealings in the
shares will commence on or before, 8.00 a.m. on 12 April 2011.

As  at this  third closing  of the  Albion VCTs  Linked Top  Up Offer on 5 April
2011, the   total   raised  under  the  Offer  was  £11.54m  (including  amounts
reinvested).

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

Albion Venture Capital Trust PLC's capital as at today consists of 38,286,265
Ordinary shares with a nominal value of 50p each.  Albion Venture Capital Trust
PLC holds 2,043,273 shares in Treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Albion Venture Capital Trust PLC
is 36,242,992 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, Albion Venture Capital Trust PLC
under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For further information, please contact:


 Patrick Reeve         020 7601 1850
 Albion Ventures LLP


6 April 2011






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