Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights

Albion Venture Capital Trust PLC

Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights

Albion Venture Capital Trust PLC (the "Company") announces that, further to the Dividend Reinvestment Scheme (details of which were set out in the Circular issued to shareholders on 10 July 2008), the Company allotted 305,966 Ordinary shares of 1 penny each (the "New Ordinary shares") in the capital of the Company on 31 December 2015. The New Ordinary shares were issued at a price of 70.15p per Ordinary share, comprising the net asset value at 30 September 2015 less the dividend of 2.5 pence per Ordinary share.

Of the 305,966 New Ordinary shares allotted on 31 December 2015, an application has been made to the UK Listing Authority for the admission of 137,327 New Ordinary shares to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities and it is expected that dealings will commence on or before 4 January 2016. The New Ordinary shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing Ordinary shares in issue.

A further application will be made to the UK Listing Authority for 136,955 shares to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities. It is expected that dealings will commence on or before 11 January 2016. The New Ordinary shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing Ordinary shares in issue.

A final application will be made to the UK Listing Authority for the 31,684 remaining shares to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities. It is expected that dealings will commence on or before 18 January 2016. The New Ordinary shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing Ordinary shares in issue.

Following the issue of the New Ordinary shares, the capital of the Company as at 31 December 2015 consists of 78,121,519 Ordinary shares of which 6,699,440 shares are held in treasury.

Therefore the total number of voting rights in the Company is 71,422,079 which may be used by shareholders or other persons as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

31 December 2015

For further information please contact:

Vikash Hansrani

Albion Ventures LLP
Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

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Source: Albion Venture Capital Trust PLC via Globenewswire

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