Issue of Equity

25 June 2010

                        Albion Venture Capital Trust PLC

                                Issue of Equity

Albion  Venture Capital Trust PLC (the "Company") announces that, further to the
Dividend  Reinvestment Scheme introduced  by the Company  (details of which were
set  out in  the Circular  issued to  shareholders on 10 July 2008), the Company
today allotted 49,774 Ordinary shares of 50p each (the "New Ordinary shares") in
the  capital of the Company.  The New Ordinary  shares were issued at a price of
79.1p, comprising the net asset value at 31 March 2010 less the dividend of 2.5
pence per Ordinary share.

Accordingly,  application  has  been  made  to  the UK Listing Authority for the
admission  of the  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 28 June 2010. 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,  Albion Venture  Capital Trust PLC's
capital as at 25 June 2010 consists of 36,149,006 Ordinary shares and 1,467,278
shares in Treasury.

Therefore  the total number of voting rights in Albion Venture Capital Trust PLC
is  34,681,728 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 a change to their interest in, Albion Venture Capital Trust PLC
under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency rules.


For further information, please contact:

Isabel Dolan
Albion Ventures LLP
Tel:      020 7601 1850





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