Issue of Equity

Albion Venture Capital Trust PLC
The  final allotment for the Albion VCTs  Linked Top Up Offer (the 'Offer') took
place  on 16 May 2011. The Offer is now closed. The total raised under the Offer
across seven funds managed by Albion Ventures LLP was £11.78m.
The allotment on 16 May 2011 is in respect of the tax year ended 5 April 2012.
New  Ordinary  Shares  of  nominal  value  50 pence  per share in Albion Venture
Capital  Trust PLC were issued under the Offer (which was launched on 1 November
2010) on 16 May 2011 at an issue price of 83.1 pence per New Ordinary Share.
Applications  equivalent to 43,662 New Ordinary Shares in Albion Venture Capital
Trust PLC were received.
The  net  proceeds  of  the  Offer  for this allotment are approximately £34,000
bringing the total to date for Albion Venture Capital Trust PLC to approximately
£1.65m.
Application  has been  made to  the Financial  Services Authority for 43,662 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 25 May 2011.
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  16 May 2011 consists of
38,329,927 Ordinary  shares with  a nominal  value of  50p each.  Albion Venture
Capital Trust PLC holds 2,043,273 Ordinary shares in Treasury.
Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Albion Venture Capital Trust PLC
is  36,286,654 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:
 Patrick Reeve         020 7601 1850
 Albion Ventures LLP

18 May 2011






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