Transaction in Own Shares

Octopus AIM VCT plc ("Company")

6 October 2010

Purchase of own securities

Octopus AIM VCT plc announces that on 6 October 2010 the Company purchased for
cancellation 220,331 Ordinary shares at a price of 72.5p per share.  The
Ordinary shares purchased represent 0.60% of the total number of voting rights
in the Company before the transaction.

Following this transaction, the issued share capital of the Company is now
36,740,949 Ordinary shares with a nominal value of 1p each, with voting rights.
The Company holds no shares in Treasury.

For further enquiries, please contact:

Celia Whitten, Company Secretary
Octopus Investments Limited
Tel:  020 7710 2849


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