Transaction in Own Shares

Octopus AIM VCT plc ("Company")

28 January 2009

Purchase of own securities


Octopus AIM VCT plc announces that on 28 January 2009 the Company
purchased 62,717 Ordinary shares at a price of 59.0p per share.  The
Ordinary shares purchased represent 0.21% of the total number of
voting rights in the Company before the transaction.



These shares will be held in Treasury.



Following this transaction, the issued share capital of the Company
is now 31,930,030 Ordinary shares. The Company now holds 1,781,343
Ordinary shares in Treasury.



For further enquiries, please contact:



Celia Whitten, Company Secretary

Octopus Investments Limited Tel:  [phone]

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