Transaction in Own Shares

Octopus AIM VCT plc ("Company")

3 December 2010

Purchase of own securities

Octopus AIM VCT plc announces that on 3 December 2010 the Company purchased for
cancellation 83,200 Ordinary shares at a price of 79.5p per share.

Following this transaction, the issued share capital of the Company is now
37,449,253 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
Tel:  020 7710 2849


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