Transaction in Own Shares and Total Voting Rights

Octopus Second AIM VCT plc ("the Company")

5 May 2011

Purchase of own securities and total voting rights

Octopus Second AIM VCT plc announces that on 5 May 2011 the Company purchased
for cancellation 11,605 Ordinary shares at a price of 62.5p per share.

Following this transaction, the issued share capital of the Company now consists
of 42,292,383 Ordinary shares with a nominal value of 0.01p 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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