Transaction in Own Shares - Replacement

Octopus IHT AIM VCT plc ("the Company")



7 April 2008



Replacement - Purchase of own securities



The following replaces the Purchase of own securities announcement
released 6 April 2009 at 17:35.  The previous announcement referred
to incorrect number of issued share capital.



The full corrected version of the announcement appears below.



Octopus IHT AIM VCT plc announces that on 3 April 2009 the Company
purchased for cancellation 90,000 'B' Ordinary shares at a price of
53.6p per share.  The 'B' Ordinary shares purchased represent 0.36%
of the total number of voting rights in the Company before the
transaction.



Following this transaction, the issued share capital of the Company
consists of 7,299,461 'A' Ordinary shares and 17,390,400 'B' shares
with a nominal value of 0.01p each, with voting rights.  The Company
now holds 50,800 'A' Ordinary shares and 100,000 'B' Ordinary shares
in Treasury.



For further enquiries, please contact:



Celia Whitten, Company Secretary

Octopus Investments Limited Tel:  [phone]

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