Transaction in Own Shares

Octopus IHT AIM VCT plc ("Company")

2 February 2009

Purchase of own securities


Octopus IHT AIM VCT plc announces that on 30 January 2009 the Company
purchased 30,550 'A' Ordinary shares at a price of 54p per share.
The 'A' Ordinary shares purchased represent 0.1% 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
consists of 7,299,461 'A' Ordinary shares and 17,680,850 'B' shares
with a nominal value of 0.01p each, with voting rights.  The Company
now holds 45,800 '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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