Transaction in Own Shares

Octopus IHT AIM VCT plc ("the Company")

10 February 2010

Purchase of own securities

Octopus IHT AIM VCT plc announces that on 10 February 2010 the Company purchased
65,125 'A' Ordinary shares at a price of 61.0p per share. The 'A' Ordinary
shares purchased represent 0.42% 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
16,283,536 'A' Ordinary shares with a nominal value of 0.01p each, with voting
rights. The Company now holds 840,019 'A' Ordinary shares in Treasury.

For further enquiries, please contact:

Celia Whitten, Company Secretary
Octopus Investments Limited
Tel:  020 7710 2849


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