Transaction in Own Shares

Octopus IHT AIM VCT plc ("the Company")

21 July 2010

Purchase of own securities

Octopus IHT AIM VCT plc announces that on 21 July 2010 the Company purchased for
cancellation 64,805 'A' Ordinary shares at a price of 57.75p per share. The 'A'
Ordinary shares purchased represent 0.42% of the total number of voting rights
in the Company before the transaction.

Following this transaction, the issued share capital of the Company now consists
of 15,361,293 'A' Ordinary shares with a nominal value of 0.01p each, with
voting rights. The Company does not hold any '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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