Holding(s) in Company

CORRECTION: On the 29th November 2007, Octopus Protected VCT Plc
announced that it had purchased 50,482 Ordinary Shares of 10p each at
a price of 94.5 pence per share, to cancel. This was incorrect, the
announcement should have read:



OCTOPUS PROTECTED VCT PLC (the 'Company')

06 December 2007

PURCHASE OF OWN SECURITIES

Octopus Protected VCT plc announces that on 28 November 2007 the
Company purchased for cancellation 50,582 Ordinary Shares of 10p each
at a price of 94.5p per share.

The issued share capital and total voting rights of the Company is
now 27,336,344 Ordinary Shares.

Company contact:

Celia Whitten, Company Secretary            020 7710 2849

ENDS

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