Transaction in Own Shares

Octopus AIM VCT plc ("Company")

29 October 2010

Purchase of own securities

Octopus AIM VCT plc announces that on 29 October 2010 the Company purchased for
cancellation 125,558 Ordinary shares at a price of 79.5p per share.  The
Ordinary shares purchased represent 0.34% of the total number of voting rights
in the Company before the transaction.

Following this transaction, the issued share capital of the Company is now
36,822,067 Ordinary shares with a nominal value of 1p each, with voting rights.
The Company holds no shares in Treasury.

For further enquiries, please contact:

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


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