Purchase of Own Securities

British Smaller Companies VCT PLC
21 February 2002


               British Smaller Companies VCT plc ('the Company')


The Company has today bought back for cancellation 25,000 ordinary shares of 10p
each in the Company at 50 pence each.


21 February 2002



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