Purchase of Own Securities

British Smaller Companies VCT PLC
26 June 2002


               British Smaller Companies VCT plc ('the Company')


The Company has today bought back for cancellation 50,000 ordinary shares of 10p
each in the Company at 38 pence each.



26 June 2002



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