Purchase of Own Securities

British Smaller Companies VCT PLC
31 July 2002

               British Smaller Companies VCT plc ('the Company')

The Company has today bought back for cancellation 15,000 ordinary shares of 10p
each in the Company at 40 pence each.

31 July 2002


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