Purchase of own securities

British Smaller Companies VCT PLC
16 February 2005


               British Smaller Companies VCT plc ('the Company')

                           Purchase of Own Securities

In furtherance of its stated policy of making market purchases of its own shares
the Company announces that on 14 February it purchased at 72 pence per share
150,000 Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each.

16 February 2005





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