Purchase of Own Shares

British Smaller Companies VCT PLC
05 March 2007


British Smaller Companies VCT plc ('the Company')



Purchase of Own Securities



The Company today announces that it has purchased for cancellation 90,000
Ordinary shares of 10 pence each at a price of 90 pence per share.


The effect of this purchase is to increase the last reported net asset value for
remaining shareholders at 31 December 2006 from 100.1 pence per Ordinary share
to 100.2 pence per Ordinary share and the Total Return (Net Asset Value plus
cumulative dividends) from 135.1 pence to 135.2 pence per share.


In conformity with the Transparency Directive's transitional provision 6, the
Company notifies the market of the following:


The Company's issued share capital consists of 15,331,364 Ordinary Shares with
voting rights and 1,258,676 C shares with voting rights. Therefore, the total
number of voting rights is 16,590,040.


The above figure (16,590,040) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for
the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify
their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the FSA's
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.





5 March 2007



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