Purchase of Own Shares

British Smaller Companies VCT PLC
16 August 2005


British Smaller Companies VCT plc ('the Company')

Purchase of Own Securities

The Company announces that, on 15 August 2005, it purchased for cancellation
100,000 Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each at a price of 75.5 pence per share.


16 August 2005





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