Issue of Equity

Crown Place VCT PLC
The  final allotment for the Albion VCTs  Linked Top Up Offer (the 'Offer') took
place  on 16 May 2011. The Offer is now closed. The total raised under the Offer
across seven funds managed by Albion Ventures LLP was £11.78m.
The allotment on 16 May 2011 was in respect of the tax year ended 5 April 2012.
New  Ordinary Shares of nominal value 10 pence  per share in Crown Place VCT PLC
were  issued under the  Offer (which was  launched on 1 November 2010) on 16 May
2011 at an issue price of 34.9 pence per New Ordinary Share.
Applications  for  103,961 New  Ordinary  Shares  in  Crown  Place  VCT PLC were
received.
The  net  proceeds  of  the  Offer  for this allotment are approximately £34,000
bringing the total to date for Crown Place VCT PLC to approximately £1.65m.
Application  has been made  to the Financial  Services Authority for 103,961 New
Ordinary  Shares to  be admitted  to the  Official List  and to the London Stock
Exchange  for the New  Ordinary Shares to  be admitted to  trading on the London
Stock Exchange's market for listed securities.
It  is expected that Admission  will become effective, and  that dealings in the
New Shares will commence on or before 8.00 a.m. on 25 May 2011.
Following  this allotment  and in  conformity with  the Transparency Directive's
transitional provision 6, we would like to notify the market of the following:
Crown  Place VCT PLC's capital as at 16 May 2011 consists of 83,867,142 Ordinary
shares  with  a  nominal  value  of  10 pence  each.   Crown Place VCT PLC holds
7,260,410 Ordinary shares in Treasury.
Therefore,  the  total  number  of  voting  rights  in  Crown  Place  VCT PLC is
76,606,732, which  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, Crown  Place VCT PLC under the
FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
For further information, please contact:
 Patrick Reeve         020 7601 1850
 Albion Ventures LLP

17 May 2011






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