Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights

OCTOPUS AIM VCT PLC

23 March 2011


Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights

Octopus AIM VCT plc announces that on 22(nd) March 2011, 1,921,283 Ordinary
Shares of 1p each were issued and allotted to 126 subscribers at a price of
96.1 pence per share pursuant to the Offer that opened on 9 July 2010.
Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for admission of the new
shares. Admission is expected to become effective on or around 24 March 2011.

The issued share capital and total voting rights of the Company is now:
 43,115,670 Ordinary Shares.

The Offer is expected to remain open until 30 April 2011 unless previously
extended or fully subscribed earlier. For applications to be applied for the
2010/2011 tax year these should be lodged no later than 2pm on 5 April 2011.

For further information please contact:

Celia Whitten
Company Secretary
020 7710 2849






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