Issue of Equity

OCTOPUS AIM VCT PLC (the 'Company')

7 October 2010

Issue of Equity

Octopus  AIM VCT plc  announces that 461,387 Ordinary  Shares of £0.01 each were
issued  and allotted to 34 subscribers  at a price of  94.59 pence per share for
cash  by a  Board Resolution  passed on  6 October 2010. These  shares have been
allotted  in connection with the offer for subscription announced by the Company
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 11 October 2010.

The issued share capital and total voting rights of the Company is now
37,202,336 Ordinary Shares.

For further information please contact:

Celia Whitten
Company Secretary
020 7710 2849


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