Octopus AIM VCT PLC : Issue of Equity, Director...

OCTOPUS AIM VCT PLC

5 April 2012

Issue of Equity, Director's Dealing and Total Voting Rights

Octopus AIM VCT plc announces that on 5 April 2012, 2,148,981 Ordinary Shares of 1p each were issued and allotted to 123 subscribers at a price of 94.4p pence per share pursuant to the Top Up Offers dated 6 February 2012. Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for admission of the new shares.  Admission is expected to become effective on or around 16 April 2012.

As part of the above allotment, Marion Sears, a director of the Company, was allotted 5,589 shares resulting in a total shareholding of 5,589 shares, representing 0.012% of the total issued share capital.

The issued share capital and total voting rights of the Company is now 47,400,511 Ordinary Shares of 1p.
The Top-up Offers closed today at 12 noon.
For further information please contact:

Celia Whitten
Company Secretary
020 7710 2849

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