Transaction in Own Shares

Octopus AIM VCT plc ("Company")

24 April 2009

Purchase of own securities


Octopus AIM VCT plc announces that on 24 April 2009 the Company
purchased 26,422 Ordinary shares at a price of 61.5p per share.  The
Ordinary shares purchased represent 0.09% of the total number of
voting rights in the Company before the transaction.



These shares will be held in Treasury.



Following this transaction, the issued share capital of the Company
is now 31,930,030 Ordinary shares. The Company now holds 1,915,300
Ordinary shares in Treasury.



For further enquiries, please contact:



Celia Whitten, Company Secretary

Octopus Investments Limited

Tel:  [phone]

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