Transaction in Own Shares

Octopus AIM VCT plc ("Company")

12 March 2010

Purchase of own securities

Octopus AIM VCT plc announces that on 11 March 2010 the Company purchased for
cancellation 78,648 Ordinary shares at a price of 74.0p per share.  The Ordinary
shares purchased represent 0.27% of the total number of voting rights in the
Company before the transaction.

Following this transaction, the issued share capital of the Company is now
31,777,381 Ordinary shares. The Company now holds 2,957,576 Ordinary shares in
Treasury.

For further enquiries, please contact:

Celia Whitten, Company Secretary
Octopus Investments Limited
Tel:  020 7710 2849


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