Transaction in Own Shares

Octopus IHT AIM VCT plc ("the Company")

7 August 2009

Purchase of own securities


Octopus IHT AIM VCT plc announces that on 7 August 2009 the Company
purchased 150,000 'A' Ordinary shares at a price of 60.0p per share.
The 'A' Ordinary shares purchased represent 0.94% 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
consists of 16,283,536 'A' Ordinary shares with a nominal value of
0.01p each, with voting rights. The Company now holds 501,463 'A'
Ordinary shares in Treasury.



For further enquiries, please contact:



Celia Whitten, Company Secretary

Octopus Investments Limited

Tel:  [phone]

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