Transaction in Own Shares

Octopus IHT AIM VCT plc ("the Company")

20 May 2010

Purchase of own securities

Octopus IHT AIM VCT plc announces that on 19 May 2010 the Company purchased for
cancellation 17,419 'A' Ordinary shares at a price of 59.5p per share. The 'A'
Ordinary shares purchased represent 0.11% of the total number of voting rights
in the Company before the transaction.

Following this transaction, the issued share capital of the Company now consists
of 16,266,117 'A' Ordinary shares with a nominal value of 0.01p each, with
voting rights. The Company holds 840,019 'A' Ordinary shares in Treasury.

For further enquiries, please contact:

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


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