Annual Information Update

Octopus Protected VCT plc (the "Company")
7 June 2010
Annual information update

In accordance with Prospectus Rule 5.2, the Company announces that the following
information has been published or otherwise made available to the public from
23 May 2008 to 7 June 2010

The Company uses the London Stock Exchange RNS service to make announcements to
the market.   Copies of announcements can be obtained from the RNS service using
the following link


http://www.londonstockexchange.com/en-gb/pricesnews/marketnews/. For Name/Code
you can use the Company's short code OCT

Notes:

Some of the information in the publications below may be out-of-date at the date
the announcement of this Annual Information Update.

1.      RNS announcements

+---------------------+----------+
| Date of publication | Document |
+---------------------+----------+
+-----------+---------------------------------+
| 23-May-08 | Annual Information Update       |
+-----------+---------------------------------+
| 30-May-08 | interim Management Statement    |
+-----------+---------------------------------+
| 24-Sep-08 | Half-yearly report              |
+-----------+---------------------------------+
| 09-Oct-08 | Notice of EGM                   |
+-----------+---------------------------------+
| 10-Oct-08 | Transaction in Own Shares       |
+-----------+---------------------------------+
| 31-Oct-08 | Total voting rights             |
+-----------+---------------------------------+
| 05-Dec-08 | Interim Management Statement    |
+-----------+---------------------------------+
| 15-Dec-08 | Transaction in Own Shares       |
+-----------+---------------------------------+
| 31-Dec-08 | Total voting rights             |
+-----------+---------------------------------+
| 12-May-09 | Final Results                   |
+-----------+---------------------------------+
| 17-Jun-09 | Interim Management Statement    |
+-----------+---------------------------------+
| 19-Jun-09 | Transaction in Own Shares       |
+-----------+---------------------------------+
| 30-Jun-09 | Total voting rights             |
+-----------+---------------------------------+
| 28-Sep-09 | Half-yearly report              |
+-----------+---------------------------------+
| 18-Nov-09 | Interim Management Statement    |
+-----------+---------------------------------+
| 25-Jan-10 | Appointment of Corporate Broker |
+-----------+---------------------------------+
| 12-May-10 | Final Results                   |
+-----------+---------------------------------+
| 13-May-10 | Transaction in Own Shares       |
+-----------+---------------------------------+
| 26-May-10 | Interim Management Statement    |
+-----------+---------------------------------+
| 28-May-10 | Total Voting rights             |
+-----------+---------------------------------+
| 01-Jun-10 | Directorate Change              |
+-----------+---------------------------------+


2.      Documents filed at Companies House

+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Date of publication | Document                                      |
+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 16-Jun-08           | Return made up to 07/06/08                    |
+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 30-Jun-08           | Disapply pre emption rights                   |
+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 30-Jun-08           | Full Accounts made up to 31/01/08             |
+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 04-Nov-08           | Return by a company purchasing its own shares |
+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 02-Dec-08           | Alteration to Memorandum and Articles         |
+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 09-Jan-09           | Return by a company purchasing its own shares |
+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 10-Jun-09           | Return made up to 07/06/09                    |
+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 11-Jun-09           | Full Accounts made up to 31/01/09             |
+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 11-Jun-09           | Disapply pre emption rights                   |
+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 09-July-09          | Return by a company purchasing its own shares |
+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------+




3.      Documents published and sent to shareholders and UKLA's Document Viewing
Facility

+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| Date of publication | Document                                               |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| 24-Sep-08           | Half yearly report for the 6 months ended 31 July 2008 |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| 12-May-09           | Final Results for the year ended 31 January 2009       |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| 28-Sep-09           | Half yearly report for the 6 months ended 31 July 2009 |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| 12-May-10           | Final Results for the year ended 31 January 2010       |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+

Copies of all the above documents may be obtained from the Company's registered
office at 8 Angel Court, London EC2R 7HP.

For further enquiries please contact the Company Secretary:  Celia Whitten
020 7710 2849



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