Transaction in Own Shares

29 Oct 2008 09:20



Octopus AIM VCT plc ("Company")

29 October 2008

Purchase of own securities

Octopus AIM VCT plc announces that on 27 October 2008 the Company purchased 8,818 New Ordinary shares at a price of 61.5p per share. The New Ordinary shares purchased represent 0.03% 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 New Ordinary shares. The Company now holds 1,531,821 New Ordinary shares in Treasury.

For further enquiries, please contact:

Celia Whitten, Company Secretary

Octopus Investments Limited Tel: 020 7710 2800