OCTOPUS ECLIPSE VCT PLC (the 'Company')

29 January 2010

PURCHASE OF OWN SECURITIES

Octopus Eclipse VCT plc announces that on 29 January 2010 the Company purchased
for cancellation 82,211 shares of 10p each at a price of 62.0p per share.

The issued share capital and total voting rights of the Company is now
31,096,110.

For further information please contact:

Celia Whitten, Company Secretary
Octopus Investments Limited
020 7710 2849




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