OCTOPUS AIM VCT PLC

Share Issue/Capital Change • Jan 23, 2025

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OCTOPUS AIM VCT PLC

Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights

Octopus AIM VCT plc (the ‘Company’) announces that 3,920,873 Ordinary Shares of 1p each (the ‘Shares’) were issued and allotted on 23 January 2025 (subject to Admission) pursuant to the Company’s offer for subscription (the ‘Offer’), issued jointly with Octopus AIM VCT 2 plc, to raise £20 million, with an over-allotment facility of £10 million, in the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 tax years. The Shares were issued at a price of 54.2p each in accordance with the terms of the prospectus dated 23 September 2024 that was issued by the Company in connection with the Offer.

Application for the Shares to be admitted to the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority (‘FCA’) and to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s main market for listed securities will be made and dealings are expected to commence on or around 27 January 2025.

The issued share capital and total voting rights of the Company are now 229,598,944 Ordinary Shares‬. This figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

For further information please contact:

Rachel Peat

Octopus Company Secretarial Services Limited

Tel: +44 (0)80 0316 2067

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