OCTOPUS ECLIPSE VCT 4 PLC (the 'Company')

8 January 2010

PURCHASE OF OWN SECURITIES

Octopus Eclipse VCT 4 plc announces that on 8 January 2010 the Company purchased
for cancellation 24,065 Ordinary Shares of 10p each at a price of 56.5p per
share.

The issued share capital and total voting rights of the Company is now
28,201,837 Ordinary Shares.

For further information please contact:

Celia Whitten, Company Secretary
Octopus Investments Limited
020 7710 2849



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