OCTOPUS ECLIPSE VCT 3 PLC (the 'Company')

29 January 2010

PURCHASE OF OWN SECURITIES

Octopus Eclipse VCT 3 plc announces that on 29 January 2010 the Company
purchased for cancellation 41,063 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
28,161,148 Ordinary Shares.

For further information please contact:

Celia Whitten, Company Secretary
Octopus Investments Limited
020 7710 2849



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