Issue of Equity

Downing Protected VCT III plc 29 May 2009 Issue of Equity The Directors of Downing Protected VCT III plc are pleased to announce an allotment on 29 May 2009 of 64,487 C shares of 0.1p each ("C Shares") payable at 99.9p per share and 64,487 A shares of 0.1p each ("A Shares") payable at 0.1p per share pursuant to the Offers for Subscription that opened on 25 September 2008. The Offer for Subscription is expected to remain open until 30 June 2009 unless previously extended or fully subscribed earlier. ---END OF MESSAGE--- This announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.