Transaction in Own Shares

OCTOPUS ECLIPSE VCT 3 PLC (the 'Company') 8 January 2010 PURCHASE OF OWN SECURITIES Octopus Eclipse VCT 3 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 28,202,211 Ordinary Shares. For further information please contact: Celia Whitten, Company Secretary Octopus Investments Limited 020 7710 2849 [HUG#1371856]