RNS Number:0430N
Elderstreet Downing VCT PLC
01 July 2003

Elderstreet Downing VCT plc

1 July 2003

Elderstreet Downing VCT plc announces that on 1 July 2003 the Company purchased
25,000 ordinary shares of 5p each for cancellation representing 0.17% of the
issued share capital at a price of 42p per share.

Following this transaction the Company now has 14,935,400 shares in issue.


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