Transaction in Own Shares

Northern 3 VCT PLC
03 April 2007




NORTHERN 3 VCT PLC (The 'Company')

PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

The Company announces that on 30 March 2007 it purchased for cancellation under
an existing authority granted by shareholders 209,930 ordinary shares of 5p each
in the market at a price of 83.9p, representing approximately 0.69 per cent of
the Company's issued share capital.  There remain 30,397,461 ordinary shares in
issue.

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