Transaction in Own Shares

Northern 3 VCT PLC
28 September 2007


NORTHERN 3 VCT PLC (The 'Company')


PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES


The Company announces that on 28 September 2007 it purchased for cancellation
under an existing authority granted by shareholders 70,000 ordinary shares of 5p
each in the market at a price of 86.1p, representing approximately 0.23 per cent
of the Company's issued share capital. There remain 30,130,179 ordinary shares
in issue.


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