Purchase of Own Securities

Northern Venture Trust PLC
14 June 2001

NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC (THE 'Company')

PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

The Company announces that on 13 June 2001 it purchased for cancellation

under an existing authority granted by shareholders 8,000 ordinary shares of

25p each in the market at a price of 90p, representing approximately 0.02 per

cent of the company's issued share capital. There remain 40,555,396

ordinary shares in issue.


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