Purchase of Own Securities

Northern Venture Trust PLC 25 September 2001 NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC (THE 'Company') PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES The Company announces that on 25 September 2001 it purchased for cancellation under an existing authority granted by shareholders 60,000 ordinary shares of 25p each in the market at a price of 80.5p, representing approximately 0.15 per cent of the company's issued share capital. There remain 40,872,351 ordinary shares in issue.
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