Purchase of Own Securities

Northern Venture Trust PLC
20 February 2002

NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC (THE 'Company')



PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES



The Company announces that on 20 February 2002 it purchased for cancellation
under an existing authority granted by shareholders 80,000 ordinary shares of
25p each in the market at a price of 75p, representing approximately 0.19 per
cent of the company's issued share capital.  There remain 41,048,928 ordinary
shares in issue.

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