Purchase of Own Securities

Northern Venture Trust PLC
13 June 2003


NORTHERN VENTURE TURST PLC (THE 'Company')


PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES


The Company announces that on 13 June 2003 it purchased for cancellation under
an existing authority granted by shareholders 20,000 ordinary shares of 25p each
in the market at a price of 55p, representing approximately 0.05 per cent of the
Company's issued share capital. There remain 40,011,1088 ordinary shares in
issue.


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