Result of AGM

19 DECEMBER 2014

NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Northern Venture Trust PLC ("the Company") announces that at the annual general meeting held on 18 December 2014 all of the resolutions set out in the notice of meeting were duly passed by shareholders.

The resolutions included the re-election as directors of Mr Richard Green, Mr David Mayes and Mr Tim Levett.

In accordance with the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules, a copy of the resolutions proposed and passed (including the resolution which amended the Company's articles of association and a copy of the amended articles of association) have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and is also available on the NVM Private Equity website at: www.nvm.co.uk/nvtagm2014.

Details of proxy voting on the resolutions put to shareholders at the annual general meeting are as follows:

Number	Resolution	For	Discretionary	Against	Vote withheld
1	To receive the annual accounts and financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2014 and the directors' and independent auditor's reports thereon	13,352,588	370,464	0	0
2	To declare a final dividend of 3.0p per share in respect of the year ended 30 September 2014	13,372,309	340,043	17	10,683
3	To approve the Directors' remuneration report in respect of the year ended 30 September 2014	12,090,856	415,211	754,400	462,585
4	To re-elect as a director Mr T R Levett	12,691,817	401,952	380,577	248,706
5	To re-elect as a director Mr R J Green	12,959,189	401,952	71,777	290,134
6	To re-elect as a director Mr D A Mayes	12,823,442	401,952	159,404	338,254
7	To appoint KPMG LLP as independent auditor of the Company	12,816,733	347,613	308,413	250,293
8	To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the independent auditor	13,182,983	404,157	47,062	88,850
9	To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006	13,178,995	400,051	68,029	75,977
10	To disapply Section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 in relation to certain allotments of equity securities and the sale of treasury shares	12,883,035	399,644	311,946	128,427
11	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of shares in accordance with Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006	13,133,694	383,493	173,365	32,500
12	To amend the articles of association of the company	12,657,106	574,358	312,931	178,657

Enquiries:

Christopher Mellor, NVM Private Equity Limited - 0191 244 6000
Website:  www.nvm.co.uk

Neither the contents of the NVM Private Equity Limited website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the NVM Private Equity Limited website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.

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Source: Northern Venture Trust PLC via Globenewswire

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