Result of AGM

18 DECEMBER 2015

NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Northern Venture Trust PLC ("the Company") announces that at the annual general meeting held on 17 December 2015 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 Nigel Beer, Mr Simon Constantine, Mr Hugh Younger and Mr Tim Levett.

In accordance with the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules, a copy of the resolutions proposed and passed has 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/nvtagm2015.

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 2015 and the directors' and independent auditor's reports thereon	9,355,774	410,168	28,465	8,333
2	To declare a final dividend of 3.0p per share in respect of the year ended 30 September 2015	9,352,707	450,033	0	0
3	To approve the Directors' remuneration report in respect of the year ended 30 September 2015	8,883,513	433,526	341,066	144,635
4	To re-elect as a director Mr N J Beer	9,191,278	457,138	80,354	73,970
5	To re-elect as a director Mr S J Constantine	9,233,548	457,138	44,686	67,368
6	To re-elect as a director Mr H P Younger	9,238,779	457,138	35,817	37,817
7	To re-elect as a director Mr T R Levett	9,141,210	464,299	138,374	58,857
8	To appoint KPMG LLP as independent auditor of the Company	8,809,421	484,592	324,393	184,334
9	To authorise the audit committee to fix the remuneration of the independent auditor	9,054,599	491,185	205,838	51,118
10	To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006	9,207,766	464,125	32,969	97,880
11	To disapply Section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 in relation to certain allotments of equity securities and the sale of treasury shares	9,009,309	464,125	187,884	141,422
12	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of shares in accordance with Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006	9,240,337	490,691	59,212	12,500

Enquiries:

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

Neither the contents of the NVM Private Equity LLP website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the NVM Private Equity LLP 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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