Transaction in Own Shares

Northern Venture Trust PLC
28 September 2007


NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC ('The Company')


PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES


The Company announces that on 28 September 2007 it purchased for cancellation
under an existing authority granted by shareholders 17,725 C shares of 75p each
in the market at a price of 83.3p, representing approximately 0.09 per cent of
the Company's issued C share capital. There remain 20,629,048 C shares in issue.


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