Transaction in Own Shares

Northern Venture Trust PLC
01 February 2007


NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC ('The Company')

PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

The Company announces that on 31 January 2007 it purchased for cancellation
under an existing authority granted by shareholders 103,000 ordinary shares of
25p each in the market at a price of 71.8p, representing approximately 0.27 per
cent of the Company's issued ordinary share capital. There remain 38,865,412
ordinary shares in issue.




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