Transaction in Own Shares

Northern Venture Trust PLC
27 July 2007


NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC ('The Company')

PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

The Company announces that on 26 July 2007 it purchased for cancellation under
an existing authority granted by shareholders 35,000 ordinary shares of 25p each
in the market at a price of 74.7p, representing approximately 0.09 per cent of
the Company's issued ordinary share capital.  There remain 38,557,622 ordinary
shares in issue.

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