Transaction in Own Shares

Northern Venture Trust PLC
01 June 2007


NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC ('The Company')

PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

The Company announces that on 31 May 2007 it purchased for cancellation under an
existing authority granted by shareholders 260,730 ordinary shares of 25p each
in the market at a price of 74.7p, representing approximately 0.68 per cent of
the Company's issued ordinary share capital.  There remain 38,402,882 ordinary
shares in issue.

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