Transaction in Own Shares

Northern 2 VCT PLC
25 January 2006



NORTHERN 2 VCT PLC ('The Company')

PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

The Company announces that on 24 January 2006 it purchased for cancellation
under an existing authority granted by shareholders 55,000 ordinary shares of 5p
each in the market at a price of 79.2p, representing approximately 0.13 per cent
of the Company's issued share capital.  There remain 42,817,325 ordinary shares
in issue.


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