Issue of shares

Northern 3 VCT PLC
14 January 2005


Northern 3 VCT PLC ('The Company')

Issue of Shares

The Company announces that on 14 January 2005 the Company allotted 46,908
ordinary shares of 5p each to shareholders who agreed to subscribe for shares
under the terms of the Company's Dividend Investment Scheme.  The subscription
price was 93.4p per share. There remain 23,131,743 ordinary shares in issue.

Application will be made at the earliest practicable opportunity for these
shares, which will rank pari passu with existing ordinary shares, to be admitted
to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London
Stock Exchange's market for listed securities.

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