Transaction in Own Shares

Northern 3 VCT PLC
10 January 2006


NORTHERN 3 VCT PLC (The 'Company')

PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

The Company announces that on 6 January 2006 it purchased for cancellation under
an existing authority granted by shareholders 20,000 ordinary shares of 5p each
in the market at a price of 86.3p, representing approximately 0.06 per cent of
the Company's issued share capital.  There remain 31,376,979 ordinary shares in
issue.

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