Transaction in Own Shares

Northern 3 VCT PLC
01 February 2006


NORTHERN 3 VCT PLC (The 'Company')

PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

The Company announces that on 31 January 2006 it purchased for cancellation
under an existing authority granted by shareholders 9,485 ordinary shares of 5p
each in the market at a price of 85.2p, representing approximately 0.03 per cent
of the Company's issued share capital.  There remain 31,328,431 ordinary shares
in issue.

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