Purchase of Own Securities

Northern Venture Trust PLC
6 June 2002



NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC

PURCHASE OF OWN SECURITIES

The Company announces that on 6 June 2002 it purchased for cancellation under an
existing authority granted by shareholders 65,000 ordinary shares of 25p each in
the market at a price of 72p, representing approximately 0.16 per cent of the
Company's issued share capital.  There remain 40,929,428 ordinary shares in
issue.



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