Result of AGM

13 DECEMBER 2013

NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Northern Venture Trust PLC ("the Company") announces that at the annual general meeting held on 12 December 2013 all of the resolutions set out in the notice of meeting were duly passed by shareholders.

The resolutions included the re-election as directors of Mr John Hustler and Mr Tim Levett.

Details of proxy voting on the resolutions put to shareholders at the annual general meeting are as follows:

Number	Resolution	For	Discretionary	Against	Vote withheld
1	To receive the annual accounts and financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2013 and the directors' and independent auditor's reports thereon	13,071,972	346,799	5,017	0
2	To declare a final dividend of 3.0p per share in respect of the year ended 30 September 2013	13,094,972	328,799	17	0
3	To approve the Directors' remuneration report in respect of the year ended 30 September 2013	12,306,921	462,912	412,012	241,943
4	To approve the Directors' remuneration policy contained in the Directors' remuneration report for the year ended 30 September 2013	12,225,827	462,912	426,247	308,802
5	To re-elect as a director Mr J R Hustler	12,827,450	346,799	203,594	45,945
6	To re-elect as a director Mr T R Levett	12,857,399	346,799	165,891	53,699
7	To appoint KPMG LLP as independent auditor of the Company	12,752,923	311,421	267,158	92,286
8	To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the independent auditor	13,022,584	351,596	37,606	12,002
9	To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006	12,882,698	346,799	107,681	86,610
10	To disapply Section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 in relation to certain allotments of equity securities and the sale of treasury shares	12,598,705	367,613	252,071	205,399
11	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of shares in accordance with Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006	12,921,650	346,799	155,339	0
12	To cancel the amounts standing to the credit of the share premium account and the capital redemption reserve	12,896,328	375,185	32,883	119,392

Enquiries:

Christopher Mellor, NVM Private Equity Limited - 0191 244 6000
Website:  www.nvm.co.uk

Neither the contents of the NVM Private Equity Limited website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the NVM Private Equity Limited website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.

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Source: Northern Venture Trust PLC via Globenewswire

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