Result of AGM

20 DECEMBER 2017

NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Northern Venture Trust PLC ("the Company") announces that at the annual general meeting held on 19 December 2017 all of the resolutions set out in the notice of meeting were duly passed by shareholders.

The resolutions included those to re-elect as directors Mr Richard Green, Mr Tim Levett and Mr David Mayes.

In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, a copy of the resolutions proposed and passed has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and is also available on the NVM Private Equity website at: www.nvm.co.uk/nvt/meetings.

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 and approve the annual accounts and financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2017 together with the directors' and independent auditor's reports thereon	14,175,029	506,830	0	64,356
2	To declare and approve a final dividend of 3.0p per share in respect of the year ended 30 September 2017	14,229,094	506,830	4,318	5,973
3	To approve the Directors' remuneration report in respect of the year ended 30 September 2017	13,309,458	506,830	366,292	563,635
4	To re-elect as a director Mr R J Green	13,995,107	509,138	64,833	177,137
5	To re-elect as a director Mr T R Levett	13,745,143	509,138	316,435	175,499
6	To re-elect as a director Mr D A Mayes	13,939,177	509,138	27,511	270,389
7	To appoint KPMG LLP as independent auditor of the Company	13,647,117	525,166	345,749	228,183
8	To authorise the audit committee to fix the remuneration of the independent auditor	14,101,935	516,830	65,540	61,910
9	To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006	14,091,667	509,138	64,939	80,471
10	To disapply Section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 in relation to certain allotments of equity securities and the sale of treasury shares	13,883,168	520,562	229,722	112,763
11	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of shares in accordance with Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006	13,925,513	509,138	298,557	13,007

Enquiries:

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

Neither the contents of the NVM Private Equity LLP website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the NVM Private Equity LLP 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