Transaction in Own Shares

Northern Venture Trust PLC
14 September 2004


NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC ('The Company')

PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES


The Company announces that on 14 September 2004 it purchased for cancellation
under an existing authority granted by shareholders 14,000 ordinary shares of
25p each in the market at a price of 78p, representing approximately 0.04 per
cent of the Company's issued share capital.  There remain 39,548,462 ordinary
shares in issue.


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