PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

Northern Venture Trust PLC
07 June 2004


NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC (The 'Company')

PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES


The Company announces that on 7 June 2004 it purchased for cancellation under an
existing authority granted by shareholders 100,000 ordinary shares of 25p each
in the market at a price of 66p, representing approximately 0.25 per cent of the
Company's issued share capital.  There remain 39,732,462 ordinary shares in
issue.

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