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Northern 2 VCTAnnouncement

24/07/2017 12:00

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24 JULY 2017

NORTHERN 2 VCT PLC

UNAUDITED NET ASSET VALUE AS AT 30 JUNE 2017

Northern 2 VCT PLC ("the Company") is a Venture Capital Trust ("VCT") launched
in 1999 and managed by NVM Private Equity LLP.  The Company's objective is to
provide high long-term tax-free returns to investors through a combination of
dividend yield and capital growth, by investing in a portfolio of investments
mainly comprising unquoted venture capital holdings.  In order to maintain
approval by HM Revenue & Customs as a VCT, the Company is required to comply
on a continuing basis with the provisions of Section 274 of the Income Tax Act
2007.

The unaudited net asset value (NAV) per ordinary share as at 30 June 2017 was
76.4 pence (31 March 2017 (audited) 76.6 pence).  The NAV is stated before
deducting the second interim and final dividends totalling 8.5 pence per share
in respect of the year ended 31 March 2017, which were paid to eligible
shareholders on 21 July 2017.

For the purposes of calculating the NAV per share, quoted investments are
carried at bid price as at 30 June 2017 and unquoted investments are carried
at fair value as at 30 June 2017 as determined by the directors.

During the three months ended 30 June 2017 the following venture capital
portfolio transactions took place:

New investments:

 Name of company                   Business activity                                                         Amount invested £000 
 Velocity Composites (AIM quoted)  Supplier of advanced composite material kits to the aerospace industry                      97 

Subsequent to 30 June 2017 the Company has completed new investments of
£1,048,000 in Knowledgemotion, an aggregator and distributor of educational
video materials, and £489,000 in Contego Fraud Solutions, a developer of
identity verification software and solutions.

Realisations:

                                                            Sale  Original  Carrying value at 
 Name of company                                        proceeds      cost      31 March 2017 
                                                            £000      £000               £000 
 Optilan Group - sale of company                           2,196     1,000              2,196 
 Kirton - loan stock repayment                               774       774                774 
 Gear4music (Holdings) plc (AIM quoted) - market sale        234        47                179 

The number of ordinary shares in issue at 30 June 2017 was 99,131,060. 
During the three months ended 30 June 2017 5,570,393 new shares were allotted
at an average price of 77.1 pence per share pursuant to a top-up share
offer.  No shares were re-purchased for cancellation during the period.

On 21 July 2017 2,269,295 new shares were allotted at a price of 68.1 pence
per share pursuant to the Company's dividend investment scheme.

Enquiries:
Alastair Conn/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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