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Northern Venture TrustAnnouncement

24/07/2017 12:00

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24 JULY 2017

NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC

UNAUDITED NET ASSET VALUE AS AT 30 JUNE 2017

Northern Venture Trust PLC ("the Company") is a Venture Capital Trust ("VCT")
launched in 1995 and advised 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 per ordinary share as at 30 June 2017 was 70.8
pence (31 March 2017 (unaudited) 79.1 pence).  The net asset value is stated
after deducting the first and second interim dividends totalling 8.0 pence per
share in respect of the year ending 30 September 2017, which were paid to
eligible shareholders on 30 June 2017.

For the purposes of calculating the net asset value 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                     103 

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 £519,000 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                               859       859                215 
 Gear4music (Holdings) plc (AIM quoted) - market sale        250        50                192 

The number of ordinary shares in issue at 30 June 2017 was 105,026,156. 
During the three months ended 30 June 2017 5,409,557 new shares were issued at
an average price of 79.4 pence per share pursuant to a top-up share offer and
2,406,904 new shares were issued at a price of 71.1 pence per share pursuant
to the Company's dividend investment scheme.  No shares were re-purchased for
cancellation during the period.

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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Source: Northern Venture Trust PLC via Globenewswire