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23 AUGUST 2017

NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC

SHAREHOLDER MEETING, SHARE ISSUE, CANCELLATION OF SHARE PREMIUM ACCOUNT AND
EXTENSION OF THE LIFE OF THE COMPANY

Northern Venture Trust PLC ("the Company") announces that a circular ("the
Circular") has today been posted to shareholders giving notice of a
shareholder general meeting to be held on 20 September 2017 to consider
resolutions to facilitate a proposed share issue to raise up to £20 million
(before expenses), to seek approval for the cancellation of the share premium
account which will arise on the issue of new ordinary shares in the proposed
share issue and to amend the articles of association to extend the life of the
Company.

Share issue to raise up to £20 million

Further to the announcement made by the Company on 26 July 2017, the Circular
contains resolutions which, if passed, would provide shareholder authority to
facilitate the launch by the Company, subject to the requisite regulatory
approvals, of a joint prospectus offer by the Company, Northern 2 VCT PLC and
Northern 3 VCT PLC (together with the Company known as "the Northern VCTs") of
new ordinary shares for subscription in the 2017/18 tax year ("the Offer"). 
It is envisaged that the Offer will seek to raise up to £20 million for each
of the Northern VCTs.

Applications for the new shares in the Company will be dealt with on a "first
come first served" basis.  However, applications from shareholders on the
Company's register of members as at the close of business on 25 July 2017 will
have priority for a period of twenty one days from the date of publication of
the prospectus.  Thereafter, applications received by the Company during the
21 day priority period from shareholders on the registers of members of
Northern 2 VCT PLC and Northern 3 VCT PLC as at the close of business on 25
July 2017 will be satisfied prior to the Offer becoming open to all
applicants.  The Offer will remain open until 5 April 2018, unless fully
subscribed at an earlier date and subject to the directors' right to close the
Offer at any time.

The new shares in the Company will be issued at a premium to the most recent
net asset value per share published prior to the allotment date, such that the
net proceeds per new ordinary share, after deducting issue costs, will be
equivalent to the net asset value attributable to each existing ordinary
share.  The issue price will be subject to adjustment from time to time as
appropriate to reflect dividend distributions and changes in the published net
asset value per share.

Further details of the Offer will be contained in the prospectus which is
expected to be issued by 30 September 2017.

Cancellation of share premium account

The Circular contains a resolution which, if passed, would provide shareholder
authority for the cancellation of the share premium account arising on the
issue of new ordinary shares, including those shares to be issued in
connection with the Offer.  Subject to the approval of the Court, this will
create additional distributable reserves in order to facilitate the buyback of
the Company's own shares and/or the payment of dividends.

Extension of the life of the Company

The articles of association presently require that a resolution for the
continuation of the Company be put to the annual general meeting of the
Company held in 2019 and, unless defeated, at five-yearly intervals
thereafter.  The proposed amendment to the articles of association requires
the next continuation resolution to be considered at the annual general
meeting of the Company expected to be held in December 2023 and every five
years thereafter.
A more detailed explanation of the resolutions to be proposed at the general
meeting is contained in the Circular.

Copies of the Circular and the revised articles of association have been
submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for
inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and are also available on the NVM
Private Equity LLP website at www.nvm.co.uk/nvt/meetings.
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