Issue of Equity

16 Dec 2005 10:09

Northern Venture Trust PLC16 December 2005 Northern Venture Trust PLC ("The Company") Issue of Shares The Company announces that on 16 December 2005 the Company allotted 329,148ordinary shares of 25p each to shareholders who agreed to subscribe for sharesunder the terms of the Company's Dividend Investment Scheme. The subscriptionprice was 80.2p per share. There remain 39,126,102 ordinary shares in issue. Application will be made at the earliest practicable opportunity for theseshares, which will rank pari passu with existing ordinary shares, to be admittedto the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the LondonStock Exchange's market for listed securities. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange