Transaction in Own Shares

17 Jan 2006 16:01

Northern 3 VCT PLC17 January 2006 NORTHERN 3 VCT PLC (The "Company") PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES The Company announces that on 17 January 2006 it purchased for cancellationunder an existing authority granted by shareholders 25,000 ordinary shares of 5peach in the market at a price of 84.7p, representing approximately 0.08 per centof the Company's issued share capital. There remain 31,324,479 ordinary sharesin issue. END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange