3 APRIL 2025 NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC DIRECTOR/PDMR DEALINGS Northern Venture Trust PLC (“the Company”) has been notified that in respect of the allotment of new ordinary shares pursuant to the Prospectus dated 9 January 2025, the following PDMR acquired ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company. PDMR Date acquired No. of shares acquired Purchase price per share (£) Total current shareholding David Mayes 3 April 2025 328,119 0.6095 2,265,782 These notifications are made in...
3 APRIL 2025 NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC DIRECTOR/PDMR DEALINGS Northern Venture Trust PLC (“the Company”) has been notified that in respect of the allotment of new ordinary shares pursuant to the Prospectus dated 9 January 2025, the following PDMR acquired ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company. PDMR Date acquired No. of shares acquired Purchase price per share (£) Total current shareholding Deborah Hudson 3 April 2025 32,811 0.6096 154,701 These notifications are made in...
3 APRIL 2025 NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC ISSUE OF EQUITY AND TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS Northern Venture Trust PLC (“the Company”) announces that on 3 April 2025 it allotted 24,216,029 ordinary shares of 25p each in respect of the offer of new ordinary shares for subscription in the 2024/25 tax year, pursuant to the prospectus published on 9 January 2025 (the “Prospectus”). In accordance with the Pricing Formula set out in the Prospectus, the new ordinary shares were issued at prices between...
31 MARCH 2025 NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS In conformity with the Financial Conduct Authority’s Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules (the “DTRs”), Northern Venture Trust PLC (“the Company”) notifies the market that the capital of the Company as at 31 March 2025 consists of 197,207,946 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 25p each. All the ordinary shares have voting rights. The Company does not hold any ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of voting...
24 MARCH 2025 NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES Northern Venture Trust PLC (“the Company”) announces that on 24 March 2025 it purchased for cancellation under an existing authority granted by shareholders 1,309,526 ordinary shares of 25p each in the market at a price of 57.10p per share, representing approximately 0.66% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital. There remain 197,207,946 ordinary shares in issue. In conformity with the Financial Conduct Authority’s...
18 MARCH 2025 NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC OFFER FOR SUBSCRIPTION UPDATE Further to the announcement made by Northern Venture Trust PLC (“the Company”) on 9 January 2025 in conjunction with Northern 2 VCT PLC and Northern 3 VCT PLC, in respect of the offers of new ordinary shares for subscription in the 2024/25 tax year, the Company announces that its offer of new ordinary shares to raise a total of up to £15 million is now fully subscribed and no further applications will be accepted. The...
28 FEBRUARY 2025 NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS In conformity with the Financial Conduct Authority’s Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules (the “DTRs”), Northern Venture Trust PLC (“the Company”) notifies the market that the capital of the Company as at 28 February 2025 consists of 198,517,472 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 25p each. All the ordinary shares have voting rights. The Company does not hold any ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of...
6 FEBRUARY 2025 NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC UNAUDITED NET ASSET VALUE AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024 Northern Venture Trust PLC (“the Company”) is a Venture Capital Trust (“VCT”) launched in 1995 and advised by Mercia Fund Management Limited. The Company’s objective is to provide 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...
31 JANUARY 2025 NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS In conformity with the Financial Conduct Authority’s Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules (the “DTRs”), Northern Venture Trust PLC (“the Company”) notifies the market that the capital of the Company as at 31 January 2025 consists of 198,517,472 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 25p each. All the ordinary shares have voting rights. The Company does not hold any ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of...
22 JANUARY 2025 NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC ISSUE OF EQUITY AND TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS Northern Venture Trust PLC (“the Company”) announces that on 22 January 2025 it allotted 877,021 ordinary shares of 25p each to shareholders who agreed to subscribe for shares under the terms of the Company’s Dividend Investment Scheme. The subscription price was 58.3p per share. Following the above allotment there are 198,517,472 ordinary shares in issue. An application will be made at the earliest...
17 JANUARY 2025 NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES Northern Venture Trust PLC (“the Company”) announces that on 17 January 2025 it purchased for cancellation under an existing authority granted by shareholders 538,618 ordinary shares of 25p each in the market at a price of 55.39p per share, representing approximately 0.27% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital. There remain 197,640,451 ordinary shares in issue. In conformity with the Financial Conduct Authority’s...
14 JANUARY 2025 NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC OFFER FOR SUBSCRIPTION Further to the announcement made by Northern Venture Trust PLC (“the Company”) on 9 January 2025 in conjunction with Northern 2 VCT PLC and Northern 3 VCT PLC (together with the Company known as “the Northern VCTs”), in respect of the offers of new ordinary shares for subscription in the 2024/25 tax year (“the Offers”), the Company announces that its offer is now open to applications. Applications for new shares in the...
9 JANUARY 2025 NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC PUBLICATION OF PROSPECTUS Northern Venture Trust PLC (“the Company”) announces that, in conjunction with Northern 2 VCT PLC and Northern 3 VCT PLC (together with the Company known as “the Northern VCTs” or “the Companies”), it has published a prospectus (“the Prospectus”) in relation to offers of new ordinary shares for subscription in the 2024/25 tax year (“the Offers”). The Offers seek to raise a total of £36 million (£15 million...
31 DECEMBER 2024 NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS In conformity with the Financial Conduct Authority’s Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules (the “DTRs”), Northern Venture Trust PLC (“the Company”) notifies the market that the capital of the Company as at 31 December 2024 consists of 198,179,069 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 25p each. All the ordinary shares have voting rights. The Company does not hold any ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of...
4 DECEMBER 2024 NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES Northern Venture Trust PLC (“the Company”) announces that on 3 December 2024 it purchased for cancellation under an existing authority granted by shareholders 979,366 ordinary shares of 25p each in the market at a price of 56.91p per share, representing approximately 0.49% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital. There remain 198,179,069 ordinary shares in issue. In conformity with the Financial Conduct Authority’s...
29 NOVEMBER 2024 NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS In conformity with the Financial Conduct Authority’s Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules (the “DTRs”), Northern Venture Trust PLC (“the Company”) notifies the market that the capital of the Company as at 29 November 2024 consists of 199,158,435 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 25p each. All the ordinary shares have voting rights. The Company does not hold any ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of...
21 NOVEMBER 2024 NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC HALF-YEARLY REPORT A copy of Northern Venture Trust PLC’s unaudited half-yearly report for the six months ended 30 September 2024 has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism. A copy of the report is also available on the Mercia website at www.mercia.co.uk/vcts/nvt/ Enquiries: Sarah Williams / James Sly, Mercia Fund Management Limited - 0330 223 1430 Website: www.mercia.co.uk/vcts Neither the contents of the Mercia Asset Management PLC...
21 NOVEMBER 2024 NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC DIVIDEND DECLARATION Northern Venture Trust PLC (“the Company”) is pleased to declare an interim dividend of 1.6 pence per ordinary share in respect of the year ending 31 March 2025. The interim dividend will be paid on 22 January 2025 to shareholders on the register on 20 December 2024. The ex-dividend date is 19 December 2024. The Company’s dividend investment scheme, which enables shareholders to invest their dividends in new ordinary shares...
21 NOVEMBER 2024 NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC UNAUDITED HALF-YEARLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024 Northern Venture Trust PLC is a Venture Capital Trust (VCT) whose investment adviser is Mercia Fund Management Limited. The trust was one of the first VCTs launched on the London Stock Exchange in 1995. It invests mainly in unquoted venture capital holdings and aims to provide long-term tax-free returns to shareholders through a combination of dividend yield and capital...
31 OCTOBER 2024 NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS In conformity with the Financial Conduct Authority’s Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules (the “DTRs”), Northern Venture Trust PLC (“the Company”) notifies the market that the capital of the Company as at 31 October 2024 consists of 199,158,435 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 25p each. All the ordinary shares have voting rights. The Company does not hold any ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of...