Block Listing Application

Strategic Equity Capital plc

Block Listing Application

7 August 2015

Strategic Equity Capital plc (the "Company") has made an application to the UK Listing Authority for a block listing for general business purposes of 6,000,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence each (the "Shares") to be admitted to the Official List of the UKLA and to the London Stock Exchange for the Shares to be admitted to trading on its main market for listed securities.

Shares will be issued under the block listing pursuant to the terms of the share issuance programme as set out in the prospectus published by the Company on 3 August 2015.  Shares under the block listing will be issued to satisfy continuing market demand, to manage the premium to NAV at which the Shares have generally traded since December 2014 and also to raise further money for investment in accordance with the Company’s published investment policy.

The block listing is expected to become effective at 8:00 a.m. on 10 August 2015.

For further details please contact:

Capita Sinclair Henderson Limited (Secretary)         01392 477 500