Holding(s) in Company

TR-1 (i) NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):

Strategic Equity Capital Plc

2. Reason for the notification                                        State    
                                                                     Yes/No    
                                                                               
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                            Yes     
                                                                               
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may                  
result in the                                                                  
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are                
attached                                                                       
                                                                               
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                               
                                                                               
Other (please specify):                                                        

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation  Schroders plc
(iii):                                                                         
                                                                               
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):                    
                                                                               
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is      02.10.09   
crossed                                                                        
or reached if different) (v):                                                  
                                                                               
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                   05.10.09   
                                                                               
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                     Above 10%  
                                                                               
8. Notified details:                                                           

A: Voting rights attached to shares

 Class/type of   Situation previous   Resulting situation after the triggering  
    shares               to                       transaction (vii)             
  if possible      the Triggering                                               
using the ISIN    transaction (vi)                                              
     CODE                                                                       
                                                                                
                  Number    Number     Number   Number of voting   % of voting  
                    of        of         of       rights (ix)        rights     
                  Shares    Voting     shares                                   
                            Rights                                              
                            (viii)                                              
                                                                                
                                       Direct   Direct Indirect  Direct Indirect
                                                 (x)     (xi)                   
                                                                                
 GB00B0BDCB21   22,477,440 5,936,440 24,677,440  N/A   8,136,440  N/A    10.60% 
                                                                                

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

   Type of     Expiration       Exercise/        Number of voting       % of   
  financial    date (xiii)      Conversion      rights that may be     voting  
 instrument                 Period/ Date (xiv)    acquired if the      rights  
                                                    instrument                 
                                                   is exercised/               
                                                     converted                 
                                                                               

Total (A+B)                                                                    
                                                                               
Number of voting rights                 % of voting rights                     
                                                                               
8,136,440                               10.60%                                 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are
effectively held, if applicable (xv):

Schroder & Co Limited 6,456,440 8.41%                                          
                                                                               
Schroder (Channel Islands) Limited 1,680,000 2.19%                             

Proxy Voting:


10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                  
                                                                               
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:                   
                                                                               
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting                       
rights:                                                                        

13. Additional information:                                   The Shares       
                                                              referred to in   
                                                              section 9 are    
                                                              held in          
                                                              portfolios       
                                                              managed by those 
                                                              firms on a       
                                                              discretionary    
                                                              basis for clients
                                                              under investment 
                                                              management       
                                                              agreements.      
                                                                               
14. Contact name:                                             Taryn O'Donoghue 
                                                                               
15. Contact telephone number:                                 020 7658 6000