Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                                      
of existing shares to which voting rights are           Strategic Equity Capital plc    
attached:ii                                                                             
                                                                                        
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):               
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                          Yes
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result      No 
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached         
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to            No 
qualifying financial instruments                                                        
                                                                                        
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                     No 
                                                                                        
Other (please specify): Change in total voting rights announced by issuer            No 
                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the     3i Group plc (direct)                      
notification obligation:iii                  3i Investments plc (indirect)                                        
                                                           
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                          
 (if different from 3.):iv                                                              
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                           18 March 2010               
reached: v                                                                              
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                           19 March 2010               
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                     9,8,7,6,5,4,3%               
reached: vi, vii                                                                        
                                                                                        


 

8. Notified details:                                                                                     
                                                                                                         
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                             
                                                                                                         
Class/type   Situation previous                   Resulting situation after the triggering transaction   
of           to the triggering                                                                           
shares       transaction                                                                                 
                                                                                                         
             Number                 Number        Number   Number of voting         % of  voting rights x
if possible  of                     of            of       rights                                        
using        Shares                 Voting        shares                                                 
the ISIN                            Rights                                                               
CODE                                              Direct   Direct xi Indirect xii   Direct    Indirect   
                                                                                                         
GB00B0BDCB21                                                                                             
                                                                                                         
             7,189,974              7,189,974     Below 3% Below 3%                 Below 3%             
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                      
                                                                                                         
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                     
                                                                                                         
Type of        Expiration            Exercise/              Number of voting              % of voting    
financial      date xiii             Conversion Period xiv  rights that may be            rights         
instrument                                                  acquired if the                              
                                                            instrument is                                
                                                            exercised/ converted.                        
                                                                                                         
N/A            N/A                   N/A                    N/A                           N/A            
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                            
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                                      
                                                                                                         
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                     
                                                                                                         
Type of       Exercise price        Expiration  Exercise/  Number of voting rights     % of voting rights
financial                           date xvii   Conversion instrument refers to        xix, xx           
instrument                                      period                                                   
                                                xviii                                                    
                                                                                                         
                                                                                       Nominal Delta     
                                                                                                         
N/A           N/A                   N/A         N/A        N/A                                           
                                                                                       N/A     N/A       
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                            
                                                                                                         
Number of voting rights                                  Percentage of voting rights                     
                                                                                                         
Below 3%                                                 Below 3%                                        
                                                                                                         


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                N/A        
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                          N/A        
to hold:                                                                                
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                            N/A        
voting rights:                                                                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
13. Additional information:                                                             
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                                 Ceris Hayward         
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                                     020 7975 3414