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
attached:                                                      Capital PLC
                                                                                        
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
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to
qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the              
notification obligation:                        1607 Capital Partners, LLC

4. Full name of shareholder(s)                         
(if different from 3.):                         Northern Trust       3,631,673
                                                Bny Mellon           2,891,917 
                                                State Street         1,266,281 
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                        
reached:                                                   August 30, 2013                         
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                          September 4, 2013         
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:                                                   14%, 13%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                            
                                                                                               
Class/type     Situation previous        Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
of             to the triggering                                                                 
shares         transaction                                                                       
                                                                                               
if possible    Number         Number     Number   Number of voting    % of  voting rights
using the      of             of         of       rights                                     
ISIN CODE      Shares         Voting     shares                                              
                              Rights                                                           
                                         Direct   Direct  Indirect    Direct   Indirect     

GB00B0BDCB21   9,039,871      9,039,871                   7,789,871            12.56%    

                                                                                               
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                            
                                                                                               
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                           
                                                                                               
Type of        Expiration    Exercise/          Number of voting         % of voting   
financial      date          Conversion Period  rights that may be       rights        
instrument                                      acquired if the                           
                                                instrument is                             
                                                exercised/ converted.                     
none                                                                                      
                                                                                               
                                                                                             
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                  
Instruments                                                                                    
                                                                                               
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                           
                                                                                               
Type of      Exercise price  Expiration   Exercise/    Number of voting rights   % of voting rights
financial                    date         Conversion   instrument refers to
instrument                                period

none                                                                             Nominal Delta


Total (A+B+C)                                                                                  
                                                                                               
Number of voting rights        Percentage of voting rights

Same as A                                                                                      


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                              
                                                                                     
                                                                                        
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:
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                                                       
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number: