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
attached:                                                   Strategic Equity 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                   1607 Capital Partners, LLC     
notification obligation:                                                                 

4. Full name of shareholder(s)                         
(if different from 3.):                               Northern Trust     2,672,272
                                  
                                                      Bny Mellon         2,103,995  
                                                                                         
                                                      State Street       938,604
                                   
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                   
which the threshold is crossed or                                       
reached:                                              November 18, 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:                     November 20, 2013 

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:                                              10%                                   

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           of          of           of         rights                                         
the ISIN        Shares      Voting       shares                                                  
CODE                        Rights                                                               
                                         Direct     Direct    Indirect     Direct   Indirect       
                                                                                                   
GB00B0BDCB21    5,964,871   5,964,871                         5,714,871             9.60%     
                                                                                                   
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                                                    

                                                                                    Nominal    Delta
None                                                                                           



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: