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

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 (share repurchase by the
issuer)                                                                                x

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                      Asserva Private Trust Company
notification obligation:                                      Limited (as trustee of an
                                                              irrevocable discretionary
                                                              trust)
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                Lynchwood Nominees Ltd. as
 (if different from 3.):                                      nominee for Growth Value
                                                              Securities Ltd.
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:                                                      3 July 2014

6. Date on which issuer notified:                             7 July 2014
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                               
reached:                                                      17%

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

Ordinary       
GB00B0BDCB21   9,818,227  9,818,227              n/a      9,818,227   n/a       17.17%      

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.



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      
financial                         date          Conversion   instrument refers to       rights
instrument                                      period

                                                                                      Nominal  Delta


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

9,818,227                          17.17% (rounded)

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

Growth Value Securities Ltd is a 100% owned subsidiary of Paramount-FinanzAG.
Paramount-Finanz AG is a 100% owned subsidiary of Hansa Aktiengesellschaft
which in turn is wholly owned by Asserva Private Trust Company Limited as
trustee of an irrevocable discretionary trust.

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:                                    Kuno Sutter

15. Contact telephone number:                        [phone]