Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                         

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                      Strategic Equity
of existing shares to which voting rights are                                Capital plc
attached:
                                                                             
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
              
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                            x

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            Brewin Dolphin Limited
notification obligation:                                                            
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                          
 (if different from 3.):                                                              
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                   10th April 2014
reached:                                                                               
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                   11th April 2014
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or              5%
reached:                                                                         

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                                                                       
                                                                                                
              Number         Number      Number       Number of voting          % of  voting      
if possible   of             of          of shares    rights                    rights           
using         Shares         Voting                                                               
the ISIN                     Rights      Direct       Direct   Indirect         Direct   Indirect   
CODE                                                                                        
                                                                                               
ORD GBP0.10
GB00B0BDCB21  Below 5%       Below 5%    n/a          n/a      3,064,614        n/a      5.1455%


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       Expiration  Exercise/    Number of voting rights      % of voting     
financial      price          date        Conversion   instrument refers to         rights  
instrument                                period                                                  
                                                                                               
                                                                                    Nominal   Delta     

Total (A+B+C)                                                                                  
  
Number of voting rights             Percentage of voting rights                     
                                                                                               
3,064,614                           5.1455%                                         
                                                                                               

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                           
                                                                                        
Indirect - Brewin Nominees (Channel Islands) Limited -                 13,500  0.0227% 
                                                                                        
Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited -                                  934,468  1.5690% 
                                                                                        
Indirect - Giltspur Nominees Limited -                              1,276,992  2.1441% 
                                                                                        
Indirect - BDS  Nominees Limited -                                    533,736  0.8961% 
                                                                                        
Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited A/c Charity -                       63,275  0.1062% 
                                                                                        
Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited A/c Offbond -                      156,268  0.2624% 
                                                                                        
Indirect - Brewin 1762 Nominees Limited -                              86,375  0.1450% 
                                                                                        
GRAND TOTAL                                                         3,064,614  5.1455% 
                                                                                        
                                                                                         
                                                                                        
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:                                                                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                              Figures based on shares in issue of 59,558,111 total      
13. Additional information:   shares. The indirect voting rights under (9) relate to    
                              shares held in client portfolios, managed by those firms, 
                              under discretionary investment management agreements.     
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                                        Graham Brabbs
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                                            0191 230 7190