Publication of Prospectus

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN IT IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE SAME WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS AN ADVERTISEMENT AND NOT A PROSPECTUS.  THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OR FORM PART OF, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS, ANY OFFER FOR SALE OR SUBSCRIPTION OF, OR SOLICITATION OF ANY OFFER TO BUY OR SUBSCRIBE FOR, ANY SHARES IN STRATEGIC EQUITY CAPITAL PLC OR SECURITIES IN ANY OTHER ENTITY, IN ANY JURISDICTION, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES, NOR SHALL IT, OR ANY PART OF IT, OR THE FACT OF ITS DISTRIBUTION, FORM THE BASIS OF, OR BE RELIED ON IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY CONTRACT OR INVESTMENT DECISION WHATSOEVER, IN ANY JURISDICTION.  THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING ANY SECURITIES.

ANY INVESTMENT DECISION MUST BE MADE EXCLUSIVELY ON THE BASIS OF THE FINAL PROSPECTUS PUBLISHED BY THE COMPANY AND ANY SUPPLEMENT THERETO IN CONNECTION WITH ADMISSION.

Strategic Equity Capital plc

Publication of a Prospectus

3 August 2015

Prospectus in relation to the Share Issuance Programme

Further to the announcement made by Strategic Equity Capital plc (the “Company”) on 7 July 2015, the Company has published a prospectus (the “Prospectus”) today in relation to its share issuance programme for up to 20 million new ordinary shares (“New Shares”) in the capital of the Company (the “Share Issuance Programme”).

The Share Issuance Programme is flexible and may have a number of closing dates in order to provide the Company with the ability to issue New Shares over a period time:

-               to raise additional funds in a timely manner to enable the Company to take advantage of opportunities to make further investments in accordance  with the Company’s investment policy;

-               to satisfy market demand; and

-               to manage the premium to Net Asset Value per share at which the existing shares have generally traded this year.

The Share Issuance Programme will conclude either on 2 August 2016 or when 20 million New Shares have been issued pursuant to the programme.  There is no guarantee that the final number of New Shares issued will be 20 million.

The Prospectus will shortly be available from the Company’s website:  http://www.strategicequitycapital.com/.  In addition, the Prospectus has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Enquiries:

GVQ Investment Management Limited                                020 3824 4500

Stuart Widdowson
Theresa Russell

Canaccord Genuity Limited                                                    020 7523 8000

Andrew Zychowski
Lucy Lewis

Capital Sinclair Henderson Limited (Secretary)                    01392 412 122

Important notices

Canaccord Genuity Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting exclusively for the Company and for no-one else in connection with the contents of this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to the respective clients of Canaccord Genuity Limited, or for affording advice in relation to the contents of this announcement or any matters referred to herein. 

No person has been authorised to give any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this announcement and, if given or made, such information or representations must not be relied on as having been authorised by any member of the Company's group or Canaccord Genuity Limited or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents.  Subject to the Listing Rules and/or the Prospectus Rules and/or the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and/or the Takeover Code and/or FSMA, neither the delivery of this announcement nor any subscription or acquisition made under it shall, in any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no change in the affairs of the Company since the date of this announcement or that the information in it is correct as of any subsequent date.

This announcement is for information only and does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to issue, acquire or dispose of any securities or investment advice in any jurisdiction.

The distribution of this announcement and other documents and/or information in connection with the Admission in other jurisdictions may be restricted by law and therefore neither this announcement nor any other documents and/or information in connection with Admission may be published, distributed or transmitted by any means or media directly or indirectly, in whole or in parts in or into any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will result in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations. Persons into whose possession any document and/or other information referred to herein comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdictions. This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer would be unlawful. In particular, this announcement does not constitute an offer to buy securities, and it is not for distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States of America, Canada, Australia, the Republic of South Africa, or Japan.

The New Shares have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (as amended) (the "Securities Act") or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, US Persons (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act). In addition, the Company has not been and will not be registered under the US Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the recipient of this document will not be entitled to the benefits of that Act. This document should not be distributed into the United States or to US Persons.

Neither the content of the Company’s website nor any website accessible by hyperlinks on the Company’s website is incorporated in, or forms part of, this announcement.