Transaction in Own Shares

Strategic Equity Capital Plc

The Company announces that it purchased on 2 April 2008 160,000 Ordinary 1p
shares for treasury at a price of 62.14p per share.

Following this transaction the number of Ordinary shares in issue remains
72,626,000, of which 660,000 are now held in treasury.

The number of Ordinary shares for the purpose of total voting rights is
71,966,000.

3 April 2008