Bear Stearns Private Equity Limited (the 'Company')
Voting Rights and Capital
30 September 2008
In conformity with Rule 5.6 of the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules we would like to notify the market of the following:
The Company's capital consists of 283,773,301 shares of 0.01p (excluding treasury shares) each classified as equity shares, and 65,418,824 shares of 0.01p (excluding treasury shares) each classified as zero dividend preference shares. The Company holds 10,268,912 equity shares and no zero dividend preference shares in treasury.
Therefore the total number of voting rights in the Company is 283,773,301 for the equity share class and 65,418,824 for the zero dividend preference share class.
These figures may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency rules.
Paul Wrench - HSBC Management (Guernsey) Limited - 01481 710 901