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                                          yes
                                                                                        
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     
notification obligation:                                    1607 Capital Partners, LLC 
                                                                      
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):                                  Northern Trust          3,173,773 
                                                       
                                                         Bny Mellon              2,458,217 
                                                        
                                                         State Street            1,082,881 
                                                                            
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                        October 8, 2013          
reached:
                             
6. Date on which issuer notified:                        October 10, 2013         
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                               
reached:                                                 12%, 11% 

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     

GB00B0BDCB21   7,664,871              7,664,871          6,714,871              10.82%    
                                                                                   


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.                          
none                                                                                     


                                               
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 rights
financial                     date         Conversion   instrument refers to                       
instrument                                 period                          
                                                                
                                                                                  Nominal Delta
none                                                                                       

                                                                              
Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights    Percentage of voting rights                  
                                                                                               
Same as A                                                                                      
                                                                                               

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


                          
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:                                                                       
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number: