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

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):                        Change in controlled undertakings       x
                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                          
notification obligation:                                          Brewin Dolphin Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s)
 (if different from 3.):

5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                     
reached:                                                              14th November 2014

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                     17th November 2014

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                                
reached:                                                                              6%

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

ORD GBP 0.10
GB00B0BDCB21   3,064,614  3,064,614     N/A       N/A      3,431,656    N/A       6.0019%


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



Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights            Percentage of voting rights

3,431,656                          6.0019%



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                17,800  0.0311 % 
                                                                                     
Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited  A/c NOM                      1,457,867  2.5498 % 
                                                                                     
Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited A/c ISA                         639,998  1.1193 % 
                                                                                     
Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited  A/c GROSS                    1,021,750  1.7870 % 
                                                                                     
Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited A/c CHARITY                      63,275  0.1107 % 
                                                                                     
Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited A/c OFFBOND                     230,966  0.4040 %

                                                   GRAND TOTAL   3,431,656  6.0019 %

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:   Figures based on shares in issue of 57,176,013.         
                              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:                                                         Mark Taylor
                                                                                     
15. Contact telephone number:                                           0191 279 7332