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                                        x

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:                                  RIT Capital Partners plc

4. Full name of shareholder(s)                            Harewood Nominees Ltd, account
 (if different from 3.):                                  4166440

5. Date of the transaction and date on                    21/01/2015                    
which the threshold is crossed or                                                       
reached: 

6. Date on which issuer notified:                         21/01/2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:                                                  17%

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 shares   rights
the ISIN      Shares       Voting
CODE                       Rights      
                                       Direct      Direct     Indirect   Direct   Indirect

GB00B0BDCB21  0            0           9,818,227   9,818,227  0          17.17    0


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                         
                                                                                                            
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                        
                                                                                                            
Type of financial  Expiration      Exercise/             Number of voting        % of voting
instrument         date            Conversion Period     rights that may be      rights
                                                         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 rights   
financial                      date          Conversion period   instrument refers to
instrument
                                                                                           Nominal   Delta



Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights          Percentage of voting rights

9,818,227                        17.17%


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:                             Christopher Wise       
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                 020 7514 1944