Transaction in Own Shares

Strategic Equity Capital Plc

The Company announces that it purchased yesterday 25,000 Ordinary 1p shares for
treasury at a price of 66.0p per share.

Following this transaction the number of Ordinary shares in issue remains
72,626,000, of which 405,000 are now held in treasury.

The number of Ordinary shares for the purpose of total voting rights is
72,221,000.

29 February 2008