Voting Rights

Bear Stearns Private Equity Limited
30 April 2008


Bear Stearns Private Equity Limited (the 'Company')

St Martin's House, Le Bordage, St Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 4AU


Voting Rights and Capital

30 April 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 283,900,592 shares of 0.01p (excluding
treasury shares) each classified as equity shares, and 59,196,837 shares of
0.01p (excluding treasury shares) each classified as zero dividend preference
shares.  The Company holds 1,397,764 equity shares and 274,822 zero dividend
preference shares in treasury.

Therefore the total number of voting rights in the Company is 283,900,592 for
the equity share class and 59,196,837 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


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