Strategic Eqty Regulatory News (SEC)

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 Strategic Equity Capital Plc
attached:

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 CG Asset Management Limited

notification obligation:

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

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or 5th April 2012

reached:

6. Date on which issuer notified: 11th April 2012

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or >5%

reached:

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares to the triggering
transaction

if possible Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights
using of of of shares rights
the ISIN CODE Shares Voting
Rights Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect



3,426,420 3,426,420 3,656,420 3,656,420 5.21%
Ord



GB00B0BDCB21

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


Nominal Delta




Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights

3,656,420 5.21%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Nortrust Nominees for CG Portfolio Fund Ltd - 0.80%

Nortrust Nominees for Capital Gearing Trust Plc - 1.07%

Nortrust Nominees for CG Portfolio Fund Plc - 3.34%

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:

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