TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

Pembroke VCT plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

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

Yes

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii

Ruffer LLP (for its discretionary clients of the Ruffer Group)

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

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

09 April 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

09 April 2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

19% to 20%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B89W2T50

3,859,000

3,859,000

3,859,000

3,859,000

-

20%

-

GB00BQVC9S79

0

0

670,000

670,000

-

-

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Type of financialinstrument

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

4,529,000

20%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

N/A

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

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:

Ruffer LLP now controls the voting rights over 4,529,000 shares (20% of the voting rights) of Pembroke VCT plc which are held by the discretionary clients of Ruffer LLP and its subsidiaries (the voting of which is all controlled by Ruffer LLP).

This change from 19% to 20% is due to a recent placing of 2,171,720 new B Class Ordinary Shares in which Ruffer LLP purchased 670,000 shares. The new shares were admitted to the market on 9 April 2015. The total number of voting rights in Pembroke VCT plc is now 22,292,322.

14. Contact name:

Louise Stanway

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7963 8146