TISO BLACKSTAR GROUP SE - Appointment Of Director

Appointment Of Director

Tiso Blackstar Group SE
(Incorporated in Malta)
(Company number SE 4)
(registered as an external company with limited liability in the
Republic of South Africa under registration number
2011/008274/10)
LSE Ticker: TBGR
JSE Share code: TBG
ISIN: MT0000620113 (“Tiso Blackstar” or the “Company”)
29 March 2016

                     APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR

Tiso Blackstar is pleased to announce the appointment of
Harishkumar Kantilal Mehta (Harish Mehta) as a Non-Executive
Director of the Company.

Harish Mehta, aged 65, was instrumental in the expansion of
Uniprint, which was founded over 90 years ago, to 60 times its
original size. Uniprint was acquired by Avusa, now Times Media
Group Proprietary Limited, in 2010. Harish is non-executive
chairman of Tiso Blackstar’s wholly owned subsidiary Times Media
Group Proprietary Limited, Cibapac Pty Ltd and Wasteman Holdings
Pty Ltd and is a non-executive director of Spar Ltd and Redefine
Income Fund Ltd. In addition he is a member of the KZN Provincial
Board of FNB and the Durban Country Club Trust and many other
community organisations. He holds a Diploma in Printing
Technology (Leeds, UK), BSc Industrial Engineering (University of
Wisconsin, USA), MBA (University of Wisconsin, USA). He is
currently executive chairman and CEO of Clearwater Capital, a
family fund.

Harish Mehta and his immediate family, through the HKM Family
Trust and the Meena Harishkumar Mehta Trust, has an interest in
6,570,206 shares of Tiso Blackstar, representing approximately
2.45% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Current Directorships
Blueport Trade 108 Proprietary Limited
CIBA Packaging Proprietary Limited
Clearwater Capital Proprietary Limited
Clearwater Developments Proprietary Limited
Clearwater Finance No 1 Proprietary Limited
Clearwater Property Holdings No 4 Proprietary Limited
Clearwater Property Holdings No 5 Proprietary Limited
Isipingo Hospital Investments Proprietary Limited
Loniwiz (RF) Proprietary Limited
Loniwiz 2 Proprietary Limited
Manipal Africa Proprietary Limited
Manton No. 1 Proprietary Limited
Ochinta Investments Proprietary Limited
Redefine  Properties Limited
The Spar Group Proprietary Limited
Times Media Group Proprietary Limited
Wasteman Holdings Proprietary Limited
First National Bank – KZN Provincial Board

Previous Directorships (Past 5 years)
Applewood Trading 85 Proprietary Limited
Avusa Proprietary Limited
Basfour 3502 Proprietary Limited
Clearwater Property Holdings Proprietary Limited
Clearwater Property Holdings No 3 Proprietary Limited
Clearwater Property Holdings No 2 Proprietary Limited
Clearwater Finance Proprietary Limited
Silstone Holdings Proprietary Limited
Subtech South Africa Proprietary Limited
Tenway Investments Proprietary Limited
UHC Communications Proprietary Limited
Uniprint Holdings Proprietary Limited
Universal Business Forms Proprietary Limited
Universal Direct Mail Proprietary Limited
Universal Print-On-Demand Proprietary Limited
Universal Print Group Proprietary Limited
Universal Print Group (Exports) Proprietary Limited
Universal Web Proprietary Limited
Wetstone Investments Proprietary Limited

There is no other information that is required to be disclosed
pursuant to paragraph (g) of Schedule Two to the AIM Rules for
Companies.

For further information, please contact:
Tiso Blackstar Group SE           Leanna Isaac            + 356 2137 3360
Zai Corporate Finance Limited
– Corporate Finance               Richard Morrison/       +44 (0) 20 7060 2220
                                  Peter Trevelyan-Clark
– Sales                           Steven Baird
PSG Capital Proprietary Limited   David Tosi              +27(0) 21 887 9602

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