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BCK - Blackstar Group SE - TR-1: notification of major interest in shares (1) Blackstar Group SE Previously Blackstar Group PLC (Incorporated in England and Wales) (Company number SE 30) (registered as an external company with limited liability in the Republic of South Africa under registration number 2011/008274/10 Share code: BCK ISIN: GB00B0W3NL87 ("Blackstar" or "the Company") For filings with the FSA include the annex For filings with issuer exclude the annex TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES (1) 1. Identity of the issuer or the Blackstar Group SE underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii 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 Weiss Asset Management LP to the notification obligation: iii 4. Full name of shareholder(s) Brookdale International Partners, (if different from 3.):iv L.P., Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund 5. Date of the transaction and Mar-26-2012 date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v 6. Date on which issuer notified: Mar-27-2012 7. Threshold(s) that is/are > 7% crossed or reached: vi, vii 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix Class/type Situation Resulting situation after the triggering of previous transaction shares to the triggering transaction if possible using the ISIN CODE Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting
Of Of of rights rights x Shares Voting shares Rights Direct Direct Indirec Direct Indirec
xi t xii t GB00B0W3NL8 5,700,65 5,700,6 6,200,6 6,200,6 n/a 7.6 % n/a 7 5 55 55 55 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expirat Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting financial ion Conversion rights that may rights instrument date Period xiv be xiii acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Exerci Expira Exercis Number of voting % of voting financial se tion e/ rights rights xix, instrument price date Convers instrument xx xvii ion refers to
period xviii Nomina Delta l
Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 6,200,655 7.6 % 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi Brookdale International Partners, L.P: 4,340,459 shares (5.3 %) Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund: 1,860,196 shares (2.3 %) 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: Georgiy Nikitin 15. Contact telephone number: +1-617-778-7725 Weiss Asset Management LP is the Investment Manager to Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund and Brookdale International Partners, L.P. 28 March 2012 London For further information, please contact: Blackstar Group SE John Kleynhans +352 402 505 427 Liberum Capital Limited Chris Bowman / Christopher +44 (0) 20 3100 2222 Britton PSG Capital (Pty) Limited David Tosi / Willie +27(0) 21 887 9602 Honeyball Buchanan Jeremy Garcia / Gabriella +27 (0) 20 7466 5000 Clinkard Date: 28/03/2012 09:00:01 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited (`JSE`). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.
