Appointment of Director Blackstar Group SE Previously Blackstar Group PLC (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) Share code: BCK ISIN: MT0000620105 (“Blackstar” or the “Company”) APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR Blackstar is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Thomson Wight (Tom Wight) as a Non- Executive Director of the Company. Tom, aged 54, has over 30 years experience in financial services. He started his career trading fixed income for Kidder Peabody, Bank of America and S.G Warburg, before running capital protected funds for Credit Suisse Private Bank and traded futures and equities for a privately held hedge fund. He resides in Malta, holds both American and Maltese citizenship and acts as the local non-executive director and investment committee member for several Malta-based financial entities. He is a graduate of Cornell University. Current Directorships Aurelius SICAV plc Bulkara SICAV plc Clerkenwell Matterhorn SICAV plc Culross Global Investment Management Culross Global Holdings Limited Lions of Africa Segregated Portfolio Company Rascasse Capital SICAV plc SCNCM Services Limited SCP Remuneration Services Limited Tertius SICAV plc Past Directorships (last 5 years) Geocentrica (UK) Hedge Fund Hotel SICAV plc Habourside Capital For further information, please contact: Blackstar Group SE Bryan Moyer / Laetitia Lefevre + 356 2144 6377 Liberum Capital Limited Chris Bowman / Christopher Britton +44 (0) 20 3100 2222 PSG Capital (Pty) Limited David Tosi +27(0) 21 887 9602 26 April 2013 Date: 26/04/2013 08:00:00 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.