Transaction in own shares 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: MT0000620113 (“Blackstar” or the “Company”) 09 July 2013 Transaction in own shares Blackstar announces that on 8 July 2013 it purchased a total of 78,293 ordinary shares of €0.76 each in the Company (the "Shares") at a price of R11.01 (£0.72) per share. The purchased Shares are expected to be held in treasury in accordance with applicable law. The Company has a total of 82,088,500 shares in issue and, following the above purchase, excluding the treasury shares the issued share capital of the Company will be 80,455,220. The number of Shares purchased represents 0.10% of the total shares in issue. A total of 1,633,280 treasury shares are now held by the Company, which includes 213,659 shares acquired in terms of the recent consolidation and sub-division of the share capital of the Company. For further information, please contact: Blackstar Group SE Bryan Moyer + 356 2144 6377 Liberum Capital Limited Chris Bowman / +44 (0) 20 3100 2222 Christopher Britton PSG Capital (Pty) David Tosi +27(0) 21 887 Limited 9602 09 July 2013 Date: 09/07/2013 09:00:00 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.