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 Date: 29/03/2016 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.