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")
3 January 2014

Transaction in own shares

Blackstar announces that on 2 January 2014 it purchased 35,000 ordinary shares of €0.76 each in the Company (the "Shares") at a price of £0.64 (R11.17) 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 80,412,489. The number of Shares purchased represents 0.04% of the total shares in issue.
A total of 1,676,011 treasury shares are now held by the
Company.

For further information, please contact:

Blackstar Group SE

Bryan Moyer

+ 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

3 January 2014

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