BCK - Blackstar Group SE - Delayed Notification of Major Interest in Shares16 May 2012
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BCK                                                                             
BCK - Blackstar Group SE - Delayed Notification of Major Interest in Shares     
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")                                                  
Delayed Notification of Major Interest in Shares                                
Set out below is a TR-1 notification of a major interest in shares that was     
received by the Company from Lansdowne Partners Limited on 23/02/12.  Due an    
error in the Company`s email system, the relevant individuals at the Company    
were not notified of this announcement at that time and as a result the         
announcement was not released at the appropriate time.  The Company would like  
to apologise for the delay and would like to confirm that the error in the      
Company`s email system has now been resolved.                                   
For further information, please contact:                                        
Blackstar Group SE       John Kleynhans    +352 26 38 68                        
                                          606                                   
Liberum Capital Limited  Chris Bowman /    +44 (0) 20 3100                      
                        Christopher       2222                                  
Britton                                                 
PSG Capital (Pty)        David Tosi        +27 (0) 21 887                       
Limited                                    9602                                 
16 May 2012                                                                     
For filings with the FSA include                                                
the annex                                                                       
For filings with issuer exclude the                                             
annex                                                                           
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                 
                                                                                
  1.   Identity of the issuer or the   Blackstar Group SE                       
     underlying issuer                 Sedol B0W3NL8                            
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                                     
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  Lansdowne Partners Limited being the         
to the                             General Partner of Lansdowne Partners        
notification obligation: iii    Limited Partnership                           
                                  SquaredLansdown Partners                      
                                  International Limited                         
4. Full name of shareholder(s)     HSBC Client Holdings UK Ltd                  
(if different from 3.):iv          (Registered Shareholder)                     
5. Date of the transaction and     21/02/12                                     
date on                                                                         
which the threshold is crossed or                                               
reached: v                                                                      
6. Date on which issuer notified:  23/02/12                                     
7. Threshold(s) that is/are        5%                                           
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                                                         
if possible   transaction                                                       
using                                                                           
the ISIN                                                                        
CODE                                                                            
             Number   Number   Number  Number of        % of  voting            
Of       Of       of      voting           rights x                
             Shares   Voting   shares  rights                                   
                      Rights                                                    
                               Direct  Direct  Indirec  Direct  Indirec         
xi      t xii            t               
Ordinary      5,857,1  5,857,1                  Below            Below          
Shares        42       42                       5%               5%             
GB00B0W3NL87                                                                    
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                
Below 5%                             Below 5%                                   
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights             
and/or the                                                                      
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                  
Lansdowne Partners International Limited is the parent undertaking of           
Lansdowne Partners Limited.                                                     
Proxy Voting:                                                                   
10. Name of the proxy holder:                  Lansdowne Partners Limited       
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:          Based on ordinary shares in issue of       
82,088,422.                                 
                                                                                
14. Contact name:                    Kamran Salahuddin                          
15. Contact telephone number:        +44 20 7408 8508                           
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