Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Blackstar Group plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

x

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 to the notification obligation:

Midas Capital Plc

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

Section 9 below

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

3 July 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

7 July 2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Was 10.9%, Now 8.36%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB00B0W3NL87

7,984,213

7,984,213

6,616,543

n/a

6,616,543

n/a

8.36%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

 N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

 N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Nominal

Delta

N/A

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

6,616,543

8.36%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

CF Midas Growth Fund

Bank of New York Nominees Ltd. a/c 392512

4,002,535

Segregated Account

Bank of New York Nominees Ltd. a/c 156547

535.393

Segregated Account

Bank of New York Nominees Ltd. a/c 318901

341,795

Segregated Account

Bank of New York Nominees Ltd. a/c 111359

390,195

Segregated Account

Bank of New York Nominees Ltd. a/c 254905

237,997

Segregated Account

Roy Nominees ltd. a/c 570060

1,108,628

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

 N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

 N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

 N/A

13. Additional information:

Midas Capital Partner Ltd., Miton Asset Management Ltd and iimia Plc are all subsidiaries of Midal Capital Plc

14. Contact name:

John Bradley

15. Contact telephone number:

0151 906 2462