Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached:

Blackstar Group SE

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):

Change to issued share capital

ü

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation:

Schroders plc

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

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached:

12.08.11

6. Date on which issuer notified:

15.08.11

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

Below -10%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary GB00B0W3NL87

7,978,397

7,978,397

7,978,397

N/A

7,978,397

N/A

9.355%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversion Period

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

7,978,397

9.355%

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

Schroder Investment Management Limited 7,978,397 9.355%

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

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

13. Additional information:

The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements.

14. Contact name:

Chris Melrose

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7658 6000

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in share

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name

(including legal form of legal entities)

Schroder Plc

Contact address

(registered office for legal entities)

31 Gresham StreetLondonEC2V 7QA

Phone number & email

020 7658 2959

[email protected]

Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

Group Disclosure Team

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

Chris Melrose

Contact address

Phone number & email

020 7658 2959

Other useful information

(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

Compliance Specialist

C: Additional information

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.