19 June 2026

Blue Star Capital plc

("Blue Star" or the "Company")

Subscription to Raise £250,000 and Issue of Equity

Appointment of Corporate Adviser

Blue Star Capital plc (AIM: BLU), the investing company with a focus on blockchain and payments, announced that it has raised gross proceeds of £250,000 via a subscription for 3,571,429 new ordinary shares ("Subscription Shares") of £0.001 each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company at a price of £0.07 each per share ("Issue Price") (the "Subscription").

Further to the above, the Company has issued the subscriber 1,785,715 warrants over Ordinary Shares in the Company, with an exercise price of £0.12 and an exercise period of 18 months from the date of the Subscription.

Appointment of Corporate Adviser

Additionally, the Company announces the appointment of Marex Financial ("Marex") as Corporate Adviser to the Company.

Marex has been appointed to provide corporate advisory services with a particular focus on institutional marketing, trading support and access to US capital markets, in support of the Company's strategy.

Marex is a leading corporate advisory firm which, with its recent acquisition of Winterflood Securities, one of the UK's leading market makers, has further enhanced its equities' platform and capabilities across trading, distribution and market making.

Admission and Total Voting Rights

Application will be made for the 3,571,429 Subscription Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission") with Admission expected to become effective at 8:00 a.m. on or around 24 June 2026. 

Following Admission of the Subscription Shares, the enlarged issued share capital of the Company will comprise 51,124,663 ordinary shares, with no shares held in Treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company following Admission will be 51,124,663 and this figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

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About Blue Star

Blue Star is an investing company with a focus on new technologies. Blue Star's investments include SatoshiPay Ltd, an experienced blockchain company with a strong track record in innovative payment solutions; Dynasty Media & Gaming, whose B2B white label platform is a full-stack gaming ecosystem; and Paidia, a female focussed gaming platform.

About SatoshiPay

SatoshiPay is a blockchain technology company building software solutions at the intersection of fiat and decentralised finance. The company is driving ecosystem growth through strategic projects and incubations including Vortex Finance (www.vortexfinance.co), a ramping platform providing widget and API solutions for seamless fiat-to-crypto access and cross-border payments; Pendulum (www.pendulumchain.org), a cross-chain infrastructure connecting stablecoins and traditional currencies to DeFi; and Nabla Finance (www.nabla.fi), a next-generation, active automated market making decentralised exchange. SatoshiPay holds strategic token positions, leveraging synergies across its portfolio, deploying liquidity and earning yield to strengthen its ecosystem and shareholder value.

Forward looking statement disclaimer

Certain statements made in this announcement are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts but rather are based on the Company's current expectations, estimates, and projections about its industry; its beliefs; and assumptions. Words such as 'anticipates,' 'expects,' 'intends,' 'plans,' 'believes,' 'seeks,' 'estimates,' and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, some of which are beyond the Company's control, are difficult to predict, and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements. The Company cautions shareholders and prospective shareholders not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect the view of the Company only as of the date of this announcement. The forward-looking statements made in this announcement relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. The Company will not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions or updates to these forward-looking statements to reflect events, circumstances, or unanticipated events occurring after the date of this announcement except as required by law or by any appropriate regulatory authority.