Star Navigation Adopts Shareholder Rights Plan

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2013) - Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:SNA) ("Star" or the "Company"), announces that at the recent Annual General Meeting of shareholders, the Company's shareholders confirmed a Shareholder Rights Plan (the 'Rights Plan') previously adopted by the Board of Directors. The Rights Plan has been filed with the TSX Venture Exchange.

The Rights Plan has been adopted to ensure the fair treatment of shareholders in the event of any take-over offer for the Company's common shares. The Rights Plan must be reconfirmed by shareholders at every third annual meeting of the Company.

The Company has not adopted the Rights Plan in response to, or in anticipation of, any specific take-over bid or proposal to acquire control of the Company. The Rights Plan is similar to plans adopted by other Canadian companies. The full text of the Rights Plan is available on the SEDAR website at http://www.sedar.com.

About Star Navigation:

Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd. (www.star-navigation.com) owns the exclusive worldwide license to its proprietary, patented In-flight Safety Monitoring System, STAR-ISMS®, the first system in the world to feature in-flight data-analysis, monitoring and diagnostics with a real-time connection between aircraft and ground. Its real-time capability of tracking performance-trends and predicting incident-occurrence enhances aviation safety and improves fleet management while reducing costs for the operator.