EANS-News: Basler AG / Basler AG expands Management Board

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Board of Directors (Appointments and Changes)

Ahrensburg (euro adhoc) - Ahrensburg, December 13, 2010 - The
supervisory board of Basler AG has appointed Arndt Bake (43) to the
Management Board. Effective January 1st, 2011 Bake will complement
Chief Executive Officer Dr. Dietmar Ley and Chief Commercial Officer
John Jennings. As Chief Operations Officer Bake will be responsible
for product management, production and supply chain management.

Arndt Bake has a master degree in electronics engineering and an MBA
degree. In his former business career he worked in product marketing
functions. After joining Basler in 2001, Bake took responsibility for
the product marketing of the Components business segment. From 2004
to mid of 2009 he lead the Components business segment. Since then
Arndt Bake oversees the entire operational business of Basler AG.

Norbert Basler, founder and supervisory board chairman of Basler AG
explains: "By promoting Arndt Bake to the Management Board we highly
appreciate his substantial contribution to the very successful
development of our camera business during the past 10 years. The
supervisory board is convinced that this well-attuned management
board will successfully execute our camera-focused corporate strategy
and harvest Basler AGs huge growth potential in current and future
markets."

Basler AG is a worldwide leader in digital cameras for applications
in industry & video surveillance. Headquartered in Ahrensburg
(Germany), Basler runs subsidiaries in the US, Singapore and Taiwan.
The Basler stock is listed in the prime standard of Deutsche Börse
(ISIN: DE0005102008).

Further Information:
Maren Schuster- Investor Relations
Tel. +49 (0) 4102 - 463 100,
maren.schuster@baslerweb.com
www.baslerweb.com
Basler AG, An der Strusbek 60-62, D-22926 Ahrensburg

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Further inquiry note:

Maren Schuster

Investor Relations

Telefon: +49(0)4102 463-100

E-Mail: ir@baslerweb.com

Branche: Semiconductors & active components
ISIN: DE0005102008
WKN: 510200
Index: CDAX
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