EANS-News: Balda AG / MobileCom segment seeks strategic partner / acquisition process as planned

Sole board member Rainer Mohr reports in London on the implementation
of the Group’s plans

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Subtitle: Sole board member Rainer Mohr reports in London on the
implementation of the Group’s plans

Bad Oeynhausen (euro adhoc) - Bad Oeynhausen, 28 April 2011 - The
Frankfurt SDax listed company Balda AG is making significant progress
in reorganising Group activities. At a meeting with analysts and
investors in London, sole board member Rainer Mohr explained that
specific measures are being taken in relation to the future of the
production location of the Group´s MobileCom segment. He also
explained that the due diligence process for an acquisition in the
Medical sector or a related sector was progressing according to plan.
He added that the Board of Directors was planning to sell the shares
Balda holds in the touchscreen manufacturer TPK in a favourable
market environment and to pay out as much of the proceeds as possible
as dividends.

Strategic partner for MobileCom "An external and carefully prepared
report commissioned by myself as CEO in mid-February has highlighted
very clearly the options for the MobileCom sector. As a consequence
of this, Balda is now seeking some form of cooperation with a
strategic investor. Within the scope of such an agreement we would
also be prepared to enter into a possible joint venture." Mohr
pointed out that this plan was still subject to approval by the
supervisory board. "The short-term goal is to stabilise sales and
improve capacity utilisation at the two plants in China´s capital,"
explained Mohr.

Acquisition process Mohr underlined the intention to expand the
profitable Medical sector with an acquisition, possibly in a related
branch of production. "We are in a due diligence process with several
companies. By the Annual General Meeting on 27 May we should have
received offers upon which we can make a decision," emphasised Mohr.
The sole board member also made it clear that any planned acquisition
did not need to be financed by the proceeds from the sale of shares
in TPK. Mohr further explained that "after the successful financial
restructuring, Balda AG has been free of debt since the autumn of
2009 and would be able to finance a transaction also by its own
means."

* * * Company profile of Balda AG The Balda Group develops and
produces complete plastic assemblies, electronicproducts and products
for the medical technology industry. Balda´s customers are leading
companies in the mobile phone, consumer electronics, electronic
communications, pharmaceutical and medical technology markets. The
Group is internationally positioned with production sites in China,
Malaysia and Germany. A subsidiary in the USA serves North American
customers in product design and development. Within the scope of its
shareholding in a leading touchscreen manufacturer in China, Balda is
participating in the dynamic development of the touchscreen displays
market.

* * * This corporate news announcement contains forward-looking
statements, which are based on the current expectations of Balda´s
management. They therefore contain a range of risks and uncertainties
because they relate to future events and depend on circumstances that
will occur in the future, such as, for example, developments in the
mobile communications industry, changes in technology and the ability
to timely and successfully develop new products and various other
factors. Balda will neither revise these forward-looking statements
nor correct them in the event of any unexpected development, unless
there is a legal obligation to do so. This corporate news
announcement represents neither an offer to buy shares nor an
invitation to submit an offer to buy shares in the United States or
any other country. The shares in Balda AG (the "shares") may not be
offered or sold in the United States or to or for the account of U.S.
persons (as defined in Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act of
1933, in its current version (the "Securities Act")), unless they are
registered or are exempt from registration under the Securities Act.
The shares have not been and will not be registered under the
Securities Act.

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