EANS-News: Balda AG / Progress made with the reorganisation of the Group in the first quarter of 2011

New appointments to management positions / Very solid financial
position allows Balda to finance an acquisition by its own means

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quarterly report

Subtitle: New appointments to management positions / Very solid
financial position allows Balda to finance an acquisition by its own
means

Bad Oeynhausen (euro adhoc) - Bad Oeynhausen, 5 May 2011 - The
Frankfurt SDax listed company Balda AG has reorganised its management
structure in the first quarter of 2011 and further improved the
Group´s financial position.

Balda AG has established a new management structure in the level
below the Board of Directors in the first quarter and filled key
positions. "In the areas of sales, technology and investments, we
have appointed global directors for the MobileCom and Electronic
Products segments. Their responsibilities lie on the one hand in
their respective department, but they should also specifically
support the restructuring activities in the segments on the other.
With the appointment of the new management we have registered
significant progress in the two segments," stated Balda´s sole board
member Rainer Mohr.

Significant improvement in the situation of the segments in Asia
"MobileCom has significantly improved its cost efficiency. In
addition to the headcount adjustment, effectively managed production
processes and further optimised quality management have contributed
towards this. However, we are still some way from our goal in
Beijing. In the Malaysia segment the positive development in sales is
showing the impact of the realigned sales activities. Visible
progress has also been made in the cost situation. Malaysia will and
must show this year that it has prospects for the future as a
customer-oriented, technologically advanced company in the electronic
products market segment with an increase in sales and earnings",
emphasised Mohr.

Balda able to finance an acquisition by its own means Mohr also
referred to the Balda Group´s very solid financial situation. "We are
able to finance an acquisition by our own means," explained Mohr. He
stated that Balda was not looking for companies which need to be
restructured, but for profitable investments. They should be able to
open up further finance potential.

In addition to the instruments open to a public limited company to
procure capital, Balda is in a very solid financial position.
Following the measures taken in the autumn of 2009, Balda AG has no
bank liabilities. At segment level, bank liabilities were
comparatively low at 14.4 million euros. The Group´s net financial
liabilities were minus 25.9 million euros compared to minus 23.5
million euros as at the 2010 balance sheet date. The surplus of
liquid funds over interest-bearing liabilities has increased. Net
gearing, the ratio of net financial liabilities to equity, was only
minus 3.2 percent at the end of the first quarter of 2011. Liquid
funds as of 31 March 2011 totalled 48.3 million euros. Mohr also
emphasised that the Group´s equity had further increased and that its
financial base was now well above average.

* * * Company Profile Balda AG The Balda Group develops and produces
complete plastic assemblies, electronic products and products for the
medical industry. The customers of Balda are leaders in business from
the mobile, entertainment and electronic communications as well as
pharmaceutical and medical technology markets. The group has an
international position with product sites in China, Malaysia and
Germany. A subsidiary in the United States serves North American
customers in product design and development. As part of a
shareholding in a leading manufacturer of touch screens in China,
Balda participates in the dynamic touch screen 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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Clas Röhl
Tel.: +49 (0) 5734 922-2728
croehl@balda.de

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