EANS-Adhoc: Balda AG / Balda expects to generate proceeds of EUR 238 million from sale of 20.0 million shares in TPK Holding

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Company Information

24.02.2012

Bad Oeynhausen, 24 February 2012 - Balda Investments Singapore Pte.
Ltd., a Balda AG Group company, has today agreed to sell a total of
20.0 million shares in TPK Holding Co., Ltd., expecting to generate
proceeds of roughly EUR 238 million (based on today´s exchange rate
EUR/Taiwan Dollar). The transaction took place as a block trade in
accordance with the regulations of the Taiwanese stock exchange; an
investment bank was involved in the process.

After the transaction, Balda Investments Singapore Pte. Ltd.
continues to hold 17.8 million shares in TPK. The partial sale
reduces the company´s interest in the Chinese touchscreen
manufacturer, a shareholding without strategic significance, from
16.1 % to 7.6 %. The Board of Directors at Balda AG has reiterated
its intention to likewise dispose of its remaining interest in the
company at optimum value.

The sale will result in considerable one-off earnings in the
consolidated financial statements for 2012, leading the Board of
Directors to anticipate considerable profit for the Group for the
current financial year. The Board has confirmed that it plans to
distribute part of the proceeds generated by the disposal to
shareholders as an extraordinary dividend. As a further consequence
of the transaction, Balda's representative will resign from its
management board position in TPK. Closing of transaction is expected
to take place within the next week.

Company profile of Balda AG The Balda Group develops and produces
complete plastic assemblies, electronic products and products for the
medical technology industry. Balda´s customers are leading companies
in the pharmaceutical, medical technology, consumer electronics
electronic communications and mobile phone markets. The Group is
internationally positioned with production sites in Germany and
Malaysia. A subsidiary in the USA operates 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 ad-hoc 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 ad-hoc 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.

Further inquiry note:
Frank Elsner
Frank Elsner Kommunikation für Unternehmen GmbH
Tel.: +49 - 54 04 - 91 92 0
Fax: +49 - 54 04 - 91 92 29
Mail: office@elsner-kommunikation.de

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issuer: Balda AG
Bergkirchener Str. 228
D-32549 Bad Oeynhausen
phone: +49 (0) 5734 9 22-0
FAX: +49 (0) 5734 922-2747
mail: info@balda.de
WWW: http://www.balda.de
sector: Semiconductors & active components
ISIN: DE0005215107
indexes: CDAX, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart,
regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English