EANS-Adhoc: Balda AG / Balda AG proposes dividend payment of 1.30 euros per share for 2011 - short financial year planned

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ad-hoc disclosure pursuant to section 15 of the WpHG transmitted by euro
adhoc with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution. The issuer is solely
responsible for the content of this announcement.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dividends/annual financial statements

29.03.2012

Bad Oeynhausen, 29 March 2012 - The Supervisory Board of Balda AG
today approved the Board of Directors´ proposal that a dividend of
1.30 euros per share for the 2011 financial year be proposed to the
Annual General Meeting on 11 May 2012. This would result in a total
payout of 76.6 million euros. As a result almost all of Balda AG´s
currently distributable profits would be utilised. The dividend
proposal is in line with the goal of allowing the shareholders to
quickly share in the proceeds of 238 million euros from the sale of
shares in TPK Holding Co., Ltd. last February.

The Supervisory Board also approved the Board of Directors´ proposal
to have a short financial year for the period of 1 January 2012 to
30 June 2012. As a result the shareholders could receive further
proceeds from the partial sale of the TPK shareholding in the current
calendar year.

Balda AG achieved consolidated sales in its continued business
divisions of 66.3 million euros in 2011, an increase of 5.6 %
compared to the previous year´s figure of 62.8 million euros.
Consolidated earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) improved from
-13.9 million euros to -6.0 million euros, but were below
expectations due in particular to the performance of the Electronic
Products segment. However, the Medical segment recorded a positive
performance and increased its sales by 45.0 percent to 39.9 million
euros and operative earnings (EBIT) to 2.7 million euros.

The continued business divisions closed 2011 with consolidated
earnings after taxes of -3.0 million euros following the previous
year´s profit of 119.6 million euros which was influenced by high
one-time income. The earnings of the discontinued business divisions,
which include the MobileCom segment which was sold in 2011, totalled
-36.1 million euros after taxes (previous year: -25.2 million euros).
The Balda Group therefore reports consolidated earnings after taxes
of -39.1 million euros for 2011 (2010: 94.4 million euros). This
equates to earnings per share of -0.67 euros (2010: 1.72 euros).

The Board of Directors is currently working on a detailed strategy to
make the Group´s operational business profitable as quickly as
possible. At the same time the restructuring and realignment of the
Electronic Products segment will be continued. For the 2012 calendar
year Balda is expecting consolidated sales to be roughly at the
previous year's level. A negative consolidated EBIT in the
single-digit millions is once again expected. However, due to the
proceeds from the partial sale of the shareholding in TPK Holding, a
significant consolidated profit before and after taxes is expected.

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

end of announcement euro adhoc
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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