EANS-News: Balda AG / TPK shareholding sets share price for IPO at the upper end of the bookbuilding range

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Bad Oeynhausen (euro adhoc) - 22 October 2010 - The Chinese
touchscreen manufacturer TPK Holding Ltd., in which the Frankfurt
SDax listed company Balda AG has an 18.55 percent holding, has set
the price of its shares for its initial public offering. Following
completion of the heavily oversubscribed bookbuilding process on
Thursday, the result was a share price of 220 Taiwanese Dollars
(around 5 Euros), at the upper end of the price range. The company
will issue 196 million existing shares. Furthermore, 28 million new
shares will be authorised for trade from an increase in capital on
the occasion of the IPO. Following this increase in capital the Balda
shares constitute a shareholding of 16.1 percent (around 36 million
shares). The first day of trading in the new TPK Holding shares on
the Taiwan Stock Exchange will take place on the coming Friday, the
29th October. Market observers in Taiwan expect a strong market debut
from TPK. The company is the technological world-leading manufacturer
of small-format, touch-sensitive screens. The demand for touchscreens
for smartphones and tablet computers is robust and continues to grow
globally.

* * * 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.

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This ad hoc announcement includes "forward-looking statements" which
are based on the current expectations of the management of Balda.
They are subject to risks and uncertainty because they relate to
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
does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or revise
forward-looking statements except to the extent legally required.
This ad hoc announcement is not an offer of securities for sale or a
solicitation of an offer to purchase securities in the United States
or elsewhere. The shares in Balda AG (the "Shares") may not be
offered or sold in the United States or to or for the account or
benefit of U.S. persons (as such term is defined in Regulation S
under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act")) unless registered under the Securities Act or pursuant to an
exemption from such registration. 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

Branche: Semiconductors & active components
ISIN: DE0005215107
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