EANS-Adhoc: Balda AG preliminary results: Earnings suffer from MobileCom business

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26.01.2011

• Sales revenues slightly above previous year´s level with around 140
million euros • Operating result (EBIT) before special depreciation
expected to be in the amount of about minus 8 million euros (previous
year: plus 4.7 million euros, without India) • Operating result
(EBIT) after special depreciation expected to be in the amount of
around minus 38 million euros • Earnings before tax (EBT) due to
one-off TPK special effect of around plus 90 million euros (previous
year: 47.3 million euros, without India)

Bad Oeynhausen, 26 January 2011 - According to provisional figures,
the Frankfurt SDax listed company Balda AG ended the 2010 financial
year with sales revenues slightly above previous year´s level. The
company had already commented in early November 2010 on the
development of falling revenues as compared to the original forecast.
The operating result (EBIT) before special depreciation is expected
to be in the amount of about minus 8 million euros. Below-target
sales revenues for MobileCom in China, restructuring expenses and
extraordinary depreciation on machinery and inventories all had a
significant impact on the operating result.

The Balda Group generated sales revenues of around 140 million euros
(previous year: 134.1 million euros, without India) in the continued
operations in the 2010 financial year.

Taking into account the preliminary determined special depreciation
in the MobileCom and Electronic Products segments in the amount of
around 30 million euros due to the impairment testing undertaken in
the annual financial statement process, the operating result (EBIT)
is expected to be around minus 38 million euros. The operating result
(EBIT) before special depreciation amounts to about minus 8 million
euros (previous year: 4.7 million euros, without India).

TPK valuation at market values Following the initial public offering
of touchscreen manufacturer TPK on 29 October 2010 the reporting of
the holding in TPK in future will be entered as a financial
instrument at market values; until this date it was reported at book
values according to the "at equity"-method. The revaluation of the
TPK stake is carried out on the basis of the first quotation (220
Taiwanese Dollars). In 2010 this had a one-off impact on earnings in
the amount of around 124 million euros. Since TPK shares were
classified as financial assets, a share of profits is no longer
shown, only dividend payments. The evaluation of the TPK with the
quotation as of 31 December 2010 leads to a further strengthening of
Group equity.

Due to the unique impact on earnings based on the revaluation of the
TPK holding, as referred to above, the Balda Group recorded an
extremely positive EBT of around 90 million euros in continued
operations in the 2010 financial year. In the previous year the Group
posted a plus of 47.3 million euros, without India.

All of the above numbers are still being audited. The Balda Group
will publish its audited 2010 annual financial statements with final
figures on 17 March 2011. A balance sheet press conference on the
2010 financial year will also be held on this date.

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====================================== 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 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.

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Further inquiry note:

Clas Röhl
Tel.: +49 (0) 5734 922-2728
croehl@balda.de

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