EANS-Adhoc: Balda AG / Balda AG: Michael Sienkiewicz resigns as CEO - Rainer Mohr new CEO

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16.02.2011

Bad Oeynhausen, 16 February 2011: The Supervisory Board and CEO,
Michael Sienkiewicz, of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange SDAX listed
Balda AG have agreed that Michael Sienkiewicz resigns with immediate
effect from the Board of Directors of Balda AG. He will continue to
be available as a consultant for Balda Solutions USA, Inc. Rainer
Mohr, already Chief Financial Officer of the company was appointed by
the Supervisory Board as Chief Executive Officer. He will be in
charge of both functions. The Supervisory Board would like to thank
Michael Sienkiewicz for his previous work. Rainer Mohr is to evaluate
the chances for continuance of the MobileCom segment and to expand
the foundations for profitable growth of the Electronic Products and
Medical segments.

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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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Clas Röhl
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