EANS-News: Balda AG / General Meeting optimistic

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Annual & Special Corporate Meetings

Bad Oeynhausen (euro adhoc) - - Shareholders follow most management
proposals with clear majorities - Board of Directors and Supervisory
Board granted discharge - Supervisory Board narrowed down to three
members - Purchase of own shares approved - Measures to increase
capital not approved - Board of Directors confirms positive operating
result forecast for 2011 - Clear focus on acquisition - Distribution
of dividends planned for 2012

Bad Oeynhausen / Bielefeld, 30 May 2011 - Shareholders of Balda AG,
SDax-noted at the Frankfurt stock exchange, agreed to almost all
management proposals at the 12th Ordinary General Meeting on 27 May
in Bielefeld with the required majorities. The shareholders granted
discharge to the members of the Board of Directors and Supervisory
Board. Despite a few critical comments during the discussion, they
were generally satisfied with the work of their boards. The General
Meeting decided to narrow the Supervisory Board down to three
members. In future the board will consist of Dr. Michael Naschke,
lawyer from Berlin, Yu Sheng Kai, Director from Taipei, and Chun-Chen
Chen, CEO from Taipei. The shareholders also agreed to the
management´s proposal concerning the buyback of own shares.

However, the shareholders did not approve the capital measures
proposed in agenda item 6 (authorisation to issue convertible and/or
warrant bonds) and item 7 (cancellation of the existing and creation
of new authorised capital) over a timeframe lasting until 2016.

Around 50 percent of Balda AG´s capital of 58.891 million Euros were
represented at the shareholder meeting by the roughly 270
shareholders attending. In his report, Sole Member of the Board of
Directors Rainer Mohr emphasised the steps that have already been
taken to restructure the MobileCom segment and stabilise the business
as well as the ongoing search for a strategic investor. In the
Electronic Products segment, the company will continue to improve
cost efficiency and processes step by step. The target is to achieve
at least a break-even result in 2011. As planned, the Medical segment
will be profitable in the current fiscal year.

Slight plus in 2011 Against the backdrop of the continued recovery of
the global economy, Mohr confirmed the existing forecast for the 2011
business year. Based on the current segmentation, the Group expected
sales revenues to be roughly on par with 2010, with a slightly
positive operating result. Revenue growth of at least 5 percent is
planned for the 2012 and 2013 fiscal years.

Acquisition close to completion The Group is currently focusing its
attention on acquiring a substantial - and profitable - interest in a
company from the medical market segment or a related area. "I will be
presenting a detailed, ready-for-implementation proposal on the
acquisition of a company to the Supervisory Board for approval within
the next couple of weeks", Mohr stressed.

Balda to sell TPK shares Further, Mohr underlined the company´s firm
intention to sell shares in the touchscreen manufacturer TPK, in
which it holds a 16.1 percent stake, no later than by the end of the
lock-out period in October 2011 and to distribute an appropriate
dividend from the profit achieved through the sale next year. Mohr
stated the value of the TPK shares at about 790 million Euros on the
day of the shareholder meeting. "Since closing 2010, we have made
Balda AG capable of distributing a dividend. There are no obstacles
to paying it out", the Sole Director pointed out.

* * * The speech by the sole member of the Board of Directors and the
results of the voting are available at www.balda.de.

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

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This corporate news 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 corporate news 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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company: 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: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt, free trade: Berlin,
Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München
language: English

ots Originaltext: Balda AG
Im Internet recherchierbar: http://www.presseportal.de

Further inquiry note:

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

Branche: Semiconductors & active components
ISIN: DE0005215107
WKN: 521510
Index: CDAX, Prime All Share
Börsen: Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
Berlin / free trade
Hamburg / free trade
Stuttgart / free trade
Düsseldorf / free trade
München / free trade