EANS-News: Balda AG / Balda AG sets the stage for a partial sale of TPK shares within the framework of a GDR offering

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Bad Oeynhausen (euro adhoc) - Balda AG sets the stage for a partial
sale of TPK shares within the framework of a GDR offering

Bad Oeynhausen, 30 September 2011 - Balda AG, listed on the SDax of
the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, has on September 30 indicated to the
Taiwan Stock Exchange its intention to sell up to 9.5 million shares
of the shareholding held by Balda Investments Singapore (BIS) in the
touchscreen producer TPK. In a joint capital transaction within the
framework of a Global Depository Receipt/GDR-offering both companies
intend to place with investors up to 9.5 million existing shares as
held by BIS and 16 up to 20 million newly issued shares from a
capital increase decided by TPK today. This joint offering is
expected to be completed successfully in the fourth quarter 2011. JP
Morgan Securities Ltd. and Nomura International (Hong Kong) Ltd. as
the consortium managers will be responsible for the placement.

By selling the shares Balda will be able to partially capitalize on
its investment in TPK in a market-sensitive way. Through the joint
offering the shares shall be sold at adequate conditions. The
parties involved act on the assumption that due to the planned joint
placement with selected investors the recent speculation having
influenced the share price development will be minimized. That should
have a positive impact on the proceeds to be expected for Balda.

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

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

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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
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