EANS-News: Balda AG / Balda AG receives a request to call an extraordinary general meeting

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Annual & Special Corporate Meetings

Bad Oeynhausen (euro adhoc) - Bad Oeynhausen, 12 December 2011 -
Today, the management board (Vorstand) of the Frankfurt SDax listed
company Balda AG received a request, sent preliminarily by fax, by
its shareholder Octavian Special Master Fund, L.P., New York, USA, to
call an extraordinary general meeting (EGM / außerordentliche
Hauptversammlung) of Balda AG pursuant to Section 122 para. 1 of the
German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz). The request provides as
agenda items of the extraordinary general meeting resolutions on the
dismissal of the current supervisory board members Dr Michael
Naschke, Yu-Sheng Kai and Chun-Chen Chen with effect as of the end of
the extraordinary general meeting to be called and resolutions on the
election of Mr René Charles Jäggi, Mr Igor Kuzniar and Mr Behdad
Alizadeh as new supervisory board members with effect as of the end
of the extraordinary general meeting to be called. Upon receipt of
the original of the request to call, the management board of Balda AG
will assess whether the request is to be accepted.

Company profile of Balda AG
The Balda Group develops and produces complete plastic assemblies, electronic
products and products for the medical technology industry. Balda´s

customers are leading companies in the pharmaceutical, medical
technology, consumer electronics electronic communications and mobile
phone markets. The Group is internationally positioned with
production sites in Germany and Malaysia. A subsidiary in the USA
operates 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.

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.

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
language: English