EANS-News: Balda AG / Balda expects to generate proceeds of EUR 238 million from sale of 20.0 million shares in TPK Holding

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Subtitle: - Interest in Chinese touchscreen manufacturer reduced to
7.6 per cent - Company plans to likewise dispose of remaining shares
at optimum value - Substantial one-off earnings will put Balda Group
in profit in 2012 - Shareholders to receive extraordinary dividend
from transaction

Bad Oeynhausen (euro adhoc) - Bad Oeynhausen, 24 February 2012 -
Balda Investments Singapore Pte. Ltd., a Balda AG Group company, has
today agreed to sell a total of 20.0 million shares in TPK Holding
Co., Ltd., expecting to generate proceeds of roughly EUR 238 million
(based on today´s exchange rate EUR/Taiwan Dollar). The Board of
Directors of the plastics processing company, which is active in the
medical and electronic products sectors, implemented an announcement
at its extraordinary general meeting held on 8 February of this year.
The transaction will take place through block trade in accordance
with the regulations of the Taiwanese Stock Exchange; an investment
bank was involved in the process. Closing of transaction is expected
to take place within the next week.

After the transaction, Balda Investments Singapore Pte. Ltd.
continues to hold 17.8 million shares in TPK. The partial sale
reduces the company´s interest in the Chinese touchscreen
manufacturer, which has been listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange
since October 2010, from 16.1 % to 7.6 %. The Board of Directors at
Balda AG has reiterated its intention to likewise dispose of its
remaining holding in the company at optimum value, as its interest in
TPK Holding is no longer of strategic significance.

The transaction is set to have a substantial positive impact on the
profit situation at Balda AG and the Balda Group. It will give rise
to considerable one-off earnings in the consolidated financial
statements for 2012, leading the Board of Directors to anticipate
considerable profit for the Group for the current financial year. As
previously announced, the Board plans to distribute part of the
proceeds generated by the disposal to shareholders as an
extraordinary dividend. As a further consequence of the transaction,
Balda's representative will resign from its management board position
in TPK.

Dominik Müser, CEO, Balda AG: "We have followed through on our
declared intention to swiftly realise the sale of our interest in TPK
Holding, using the current upward trend in TPK´s share price to our
advantage. We will be in no hurry to dispose of the remaining shares;
our priority will be achieving the best possible result for Balda
from the sale. Nevertheless, our shareholders can already look
forward to an attractive extraordinary dividend. In addition to this,
the injection of funds with which the sale has provided us gives us
additional scope for action in the context of Balda´s ongoing
reorientation."

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:
Frank Elsner
Frank Elsner Kommunikation für Unternehmen GmbH
Tel.: +49 - 54 04 - 91 92 0
Fax: +49 - 54 04 - 91 92 29
Mail: office@elsner-kommunikation.de

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company: Balda AG
Bergkirchener Str. 228
D-32549 Bad Oeynhausen
phone: +49 (0) 5734 9 22-0
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mail: info@balda.de
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sector: Semiconductors & active components
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