EANS-Adhoc: Balda AG / Balda generates approx. EUR 150 million by sale of further shares in TPK Holding

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Company Information

01.07.2012

Bad Oeynhausen, July 1st, 2012 - Balda AG has sold through its
subsidiary Balda Investment Singapore Pte. Ltd. 15,998,365 shares of
TPK Holding Co., Ltd. and generated proceeds in the amount of approx.
EUR 150 million. The transaction was made via block-trade organized
by the investment firm UBS. The sale, which will not affect the
dividend rights of Balda in TPK Holding for the business year 2011,
will be recognized in profit and loss of the short business year from
January 1st 2012 to June 30, 2012 in the same way as the sale already
conducted in February 2012 of 20,000,000 TPK-shares with generated
proceeds of approx. EUR 238 million. As a consequence, a significant
profit on group-level has to be expected.

The transaction further reduces the holding of Balda Investments
Singapore Pte. Ltd. in TPK Holding Co., Ltd. from 7.6 % to approx.
0.8 %. The management board intends to sell these remaining shares,
that will be locked up for 90 days, at an optimized value and to
fully dispose of the non-strategic TPK-investment. It also confirmed
the aim to distribute a significant amount of the transaction as
extraordinary dividend to the shareholders of Balda AG.

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 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.

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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issuer: 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: free trade: Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart,
regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English