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

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Subtitle: - Shareholders participate in this transaction by receiving
an extraordinary dividend - CEO Dominik Müser: "We consequently
execute our plan to fully dispose of all shares in TPK."

Bad Oeynhausen (euro adhoc) - Clarification: The new version of the
press release clarifies that the holding of Balda Investments
Singapore Pte. Ltd. in TPK Holding Co., Ltd. drops to approx. 0.8 %,
but will go up to approx. 2 % due to TPK dividends physically made in
shares.

Bad Oeynhausen, July 1st, 2012 - Balda AG, a specialist for
high-quality plastic solutions, 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. Balda had already sold 20,000,000 TPK-shares in
February 2012 and thereby generated proceeds of approx. EUR 238
million.

By the latest transaction, the holding of Balda Investments Singapore
Pte. Ltd. in TPK Holding Co., Ltd. further reduces from 7.6 % to
approx. 0.8 %, but will go up to approx. 2 % due to TPK dividends for
business year 2011 physically made in shares. The management board
intends to sell the 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. As a consequence of the conducted sales of
TPK-shares, the company expects a significant profit on group-level
for the short business year 2012.

Dominik Müser, CEO of Balda AG: "By selling a further block of
TPK-shares we consequently execute our plan to fully dispose of all
shares in TPK. This does not only enable us to pay our shareholders a
highly attractive extraordinary dividend for the short business year
2012 but also extend our financial scope of actions for the ongoing
reorganization of the operative business of Balda."

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
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