EANS-News: Balda generates around EUR 87 million from sale of the remaining shares in TPK Holding (with document)

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Earnings Forecast/Sale of Shares

Bad Oeynhausen (euro adhoc) - Bad Oeynhausen, 1 February 2013 - Balda
AG, a producer of high-quality plastic products, today announced that
it has sold a total of 7,066,008 shares in TPK Holding Co., Ltd. via
its Group company Balda Investments Singapore Pte. Ltd., generating
proceeds of around EUR 87 million (based on today's exchange rate).
The transaction was carried out by way of a block trade organized by
investment bank CitiGroup. By executing this carefully prepared sale,
the Management Board follows through on its announcement made at the
Annual Annual General Meeting on 7 November 2012 to sell the
remaining shares in TPK Holding Co. Ltd. at the best price. The sale
will be reflected in Balda AG's earnings for the 2012/2013 financial
year. As a result, a strong consolidated profit is to be expected for
that financial year.

Dominik Müser, Chief Executive Officer of Balda AG: "By selling the
last batch of shares in TPK at the best price, we have now fully
executed our announced plan to dispose of the shareholding
altogether. We expect this sale to result in another strong
consolidated profit for 2012/2013."

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Further inquiry note:
Contact:
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 Aktiengesellschaft
Bergkirchener Str. 228
D-32549 Bad Oeynhausen
phone: +49 (0) 5734 9 22-0
FAX: +49 (0) 5734 922-2604
mail: info@balda.de
WWW: http://www.balda.de
sector: Semiconductors & active components
ISIN: DE0005215107
indexes: SDAX, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart,
regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English