Balda AG / Acquisition 12.11.2008 Release of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bad Oeynhausen, November 12, 2008 Balda AG, listed in the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, has acquired the entire stake in the joint venture company Balda Lumberg Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Bad Oeynhausen, from the Lumberg Group, Schalksmühle, effective as of immediately. The company, now fully owned by Balda AG, is the holding company of the two Brazilian Group companies located in Sao Paulo and Manaus. The involved parties have agreed to observe secrecy with respect to the details of the purchase agreement. The Brazilian Group companies represent around 5 per cent of Group sales of 207.1 million euros as of September 30, 2008 (quotal consolidation). Balda is not likely to invest further in Brazil. Until further notice the two companies will be consolidated at 100 per cent. With this acquisition Balda is keeping all options open how to proceed in Brazil. * * * Company profile Balda AG The Balda Group develops and produces highly integrated devices comprising plastic and electronic components, primarily for the telecommunications sector. In addition, the company manufactures high-tech components such as headphones and hands-free sets. The future is derived from past experience. Balda has developed an active culture of continuous transformation through the traditions established within the hundred years of its existence. Since its founding, innovation and technology have been the significant driving forces of progress and the guarantors of corporate success. Today, Balda is an internationally positioned high-tech company with innovative products and a high performance capacity. Balda AG, which is registered in the Prime Standard on the German Stock Exchange, services international brand-name clients in the mobile telecommunications sector, medical technology and other similar markets. The Group produces close to its customers locations in the expanding growth markets. With four production facilities, the Group has a strong position in China and Malaysia. Plants in Brazil and India, as well as the facility in Germany for Balda Medical, underline the Groups international focus. Within the framework of a shareholding in a leading producer of touch screens in China, Balda is participating in the dynamic development in the touch-sensitive display sector. The vision was and is clear: Balda will strengthen its technological innovations potential and further expand in the promising growth regions of Asia. Balda will thus achieve the conditions for profitable growth and a sustainable increase in added value. * * * This corporate news includes 'forward-looking statements' which are based on the current expectations of the management of Balda. They are subject to risks and uncertainty because they relate to 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 does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or revise forward-looking statements except to the extent legally required. This corporate news is not an offer of securities for sale or a solicitation of an offer to purchase securities in the United States or elsewhere. The shares in Balda AG (the 'Shares') may not be offered or sold in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of U.S. persons (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act')) unless registered under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from such registration. The Shares have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act. If you have any questions please contact: Balda AG, Clas Röhl, Phone: +49 5734 922 2728, Fax: +49 69 710456450. Email: croehl@balda.de, Internet: www.balda.de DGAP 12.11.2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: Balda AG Bergkirchener Str. 228 32549 Bad Oeynhausen Deutschland Phone: +49-(0)5734-922-0 Fax: +49-(0)5734-922-2747 E-mail: info@balda.de Internet: www.balda.de ISIN: DE0005215107 WKN: 521510 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-News: Balda AG acquires joint venture Balda Lumberg Deutschland completely
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