Balda AG / Change of Personnel 19.12.2008 Release of a Adhoc News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bad Oeynhausen, December 19, 2008 Joachim Gut is to resign as CEO of Balda AG, listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, as of year-end 2008. CFO Dr. Dirk Eichelberger will lead the Group as CEO and sole Board of Directors member in the future. Joachim Gut joined Baldas Board of Directors, a company producing plastic and electronic products for communications and media entertainment hardware, on June 1, 2003. On October 14, 2003 he assumed the position as CEO. Joachim Gut in particular pressed ahead with the international positioning of the Group. He pursued the expansion of the Chinese production plants with determination. By entering the touch screen technology business in 2006 he opened up a new technological dimension for the Group headquartered in East Westphalia. He had the electronic products development centre in Malaysia successfully extended. His departure has to be seen against the background of the new positioning of the company after the reduction of its holding in touch screen producer TPK, the focussing on plastic and electronic products and the decision of the Supervisory Board to downsize the Board of Directors. The separation took place amicably. The Supervisory Board of Balda AG explicitly would like to thank Joachim Gut for his commitment to the Group. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News: 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 ad hoc announcement 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 ad hoc announcement 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 19.12.2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: Balda AG Bergkirchener Str. 228 32549 Bad Oeynhausen Deutschland Phone: +49 (0) 57 34 / 9 22-0 Fax: +49 (0) 57 34 / 9 22-2747 E-mail: info@Balda.de Internet: http://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-Adhoc: Joachim Gut is leaving Balda AG / Dr. Dirk Eichelberger sole member of the Board of Directors and CEO in the future
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