DGAP-News: Balda AG: The Chiang Family takes over shares from NordLB

Balda AG / Miscellaneous

20.02.2009 

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- CEO welcomes stabilised shareholder structure

Bad Oeynhausen, February 20, 2009 - Michael Chiang informed us of an
increase in his stake in Balda AG through his company MAX GAIN.  Effective
February 18, Mr Chiang has taken over shares from the Norddeutsche
Landesbank (NordLB) increasing his holding from 15.27 % to 29.99 %.

The purchase price through the Frankfurt Stock Exchange has not been
disclosed. The transaction was completed outside of the stock exchange
market.

Dirk Eichelberger, CEO of Balda AG, welcomes the stabilization of the
shareholder circle and sees the decision as a vote of confidence in the
future of Balda and its strategy.

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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 Group's 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.

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


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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
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