DGAP-Adhoc: Balda AG reaches agreement with banks on restructuring of financing

28.11.2008

Balda AG / Key word(s): Banking Syndicate/Miscellaneous

28.11.2008 13:57

Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted

by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG.

The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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– Loan commitment until year-end 2009

– Signing of agreement planned for next week

Bad Oeynhausen, November 28, 2008 – Balda AG, listed in the Prime Standard

segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, has agreed with its banks on a new

financing structure to last until year-end 2009. After a repayment of 7.5

million euros as of November 28, the credit lines now extended until

year-end 2009 amount to 76.5 million euros. With respect to terms and

collateral agreement has been achieved. The signing of the agreements is

planned for next week.

As already reported on September 30, Balda is in no need of fresh money

from its banks due to the inflow of funds after the partly sale of its

stake in the touch screen producer TPK, Xiamen, China. With this agreement

Balda is now in the position to forcefully press ahead with its new

strategic positioning. This consists in focussing on the infocom business

in Asia by producing plastic and electronic products for communications and

media entertainment hardware while keeping a substantial stake in TPK.

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Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News:

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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.

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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

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Language: English

Company: Balda AG

Bergkirchener Str. 228

32549 Bad Oeynhausen

Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 57 34 / 9 22-0

Fax: +49 (0) 57 34 / 9 22-2604

E-mail: info@Balda.de

Internet: www.balda.de

ISIN: DE0005215107

WKN: 521510

Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr

in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München, Stuttgart

End of Announcement DGAP News-Service

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