EANS-Adhoc: Balda generates around EUR 87 million from sale of the remaining shares in TPK Holding

01.02.2013
EANS-Adhoc: Balda generates around EUR 87 million from sale of the remaining shares in TPK Holding

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ad-hoc disclosure pursuant to section 15 of the WpHG transmitted by euro

adhoc with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution. The issuer is solely

responsible for the content of this announcement.

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Earnings Forecast/Company Information/Sale of Shares

01.02.2013

Bad Oeynhausen, 1 February 2013 – Balda AG today announced that it has sold a

total of 7,066,008 shares in TPK Holding Co., Ltd. at the best price 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. 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. This transaction marks the disposal of the remaining portion of Balda’s

investment in TPK Holding Co. Ltd.

Further inquiry note:

Thilo M. Tern

CAT Consultants GmbH & Co.

Ferdinandstraße 6

20095 Hamburg

Telefon: +49 (0) 40 303744-70

E-Mail: thilo.tern@cat-consultants.de

issuer: 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: 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