Balda AG / Change of Personnel/Miscellaneous 12.06.2009 Release of a Adhoc News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dirk Eichelberger is leaving Balda AG, Rainer Mohr to succeed - Sole member of the Board of Directors Dr. Dirk Eichelberger is resigning at the end of the annual general meeting on 3 July 2009 - Rainer Mohr, previously Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Sovello AG, will follow as CFO and for the time being as sole member of the Board of Directors Bad Oeynhausen, 12 June 2009. - Dr. Dirk Eichelberger (45), since 1 November 2007 Chief Financial Officer and since 1 January 2009 sole member of the Board of Directors of Balda AG, listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, is leaving the mobile phone supplier effective 3 July 2009 at the end of the annual general meeting. Eichelberger resigns from Balda AG by mutual agreement against the background of the realignment of the Balda AG bodies. Rainer Mohr (51), previously Chief Financial Officer of Sovello AG (formerly EverQ GmbH), producing solar modules in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Saxony-Anhalt, will follow as Chief Financial Officer and for the time being as sole member of the Board of Directors as of 7 July 2009. Rainer Mohr, holding a degree in business management, had positions in a variety of internationally operating industrial companies before joining Sovello AG as CFO. *** 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 equipment 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 three production facilities, the Group has a strong position in China and Malaysia. 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 5734 922 2604. Email: croehl@balda.de, Internet: www.balda.de * * * 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. DGAP 12.06.2009 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Balda AG: Dirk Eichelberger is leaving Balda AG, Rainer Mohr to succeed
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