DGAP-Adhoc: Balda AG: Balda AG: New - non-binding - offer

Balda AG / Key word(s): Disposal 26.11.2015 10:50 Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bad Oeynhausen, November 26, 2015 - Today, Balda AG received yet another, so far non-binding offer for the sale of its entire operating business. On October 30, 2015, Balda AG announced that it had received a binding offer for the sale of its entire operating business at a purchase price of EUR 74 million from the Heitkamp & Thumann Group, Düsseldorf ("H&T"). The offer by H&T is subject to approval by the General Meeting of Balda AG. Today, the Management Board of Balda AG received a - non- binding - offer by the Italian Stevanato Group ("Stevanato"). The offer stipulates a purchase price of EUR 80 million and is similar to the bid by H&T in terms of structure and guarantees. Subject to a conclusive due diligence and the finalization of contractual documents, Stevanato also holds out the prospect of submitting a binding notarial offer by December 14, 2015, 24.00 hours. The Management Board and the Supervisory Board assume that Stevanato will deliver on this promise in due time. Any binding offer by Stevanato will also depend on prior approval by the General Meeting of Balda AG. The Management Board has invited the shareholders to the Annual General Meeting 2015 on November 30, 2015 and, if necessary, December 1, 2015. The agenda features, among other things, the approval of the General Meeting concerning the offer by H&T. The Management Board and the Supervisory Board have agreed to maintain the agenda and the Boards' recommendations to approve the offer by H&T, because the offer by Stevanato is not yet binding. If the General Meeting approves of the offer by H&T and should Stevanato then submit a binding offer in due time and before implementation of the resolution of the General Meeting, the Management Board and the Supervisory Board will have to review the content of this offer and determine whether a new General Meeting is to be convened. At this occasion - subject to rescinding the resolution of approval concerning the offer by H&T - the binding offer by Stevanato would then be put to the vote. In case Stevanato fails to submit the announced binding offer in due time, though, or if it does not live up to the expectations, the resolution of approval by the General Meeting concerning the offer by H&T could take effect and no additional General Meeting would be required. Contact/contact person Michael Pfister Deekeling Arndt Advisors tel: +49 (0) 5734 922 2555 mobile: +49 (0) 160 90560506 email: michael.pfister@deekeling-arndt.de About Balda Balda (ISIN: DE0005215107) is a provider of high-end plastics solutions that rely on quality in sophisticated fields of application in the healthcare, lifestyle, automotive and consumer electronics industry. Balda operates in Europe and Northern America and has state of the art production sites at the Oeynhausen headquarters in Germany and in the US. The company's success with its about 800 staff worldwide is based on the use of modern, cost-efficient technologies and the close cooperation with our customers in a spirit of trust. www.balda-group.com 26.11.2015 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: ir@balda-group.com Internet: www.balda-group.com ISIN: DE0005215107 WKN: 521510 Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------