Balda AG announced at the annual general meeting held on November 07, 2012, it elected Mr. Ted Gerlach as a new supervisory board member and successor to Mr. Chun-Chen Chen in this role. Mr. Gerlach is the Managing Director of BluePoint Controls Inc. with its head office in Milpitas, California, USA. The annual general meeting also confirmed the posts of the supervisory board members Dr. Michael Naschke and Mr. Yu-Sheng Kai. The board elected Dr. Naschke as supervisory board chairman and Mr. Gerlach as his deputy during its constituent session.

The company approved a dividend payment of EUR 2.00 per share for the short financial year 2012 (1st January to 30th June 2012). As such a total of around EUR 117.8 million will be distributed.