For the remainder of the fiscal year, Wincor Nixdorf anticipates that the world economy will develop in a manner that is conducive to business performance. In parallel, the retail banking and retail sectors are likely to be dominated by continuing evolution.

Given the favorable situation as a whole and the extremely solid business performance in the first half, the Company is confident that it will be able to exceed the annual growth target of 6% for net sales and 8% for EBITA. The Company has thus revised upward its forecast for net sales to +9% and for EBITA to +15%.

Within this context, Wincor Nixdorf anticipates that business growth will return to a more normal level in the second half. Thus, the Banking segment will no longer benefit to such a great extent from large-scale rollouts as was the case in the first two quarters. The Retail segment reveals a basis effect in relation to the preceding year. This is mainly attributable to the significant capital expenditure on reverse vending systems in Germany during the previous year.