In all its business dealings, the Group strives for profitable growth. Investment and acquisition decisions are continually assessed against this criterion. At present, we do not perceive any substantial risks that could have a negative effect on our performance, financial position or our assets.

Wincor Nixdorf’s Outsourcing (Glossary)  activities, which have been successfully introduced onto the market in recent years and involve our assuming responsibility for a wide range of related business processes on behalf of our customers, have now been fully integrated into our operations. However, the highly complex nature of outsourcing projects brings with it a higher degree of risk. We seek to counter this risk by conducting pre-emptive risk analyses and ongoing risk management. By concentrating the management of these outsourced business processes within a team of specialists, we have been able to minimize the risk to which these processes are exposed to the benefit of both ourselves and our customers. In addition, we take out appropriate insurance and use other back-up measures to minimize disruption and potential risk.