During the period under review, the company’s performance was monitored and assessed by 21 financial analysts, who regularly issued comments and recommendations relating to Wincor Nixdorf’s stock. These analysts were as follows (in alphabetical order):
Bankhaus Lampe, Berenberg Bank, BHF Bank, B. Metzler, Cazenove, Cheuvreux, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Kleinwort, DZ Bank, Fairesearch, Goldman Sachs, HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt, LBBW, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Nord/LB, Sal. Oppenheim Research, UBS, Unicredit, WestLB.
Based on the announcements issued pursuant to Section 21 of the Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz – WpHG), at the end of the reporting period the following entities had a Wincor Nixdorf shareholding of a scope that requires disclosure:
- Fidelity Management & Research Corp. (more than 5%)
- AKO Capital LLP (more than 5%)
- Fidelity International Ltd. (more than 3%)
- Neuberger Bermann LLC (more than 3%)
- New Star Asset Management Ltd. (more than 3%)
- Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd./Ameriprise Financial Inc. (more than 3%)
The Board of Directors and Investor Relations team presented the company’s business model at a number of investor conferences and roadshows in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States and met up with several institutional investors.
Among the key events were the Cheuvreux German Corporate Conference on January 22, 2008, in Frankfurt am Main as well as the Pan European Small & Mid Cap Conference organized by Deutsche Bank in London on March 13, 2008.
An analysts’ conference call was arranged for the announcement of Wincor Nixdorf’s Q1 2007/2008 results. Coinciding with the annual “Wincor World” in-house exhibition in Paderborn, the company organized the “4th Wincor Nixdorf Investors’ Day” on January 29, 2008, which included an extensive range of information for investors and analysts.
