Rules for the appointment and removal of members of the Board of Directors are laid out in Sections 84 and 85 AktG, which stipulate that members of the Board of Directors shall be appointed by the Supervisory Board for a maximum period of five years. Members may subsequently be reappointed or their period of office extended for a further period of five years. According to Section 5 of the Articles of Association, the number of members of the Board of Directors is determined by the Supervisory Board, and it must consist of at least two persons. The Board of Directors of Wincor Nixdorf AG is made up of three members, including the Chairman (President and CEO), who currently also holds the position of Labor Relations Director as required by the Mitbestimmungsgesetz (Codetermination Act).

The Articles of Association may only be amended by the AGM (Section 179 (1) Sentence 1 AktG). Pursuant to Section 13 of the Articles of Association, the Supervisory Board may only amend and decide on the wording of the Articles of Association. In accordance with Section 18 (1) of the Articles of Association, resolutions of the AGM may be passed by a simple majority of the votes cast in the absence of a mandatory provision of the law stipulating otherwise. In cases where the law requires a majority of the subscribed capital represented at the time of voting, a simple majority of the subscribed capital represented will suffice in the absence of a mandatory provision of the law stipulating otherwise.