Wincor Nixdorf believes in taking a proactive approach to the challenges of global competition – including that of attracting the best people. Throughout the entire Group, we attach great importance to the recruitment and retention of outstanding employees, the integration of newly appointed staff and maintaining the enthusiasm and commitment of long-serving staff. To this end, over the last fiscal year we invested massively in strategic personnel development. We see this as laying the foundations for our global program of preparing future leaders and promoting talent.

A cornerstone of our policy is to ensure that Wincor Nixdorf employees participate in the success of the Group. During the year under review, in addition to basic pay, our remuneration package for employees included an amount based on individual performance, Group performance and the success of the organization. Overall, employees achieved above-average earnings at all levels of the organization.

We further strengthened our commitment to socially and ethically responsible conduct through the development and implementation of appropriate guidelines.

As part of our compliance program, we brought together the rules applying to all staff worldwide and made them available online.

As planned, the framework pay agreement signed by IG Metall and the Confederation of Employers will be implemented at Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH on October 1, 2008. All the necessary preparations were finalized during the year under review in consultation with employee representatives. This means that a uniform and modern pay system is now in place, superseding the previous system, which had lasted for over thirty years.