During the period under review, the company’s performance was monitored and assessed by 23 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, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, DZ Bank, Fairesearch, Goldman Sachs, HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt, Landesbanki Kepler, LBBW, Merrill Lynch, M.M. Warburg, 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:
- AKO Capital LLP (more than 5%)
- Ameriprise Financial Inc./Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd.
(more than 5%) - Capital Research and Management Company/Capital Income Builder, Inc. (more than 5%)
- Neuberger Bermann Inc./Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (more than 5%)
- Cantillon Capital Management LLP/Cantillon Capital Management LLC
(more than 3%) - FMR LLC/Fidelity Management & Research (more than 3%)
During the quarter just ended, 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, Ireland, the Netherlands and Switzerland and met up with several institutional investors.
Among the key events were the “German Corporate Conference” organized by Cheuvreux in Frankfurt am Main as well as the “Pan European Small & Mid Cap Conference” hosted by Deutsche Bank in London.
On January 19, 2009, an analysts’ conference call was arranged for the announcement of Wincor Nixdorf’s first-quarter results for 2008/2009.
Coinciding with the annual “Wincor World” in-house exhibition in Paderborn, the company organized the “5th Wincor Nixdorf Investors’ Day” on January 20, 2009, which included an extensive range of information for investors and analysts.
