In accordance with Section 7 of the Company’s articles of association, the Supervisory Board consists of six shareholder representatives and six employee representatives. No conflicts of interest occurred within the Supervisory Board during the period under review. The terms of office of the six employee representatives as well as those of Dr. Alexander Dibelius and Prof. Dr. Harald Wiedmann are due to expire at the end of the Annual General Meeting responsible for adopting a motion on the approval of their actions for fiscal 2009/2010. The employee representative Dr. Bernard Motzko resigned as member of the Supervisory Board as of November 2, 2009, therefore he was replaced at the same time by his deputy member Martin Stamm. The terms of office of Walter Gunz and Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem continue until the end of the Annual General Meeting, which is responsible for approving the actions of the members of the Supervisory Board for fiscal 2012/2013. My own term of office and that of Hero Brahms continue until the end of the Annual General Meeting responsible for approving our actions for fiscal 2010/2011.
The Supervisory Board wishes to thank the Board of Directors, all members of staff and the employee representatives for their constructive and successful work in fiscal 2008/2009. They have made a valuable contribution to what has been a successful year for Wincor Nixdorf AG despite the difficult global situation.
Paderborn, November 24, 2009
Karl-Heinz Stiller
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
