In the period under review, the Company was covered by 22 financial analysts, who regularly issued comments and recommendations. These analysts are (in alphabetical order):
Bankhaus Lampe, Berenberg Bank, BHF Bank, Cheuvreux, Commerzbank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, DZ Bank, Equinet, Fairesearch/Close Brothers Seydler Research, Goldman Sachs, HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt, Kepler Capital Markets, LBBW, Merrill Lynch, Metzler Equity Research, M. M. Warburg, Nord/LB, UBS, Unicredit, Wedbush Morgan Securities, 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 held an interest in Wincor Nixdorf in excess of the disclosure threshold:
- Blackrock Inc./Blackrock Financial Management Inc./Blackrock Holdco 2, Inc. (more than 5%)
- Ameriprise Financial Inc./Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL/Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited/Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (more than 3%)
- DWS Investment GmbH (more than 3%)
- Oddo Asset Management/ODDO ET CIE (more than 3%)
During the quarter under review, the Board of Directors and Investor Relations team presented the Company at a number of investor conferences and roadshows in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States and met up with several institutional investors.
On April 28, 2010, an analysts’ conference call was arranged for the announcement of Wincor Nixdorf’s half-year results for 2009/2010.
