DJ euro adhoc: Wincor Nixdorf Aktiengesellschaft / Release of a voting rights announcement according to article 26, section 1.1 WpHG (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution

DJ euro adhoc: Wincor Nixdorf Aktiengesellschaft / Release of a voting rights announcement according to article 26, section 1.1 WpHG (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution

Wincor Nixdorf Aktiengesellschaft / =------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is responsible for the content of this announcement. =------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Person/company obliged to make the notification: =----------------------------------------------- Name: Morgan Stanley Place: Delaware DE 19801 State: USA Company data: =------------ Name: Wincor Nixdorf Aktiengesellschaft Address: Heinz-Nixdorf-Ring 1, 33106 Paderborn Place: Paderborn State: Deutschland 16.01.2009 The following notification is made in the name of Morgan Stanley, Delaware DE 19801, USA. It herewith notifies on its own behalf and on behalf of such further subsidiaries as mentioned below pursuant Section 21 para. 1 and Section 24 German Securities Trading Act that: 1. Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, New York, USA, has exceeded the threshold of 3% of the voting rights in Wincor Nixdorf AG, Paderborn, Germany on January 13, 2009 and on that day holds 4.59% (1,519,864 shares, each carrying one voting right) of the voting rights; and 2. The holding entity of Morgan Stanley % Co. Incorporated, Morgan Stanley, The Corporated Trust Company, Delaware, USA, has also exceeded the threshold of 3% of the voting rights of Wincor Nixdorf AG, Paderborn, Germany, on January 13, 2009 and on that day holds 4.59% (1,519,864 shares, each carrying one voting right) whereby the aforementioned voting rights have to be attributed to Section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 1 German Securities Trading Act. 3. This chain of entities is represented as follows (starting on the highest level): 1)Morgan Stanley (Delaware) 2)Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated. Paderborn, January 16, 2009 Wincor Nixdorf AG Board of Directors end of announcement euro adhoc =-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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January 16, 2009 08:26 ET (13:26 GMT)