IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR INVESTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS Should Diebold, Inc. (" Diebold ") and Wincor Nixdorf AG (" Wincor Nixdorf ") proceed with the contemplated business combination transaction, they expect that Diebold would file a Registration Statement on Form S-4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (" SEC ") which would include an offering prospectus of Diebold to be used in connection with the offer by Diebold (or a wholly-owned subsidiary of Diebold) to acquire all issued Wincor Nixdorf shares. In such case, when available, Diebold would disseminate the offering prospectus to Wincor Nixdorf shareholders in connection with Diebold's offer to acquire all of the issued shares of Wincor Nixdorf. Diebold and Wincor Nixdorf also expect that Diebold or its wholly owned subsidiary would file an offer document with the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority ( Bundesanstalt fuer Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht ) (" BaFin ").