DIVESTITURES

During 2017, the Company divested its legacy Diebold business in the U.K. to Cennox Group for $5.0, fulfilling the requirements previously set forth by the U.K. CMA. The divestiture closed on June 30, 2017. The legacy, independent Wincor Nixdorf U.K. and Ireland business will be completely integrated into the global Diebold Nixdorf operations and brand. As part of the Company's routine efforts to evaluate its business operations, during 2017, the Company agreed to sell its ES businesses located in Mexico and Chile to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Securitas AB and Avant, respectively. The Company recorded a pre-tax gain of $2.2 related to these transactions. The combined net sales of the divestitures represented less than one percent of total net sales of the Company for 2017 and 2016.

In December 2015, the Company announced it was forming a new strategic alliance with a subsidiary of the Inspur Group, a Chinese cloud computing and data center company, to develop, manufacture and distribute banking solutions in China. The Inspur Group will hold a majority stake of 51.0 percent in the new jointly owned company, Inspur JV. In November 2016, the Inspur JV was formed and the Company did not have a significant gain or loss from the transaction. The Inspur JV offers a complete range of self-service terminals within the Chinese market, including ATMs. The Company will serve as the exclusive distributor outside of China for all products developed by the Inspur JV, which will be sold under the Diebold Nixdorf brand. The Company does not consolidate Inspur JV and includes its results of operations in equity in earnings of an investee included in other income (expense) of the consolidated statements of operations.

In addition, to support the services-led approach to the market, the Company will divest a minority share of its current China operations to the Inspur Group. Moving forward, this business will be focused on providing a whole suite of services, including installation, maintenance, professional and managed services related to ATMs and other automated transaction solutions.

During the third quarter of 2016, the Company received cash proceeds of $27.7 related to the sale of stock in its Aevi International GmbH and Diebold Nixdorf AG China subsidiaries. In addition to the cash proceeds received, the Company recorded deferred payments of $44.7 for the divestiture of its Diebold Nixdorf AG China subsidiaries. The Diebold Nixdorf AG China sale was reflected in the opening balance sheet and no gain or loss was recorded. The Diebold Nixdorf AG China sale was in connection with the June 2016, Diebold Nixdorf AG announcement to establish a strategic alliance with Aisino Corporation, to position itself in China to offer solutions that meet Chinese banking regulations. Aisino Corporation is a Chinese company that specializes in intelligent anti-forgery tax control systems, EFT, POS solutions, financial IC cards, bill receipt printing solutions and public IT security solutions. Following the closing of the transaction, the Company holds a noncontrolling interest in the Aisino JV of 43.6 percent. The Company includes the Aisino results of operations in equity in earnings of an investees included in other income (expense) of the consolidated statements of operations.

In February 2016, the Company finalized its divestiture of its wholly-owned ES subsidiary located in the U.S. and Canada for an aggregate purchase price of $350.0 in cash, 10.0 percent of which was contingent based on the successful transition of certain customer relationships. For ES to continue its growth, it would require resources and investment that Diebold Nixdorf was not committed to make given its focus on the self-service market. The Company received payment and recorded a pre-tax gain of $239.5 on the ES divestiture which was recognized during 2016. Cash flows provided or used by the NA ES business are presented as cash flows from discontinued operations for all of the periods presented. The results of operations, financial position and cash flows from the NA ES business were not included in the Company's financial statements from the closing date.

The following summarizes select financial information included in income from discontinued operations, net of tax:



	Years ended December 31,
	2016			2015
Net sales
Services and software	$	16.3		$	221.5
Systems	8.5			127.0
	24.8			348.5
Cost of sales
Services and software	15.1			181.1
Systems	6.9			102.2
	22.0			283.3
Gross profit	2.8			65.2
Selling and administrative expense	4.8			39.7
Income (loss) from discontinued operations before taxes	(2.0		)	25.5
Income tax (benefit) expense	(0.7		)	9.6
	(1.3		)	15.9

Gain on sale of discontinued operations before taxes	239.5			—
Income tax (benefit) expense	94.5			—
Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax	145.0			—
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	143.7		$	15.9

As of March 31, 2015, the Company agreed to sell its equity interest in its Venezuela joint venture to its joint venture partner and recorded impairment charges of $18.6 and an additional $0.4 related to uncollectible accounts receivable, which is included in selling and administrative expenses on the consolidated statements of operations during 2015.