8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 16, 2009

DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Ohio	1-4879	34-0183970
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

599 Mayfair Road, P.O. Box 3077, North Canton, Ohio	44720-8077
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (330) 490-4000

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

EX-99.1

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

     The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Diebold, Incorporated (the “Company”) elected Mei-Wei Cheng as a member of the Board to fill a vacancy on June 16, 2009, effective August 1, 2009. The Board has also, upon the recommendation by the Board Governance Committee of the Board, elected Mr. Cheng to serve as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board. As a non-employee director, Mr. Cheng will receive compensation in the same manner as the Company’s other non-employee directors, which compensation the Company previously disclosed in its definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on March 10, 2009.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	News Release of Diebold, Incorporated dated August 5, 2009.

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED
By:	/s/Chad F. Hesse
	Chad F. Hesse
	Senior Corporate Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Date: August 11, 2009

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	News Release of Diebold, Incorporated dated August 5, 2009.

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

                     

pressrelease

Contacts:
Media Relations	Investor Relations
Mike Jacobsen	Christopher Bast
+1 330 490 3796	+1 330 490 6908
michael.jacobsen@diebold.com	christopher.bast@diebold.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
August 5, 2009

DIEBOLD ELECTS NEW MEMBER TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND
DECLARES THIRD-QUARTER CASH DIVIDEND
New director photo available at
www.news.diebold.com/photo_display.cfm?photo_id=178&view=low_res

     NORTH CANTON, Ohio — Diebold, Incorporated has announced that Mei-Wei Cheng was elected to its board of directors, effective August 1.

     Cheng, 59, recently retired from Ford Motor Company as group vice president and Ford Motor China executive chairman. Previously from 1999 to 2008, he served as chairman and chief executive officer of Ford Motor China. Prior to joining Ford, Cheng held several senior executive positions within General Electric (GE) Corporation including: vice president, regional executive and president of GE Appliance, Asia in Hong Kong, and chairman and chief executive officer of GE China.

     Previously in his career, Cheng served as vice chairman of Jiangling Motor Company, vice chairman of Chang’an Ford Automobile Corporation Ltd., and a member of the board of directors for Ford Lio Ho Motor Company Limited. He also was vice chairman of Committee of 100, an organization of Chinese American leaders devoted to encouraging better U.S.-China relations; and was a member of the Board of governors of American Chambers of Commerce in China for several years. Currently, he is a member of the Cornell Engineering College Advisory Council.

     Cheng holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering/operations research from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. In addition, he holds a master’s degree in business administration from Rutgers University in Newark, N.J.; and is a graduate of Dartmouth’s Amos Tuck Executive Program in Hanover, N.H., as well as Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s program for senior executives in Cambridge, Mass. Cheng currently resides in Shanghai with a secondary residence in Atlanta.

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DIEBOLD ELECTS NEW BOARD MEMBER AND DECLARES DIVIDEND/PAGE 2

Diebold Declares Third-Quarter Cash Dividend

     The board of directors declared a third-quarter cash dividend of 26 cents per share on all common shares. The dividend is payable on Friday, Sept. 11, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Friday, Aug. 21.

About Diebold

     Diebold, Incorporated is a global leader in providing integrated self-service delivery and security systems and services. Diebold employs more than 17,000 associates with representation in nearly 90 countries worldwide and is headquartered in Canton, Ohio, USA. Diebold is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘DBD.’ For more information, visit the company’s Web site at www.diebold.com, or visit www.diebold.com/150 to learn more about Diebold’s 150-year history.

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