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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;21, 2009</B>
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No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">34-0183970</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">5995 Mayfair Road, P.O. Box 3077, North Canton, Ohio 44720-8077<BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices Including Zip Code)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>DIEBOLD,
INCORPORATED 1991 EQUITY AND PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN<BR> (AS AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF APRIL 13, 2009)</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Warren W. Dettinger<BR>
Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
Diebold, Incorporated<BR>
5995 Mayfair Road<BR>
North Canton, Ohio 44720<BR>
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(330)&nbsp;490-4000<BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Registered <SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)(2)</SUP></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Common Stock, $1.25 par value per share</FONT></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">4,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">31.76</TD>
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    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">127,040,000</TD>
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    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">7,088.83</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also
covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may become issuable pursuant to the
adjustments upon changes of capitalization provisions of the Plan.</TD>
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<TR>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also
covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may become issuable pursuant to the
anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for calculating the amount of the registration fee, pursuant to
paragraphs Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(r) under the Securities Act of 1933, on the basis of
the average of the high and low sale prices of the registrant&#146;s Common Stock on the New
York Stock Exchange on September&nbsp;14, 2009, within five business days prior to filing.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The contents of the registration statements on Forms S-8 (Registration Nos. 333-32187 and
333-60578), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;28, 1997 and May&nbsp;10, 2001,
respectively, to register shares of common stock, par value $1.25 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), of Diebold,
Incorporated, an Ohio corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), to be issued under the Diebold, Incorporated
Amended and Restated 1991 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;), are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. This Registration Statement on Form S-8
is filed for the purpose of registering the sale of an additional 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock
under the Plan.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">PART II
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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    <TD>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The legality of the Common Stock being offered by this Registration Statement has been passed
upon for the Registrant by Mr.&nbsp;Warren W. Dettinger. Mr.&nbsp;Dettinger is the Vice President and
General Counsel of the Registrant. As of August&nbsp;31, 2009, Mr.&nbsp;Dettinger held 30,694 shares of
Common Stock and had been granted options to purchase another 113,200 shares of Common Stock.
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    <TD>Exhibits</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit Number</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Diebold, Incorporated 1991 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan (as
Amended and Restated as April&nbsp;13, 2009) (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report of Form&nbsp;8-K, filed April&nbsp;29, 2009, and
incorporated herein by reference (File No.&nbsp;001-04879)).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant
(filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1(i) to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 1994, and incorporated herein by
reference (File No.&nbsp;001-04879)).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Amendment by Shareholders to Amended Articles of
Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended
March&nbsp;31, 1996, and incorporated herein by reference (File No.
001-04879)).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Amendment to Amended Articles of Incorporation of the
Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on
Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008, and incorporated
herein by reference (File No.&nbsp;001-04879)).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(e)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Code of Regulations of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1(ii) to
the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended
March&nbsp;31, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference (File No.
001-04879)).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">5</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Counsel.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of KPMG LLP.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney.</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>The Registrant</I>. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cleveland, State of Ohio, on September
21, 2009.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Warren W. Dettinger
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Warren W. Dettinger&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Vice President and General Counsel&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of September&nbsp;21, 2009.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas W. Swidarski
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas W. Swidarski
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Leslie A. Pierce
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Leslie A. Pierce
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Interim Chief Financial
Officer and Controller<br>
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John N. Lauer
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John N. Lauer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Phillip R. Cox
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Phillip R. Cox
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard R. Crandall
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard R. Crandall
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gale S. Fitzgerald
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gale S. Fitzgerald
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Phillip B. Lassiter
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Phillip B. Lassiter
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Eric J. Roorda
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Eric J. Roorda
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Henry D. G. Wallace
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Henry D. G. Wallace
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Alan J. Weber
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Alan J. Weber
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This registration statement has been signed on behalf of the above
officer and directors pursuant to a power of attorney filed as Exhibit
24 to this registration statement.</TD>
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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">DATED: September 21, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Warren W. Dettinger
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Warren W. Dettinger&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Attorney-in-Fact&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit Description</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(a)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Diebold, Incorporated 1991 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan (as
Amended and Restated as April&nbsp;13, 2009) (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report of Form&nbsp;8-K, filed April&nbsp;29, 2009, and
incorporated herein by reference (File No.&nbsp;001-04879)).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(b)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant
(filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1(i) to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 1994, and incorporated herein by
reference (File No.&nbsp;001-04879)).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(c)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Amendment by Shareholders to Amended Articles of
Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended
March&nbsp;31, 1996, and incorporated herein by reference (File No.
001-04879)).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(d)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Amendment to Amended Articles of Incorporation of the
Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on
Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008, and incorporated
herein by reference (File No.&nbsp;001-04879)).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(e)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Code of Regulations of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1(ii) to
the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended
March&nbsp;31, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference (File No.
001-04879)).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Counsel.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">23</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent
of KPMG &nbsp;LLP.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">24</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney.</DIV></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 21, 2009
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
OHIO
34-0183970
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
5995 Mayfair Road, P.O. Box 3077, North Canton, Ohio 44720-8077
(Address of Principal Executive Offices Including Zip Code)
DIEBOLD,
INCORPORATED 1991 EQUITY AND PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN
(AS AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF APRIL 13, 2009)
(Full Title of the Plan)
Warren W. Dettinger
Vice President and General Counsel
Diebold, Incorporated
5995 Mayfair Road
North Canton, Ohio 44720
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(330) 490-4000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large Accelerated Filer
þ
Accelerated Filer
o
Non-Accelerated Filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller Reporting Company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Amount to be
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of Registration
Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered
Registered
(1)(2)
Offering Price Per Share
(3)
Aggregate Offering Price
(3)
Fee
Common Stock, $1.25 par value per share
4,000,000
$
31.76
$
127,040,000
$
7,088.83
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also
covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may become issuable pursuant to the
adjustments upon changes of capitalization provisions of the Plan.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also
covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may become issuable pursuant to the
anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.
(3)
Estimated solely for calculating the amount of the registration fee, pursuant to
paragraphs Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(r) under the Securities Act of 1933, on the basis of
the average of the high and low sale prices of the registrant's Common Stock on the New
York Stock Exchange on September 14, 2009, within five business days prior to filing.
The contents of the registration statements on Forms S-8 (Registration Nos. 333-32187 and
333-60578), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 1997 and May 10, 2001,
respectively, to register shares of common stock, par value $1.25 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Diebold,
Incorporated, an Ohio corporation (the "Registrant"), to be issued under the Diebold, Incorporated
Amended and Restated 1991 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. This Registration Statement on Form S-8
is filed for the purpose of registering the sale of an additional 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock
under the Plan.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The legality of the Common Stock being offered by this Registration Statement has been passed
upon for the Registrant by Mr. Warren W. Dettinger. Mr. Dettinger is the Vice President and
General Counsel of the Registrant. As of August 31, 2009, Mr. Dettinger held 30,694 shares of
Common Stock and had been granted options to purchase another 113,200 shares of Common Stock.
Item 8.
Exhibits
Exhibit Number
Exhibit Description
4
(a)
Diebold, Incorporated 1991 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan (as
Amended and Restated as April 13, 2009) (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the
Registrant's Current Report of Form 8-K, filed April 29, 2009, and
incorporated herein by reference (File No. 001-04879)).
4
(b)
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant
(filed as Exhibit 3.1(i) to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994, and incorporated herein by
reference (File No. 001-04879)).
4
(c)
Certificate of Amendment by Shareholders to Amended Articles of
Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 1996, and incorporated herein by reference (File No.
001-04879)).
4
(d)
Certificate of Amendment to Amended Articles of Incorporation of the
Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.3 to Registrant's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and incorporated
herein by reference (File No. 001-04879)).
4
(e)
Code of Regulations of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.1(ii) to
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference (File No.
001-04879)).
5
Opinion of Counsel.
Exhibit Number
Exhibit Description
23
Consent of KPMG LLP.
24
Power of Attorney.
SIGNATURES
The Registrant
. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cleveland, State of Ohio, on September
21, 2009.
DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED
By:
/s/ Warren W. Dettinger
Warren W. Dettinger
Vice President and General Counsel
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of September 21, 2009.
Signature
Title
/s/ Thomas W. Swidarski
Thomas W. Swidarski
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Leslie A. Pierce
Leslie A. Pierce
Vice President, Interim Chief Financial
Officer and Controller
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ John N. Lauer
John N. Lauer
Director
/s/ Phillip R. Cox
Phillip R. Cox
Director
/s/ Richard R. Crandall
Richard R. Crandall
Director
/s/ Gale S. Fitzgerald
Gale S. Fitzgerald
Director
/s/ Phillip B. Lassiter
Phillip B. Lassiter
Director
/s/ Eric J. Roorda
Eric J. Roorda
Director
Signature
Title
/s/ Henry D. G. Wallace
Henry D. G. Wallace
Director
/s/ Alan J. Weber
Alan J. Weber
Director
*
This registration statement has been signed on behalf of the above
officer and directors pursuant to a power of attorney filed as Exhibit
24 to this registration statement.
DATED: September 21, 2009
By:
/s/ Warren W. Dettinger
Warren W. Dettinger
Attorney-in-Fact
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Exhibit Description
4
(a)
Diebold, Incorporated 1991 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan (as
Amended and Restated as April 13, 2009) (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the
Registrant's Current Report of Form 8-K, filed April 29, 2009, and
incorporated herein by reference (File No. 001-04879)).
4
(b)
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant
(filed as Exhibit 3.1(i) to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994, and incorporated herein by
reference (File No. 001-04879)).
4
(c)
Certificate of Amendment by Shareholders to Amended Articles of
Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 1996, and incorporated herein by reference (File No.
001-04879)).
4
(d)
Certificate of Amendment to Amended Articles of Incorporation of the
Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.3 to Registrant's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and incorporated
herein by reference (File No. 001-04879)).
4
(e)
Code of Regulations of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.1(ii) to
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference (File No.
001-04879)).
5
Opinion of Counsel.
23
Consent
of KPMG  LLP.
24
Power of Attorney.