Diebold Appoints New Board Member, Re-Elects Existing Board Members, and Declares Cash Dividend

NORTH CANTON, Ohio, April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shareholders of Diebold, Incorporated (NYSE: DBD) today elected its board of directors at the company's annual meeting.  In addition, the board declared the second-quarter cash dividend and re-elected company officers.

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Newly elected director

• Bruce L. Byrnes, retired vice chairman, global brand building training, Procter & Gamble, Inc., Cincinnati.

Directors re-elected

Re-elected to the board of directors were:

• Mei-Wei Cheng, retired group vice president and executive chairman, Ford Motor (China), Shanghai.
• Phillip R. Cox, president and chief executive officer, Cox Financial Corporation, Cincinnati.
• Richard L. Crandall, non-executive chairman of the board, Novell, Inc., Waltham, Mass.
• Gale S. Fitzgerald, retired president and director, TranSpend, Inc., Bernardsville, N.J.
• Phillip B. Lassiter, retired chairman of the board and chief executive officer, Ambac Financial Group, Inc., New York City.
• John N. Lauer, non-executive chairman of the board, Diebold, Incorporated, Canton, Ohio.
• Thomas W. Swidarski, president and chief executive officer, Diebold, Incorporated, Canton, Ohio.
• Henry D.G. Wallace, former group vice president and chief financial officer, Ford Motor Company, Detroit.
• Alan J. Weber, chief executive officer, Weber Group LLC, Greenwich, Conn.

Diebold declared cash dividend

The board of directors declared a second-quarter cash dividend of 27 cents per share on all common shares.  The dividend is payable on Friday, June 4, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Friday, May 14.

Officers named

In addition, the board of directors re-elected the following corporate officers:  Thomas W. Swidarski, president and chief executive officer; Bradley C. Richardson, executive vice president and chief financial officer; James L. M. Chen, executive vice president, international operations; Charles E. Ducey, Jr., executive vice president, North America operations; George S. Mayes, Jr., executive vice president, global operations; Warren W. Dettinger, vice president, general counsel and assistant secretary; Chad F. Hesse, senior corporate counsel and secretary; M. Scott Hunter, vice president, chief tax officer; John D. Kristoff, vice president, chief communications officer; Miguel A. Mateo, vice president, Latin America division; Timothy J. McDannold, vice president and treasurer; Frank A. Natoli, Jr., vice president, chief technology officer; Leslie A. Pierce, vice president and corporate controller; Sheila M. Rutt, vice president, chief human resources officer; and Bradley J. Stephenson, vice president, security division.

About Diebold

Diebold, Incorporated is a global leader in providing integrated self-service delivery and security systems and services. Diebold employs more than 16,000 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.

SOURCE Diebold, Incorporated