8-K 2012 Q4 Pre-ER
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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):  January 19, 2013
Diebold, Incorporated
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ohio
 
1-4879
 
34-0183970
 
 
 
 
 
(State or other jurisdiction
 
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
 
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
 
Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
 
5995 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
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition
 

On January 24, 2013, Diebold, Incorporated (the “Company”) issued a news release announcing certain preliminary fourth quarter and year-end 2012 results. The news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information in this report shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
 
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
                   Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
 

On January 24, 2013, Diebold, Incorporated (the “Company”) announced that Thomas W. Swidarski has stepped down from his positions as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and resigned from the Company's Board of Directors, effective January 19, 2013.
    
Until a permanent Chief Executive Officer is hired, Henry D.G. Wallace, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, will assume regular oversight of the Company as its Executive Chairman and will act in the role of the Company's principal executive officer. Mr. Wallace, age 67, is a former group vice president and chief financial officer of the Ford Motor Company (automotive industry). Mr. Wallace has served on the board of directors of Ambac Financial Group, Inc. since 2004 and Lear Corporation since 2005, where he currently serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board.     
    
The Company also announced that it had promoted George S. Mayes, Jr. to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Mayes, age 54, had served in his prior role of Executive Vice President, Global Operations, since 2008, and prior to that had been Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Management, from 2006 until 2008.
 
 
 
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
 

  (d) Exhibits.
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit
 
 
Number
 
Description
99.1
 
News release of Diebold, Incorporated dated January 24, 2013
 
 
 



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
 
 
 
January 24, 2013
By:  
/s/ Bradley C. Richardson  
 
 
 
Name:  
Bradley C. Richardson 
 
 
 
Title:  
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
 
 



EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
 
Exhibit
 
 
Number
 
Description
99.1
 
News release of Diebold, Incorporated dated January 24, 2013