Current Report Filing (8-k)

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): December 10, 2019

Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common shares, $1.25 par value per share	DBD	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

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

On December 10, 2019, Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated (the “Company”) appointed James Barna as principal accounting officer of the Company effective immediately. Mr. Barna has served as the Company’s Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since September 11, 2019. Jeffrey Rutherford, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will continue to serve as the Company’s principal financial officer.

Prior to serving as the Company’s Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, Mr. Barna, age 40, served as Chief Accounting Officer and Controller of Ferro Corporation (NYSE: FOE), an international coatings manufacturing company, from 2016 to 2019. He previously served as Corporate Controller of Ferro Corporation from 2011 to 2016.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Barna and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Barna was selected as principal accounting officer, nor are there any family relationships between Mr. Barna and any of the Company’s directors or executive officers. There have been no transactions involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries in which Mr. Barna has or will have a direct or indirect material interest that are required to be disclosed by Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

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 Nixdorf, Incorporated
December 12, 2019	By:	/s/ Jonathan B. Leiken
		Name:	Jonathan B. Leiken
		Title:	Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary