EX-10.5(vi)






Exhibit 10.5(vi)




DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED




401(k) SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN




Amended and Restated January 1, 2008





 









 








DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED




401(k) SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN




Amended and Restated January 1, 2008




Table of Contents




	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE I PLAN
	 	 	1	 
	ARTICLE II PURPOSE OF THE PLAN
	 	 	1	 
	ARTICLE III DEFINITIONS
	 	 	1	 
	(1) “Affiliate”
	 	 	1	 
	(2) “Annual Compensation”
	 	 	2	 
	(3) “Beneficiary”
	 	 	2	 
	(4) “Board”
	 	 	2	 
	(5) “Change in Control”
	 	 	2	 
	(6) “Change in Control Benefit”
	 	 	2	 
	(7) “Code”
	 	 	2	 
	(8) “Committee”
	 	 	2	 
	(9) “Company”
	 	 	2	 
	(10) “Company Service”
	 	 	2	 
	(11) “Death Benefit”
	 	 	2	 
	(12) “Disability Benefit”
	 	 	2	 
	(13) “Early Retirement Age”
	 	 	2	 
	(14) “Employer”
	 	 	2	 
	(15) “Normal Retirement Age”
	 	 	3	 
	(16) “Participant”
	 	 	3	 
	(17) “Plan”
	 	 	3	 
	(18) “Plan Account”
	 	 	3	 
	(19) “Points”
	 	 	3	 
	(20) “Retirement Benefit”
	 	 	3	 
	(21) “Separation from Service”
	 	 	3	 
	(22) “Specified Employee”
	 	 	3	 
	(23) “Spouse”
	 	 	3	 
	(24) “Termination For Cause”
	 	 	3	 
	(25) “Termination of Employment”
	 	 	4	 
	(26) “Total Disability”
	 	 	4	 
	(27) “Vested Benefit”
	 	 	5	 






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	ARTICLE IV ELIGIBILITY, PARTICIPATION AND VESTING
	 	 	5	 
	(a) Eligibility for Participation in Plan
	 	 	5	 
	(b) Eligibility for Benefits
	 	 	5	 
	(c) Vesting
	 	 	5	 
	(d) Forfeiture of Plan Benefits
	 	 	5	 
	ARTICLE V PLAN CONTRIBUTION CREDITS AND EARNINGS
	 	 	6	 
	(a) Employer Contribution Credits
	 	 	6	 
	(b) Investment Earnings
	 	 	6	 
	ARTICLE VI RETIREMENT BENEFITS
	 	 	6	 
	(a) Qualification for Benefit
	 	 	6	 
	(b) Computation of Amount of Benefit
	 	 	7	 
	ARTICLE VII VESTED BENEFIT
	 	 	7	 
	(a) Qualification for Benefit
	 	 	7	 
	(b) Computation of Amount of Benefit
	 	 	7	 
	ARTICLE VIII DISABILITY BENEFIT
	 	 	7	 
	(a) Qualification for Benefit
	 	 	7	 
	(b) Computation of Amount of Benefit
	 	 	7	 
	ARTICLE IX BENEFIT UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL
	 	 	7	 
	(a) Qualification for Benefit
	 	 	7	 
	(b) Change in Control
	 	 	7	 
	(c) Computation of Amount of Change in Control Benefit
	 	 	9	 
	ARTICLE X DEATH BENEFIT
	 	 	9	 
	(a) Qualification for Benefit
	 	 	9	 
	(b) Computation of Amount of the Death Benefit
	 	 	9	 
	ARTICLE XI FORM AND TIMING OF PAYMENT
	 	 	10	 
	(a) Automatic Form of Payment
	 	 	10	 
	(b) Timing of Benefit Payment
	 	 	10	 
	(c) Delay of Payment
	 	 	10	 
	ARTICLE XII PLAN ADMINISTRATION
	 	 	10	 
	(a) Administration by Committee
	 	 	10	 
	(b) Powers of the Committee
	 	 	11	 
	(c) Committee Actions
	 	 	11	 
	(d) Claims and Review Procedure
	 	 	11	 






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	(e) Deadline to File Claim
	 	 	13	 
	(f) Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies
	 	 	13	 
	(g) Deadline to File Legal Action
	 	 	14	 
	(h) Knowledge of Fact by Participant Imputed to Beneficiary
	 	 	14	 
	(i) Information Furnished by Participants
	 	 	14	 
	ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	14	 
	(a) Funding
	 	 	14	 
	(b) No Guaranty of Benefits
	 	 	15	 
	(c) Assignments and Restrictions
	 	 	15	 
	(d) Headings
	 	 	16	 
	(e) Employment
	 	 	16	 
	(f) Applicable Law
	 	 	16	 
	(g) Binding Effect on Employer, Participants, Spouses and Their Successors
	 	 	16	 
	(h) Participant Information
	 	 	16	 
	(i) Incapacity
	 	 	16	 
	(j) Code Section 409A
	 	 	17	 
	ARTICLE XIV AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
	 	 	17	 
	(a) Amendment
	 	 	17	 
	(b) Termination
	 	 	17	 







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DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED 401(k) SUPPLEMENTAL




EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN




Amended and Restated January 1, 2008




ARTICLE I


PLAN



The Diebold, Incorporated 401(k) Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) was adopted
effective as of January 1, 2007. The Plan is being amended as of January 1, 2008 to comply with
final regulations under Code Section 409A, as enacted by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004.




ARTICLE II


PURPOSE OF THE PLAN



This Plan was created for the principle purpose of providing retirement income for a select group
of executive and highly compensated management employees, within the meaning of Section 201(2),
301(a)(5) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA, of Diebold, Incorporated and its subsidiary organizations. It is
intended to supplement benefits payable under the Diebold, Incorporated 401(k) Savings Plan, as
well as benefits payable under the Federal Social Security Act and certain other deferred
compensation arrangements. The Plan is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Internal
Revenue Code. During the period from January 1, 2007 (the original effective date) and until the
effective date of this Restatement) the Plan was operated in good faith compliance with IRS Notice
2005-1, proposed regulations under Code §409A and other applicable guidance.




ARTICLE III


DEFINITIONS





	(a)	 	The following definitions shall apply with respect to this Plan:






	 	(1)	 	“Affiliate” shall mean any entity included with the Company in a controlled
group of corporations or trades or businesses under common control within the meaning
of Code §414(b) or §414(c), an affiliated service group within the meaning of Code
§414(n), or any other entity required to be aggregated with the Company under Code
§414(o). For all purposes under this Plan, in applying Code §1563(a)(1), (2) and (3)
for purposes of determining the Company’s Affiliates under Code §414(b), the language
“at least 80%” shall be applied as it appears in those sections, and in applying
Treas. Reg. §1.414(c)-2 for purposes of determining trades or business (whether or not
incorporated) that are under




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	 	 	 	common control for purposes of Code §414(c), the language “at least 80%” shall be
used as it appears in such regulation.






	 	(2)	 	“Annual Compensation “shall mean a Participant’s base pay from an Employer
for any Plan Year including any amounts excluded from the Participant’s gross income
as a deferral under a nonqualified deferred compensation plan of the Company pursuant
to a salary reduction agreement plus the Participants annual incentive bonus in the
calendar year in which it is accrued. Annual Compensation also include amounts paid
to individuals who are citizens or residents of the United States and who are
employees of, or provide services to, a foreign Affiliate of the Company to which an
agreement entered into by the Company under Code Section 3121(1) applies.
	 
	 	(3)	 	“Beneficiary” shall mean a person or entity designated by the Participant to
receive the Death Benefit payable under this Plan, as are outlined in Article X. A
Beneficiary may, but is not required to, designate a Spouse as the Beneficiary.
	 
	 	(4)	 	“Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of Diebold, Incorporated.
	 
	 	(5)	 	“Change in Control” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Article
IX.
	 
	 	(6)	 	“Change in Control Benefit” shall mean the benefit determined in accordance
with Article IX.
	 
	 	(7)	 	“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
	 
	 	(8)	 	“Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board, as such
Committee may be constituted from time to time.
	 
	 	(9)	 	“Company” shall mean Diebold, Incorporated.
	 
	 	(10)	 	“Company Service” shall mean years of employment (measured in years and
completed months) with an Employer.
	 
	 	(11)	 	“Death Benefit” shall mean the benefit determined in accordance with Article
X hereof.
	 
	 	(12)	 	“Disability Benefit” shall mean the benefit determined in accordance with
Article VIII hereof.
	 
	 	(13)	 	“Early Retirement Age” shall mean age at which the Participant has both
attained age 55 and completed 10 years of Company Service.
	 
	 	(14)	 	“Employer” shall mean (a) the Company or its successors, and (b) any
Affiliate or other entity which may specifically adopt this Plan with the consent of
the Company, or its successors.










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	 	(15)	 	“Normal Retirement Age” shall mean age 65.
	 
	 	(16)	 	“Participant” shall mean any executive highly paid or management employee of
an Employer who is selected to participate in this Plan pursuant to the provisions of
Article IV.
	 
	 	(17)	 	“Plan” shall mean this Diebold, Incorporated 401(k) Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan, as in effect from time to time.
	 
	 	(18)	 	“Plan Account” shall mean the Participant’s account balance under the Plan
which shall equal the total amount of the contributions made to the Plan on behalf of
the Participant as determined under Article V, as adjusted by earnings or losses
thereon.
	 
	 	(19)	 	“Points” shall be the numerical total of the Participant’s years of age plus
years of Company Service.
	 
	 	(20)	 	“Retirement Benefit” shall mean the benefit payable under Article VI hereof.
	 
	 	(21)	 	“Separation from Service” shall mean a Participant dies, retires, or
otherwise has a Termination of Employment from the Employer. A Separation from
Service shall not be considered to have occurred if the Participant’s employment
relationship is treated by the Employer as continuing while the Participant is on
military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence if such period of
leave does not exceed 6 months or, if longer, so long as the individual’s right to
reemployment is provided by statute or by contract. If the period of leave exceeds 6
months and such reemployment rights are not provided, the employment relationship is
deemed to terminate on the first date immediately following such 6-month period.
Whether a Separation from Service has occurred will be determined in accordance with
the requirements of Code §409A.
	 
	 	(22)	 	“Specified Employee” shall mean a key employee as defined in Code Section
416(i) as further interpreted by the Treasury Regulations issued under Code Section
409A.
	 
	 	(23)	 	“Spouse” shall mean the surviving spouse of a Participant at the time of his
death..
	 
	 	(24)	 	“Termination for Cause” shall mean Participant’s Termination of Employment by
an Employer due to the Participant’s:






	 	(i)	 	intentional act of fraud, embezzlement or theft in connection
with his duties or in the course of his employment with the Employer;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	intentional wrongful damage to property of the Employer;




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	 	(iii)	 	intentional wrongful disclosure of secret processes or
confidential information of the Employer; or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	intentional wrongful engagement in any competitive activity
which would constitute a material breach of the duty of loyalty to the
Employer and any such at shall have been materially harmful to the Employer.






	 	 	 	For purposes of the Plan, no act, or failure to act, on the part of the Participant
shall be deemed “intentional” if it was due primarily to an error in judgment or
negligence, but shall be deemed “intentional” only if done, or omitted to be done,
by the Participant not in good faith or without reasonable belief that his action
or omission was not in or opposed tot eh best interest of the Employer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant shall not be deemed to have been
Terminated for Cause hereunder unless and until there shall have been delivered to
the Participant a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not
less than three-quarters of the Board then in office at a meeting of the Board
called and held for such purposes, finding that, in the good faith opinion of the
Board, the Participant had committed an act set forth above and specifying the
particulars thereof in detail. The Participant shall receive reasonable notice and
an opportunity for the Participant, together with his counsel, to be heard before
the Board. Nothing herein shall limit the right of the Participant or his
Beneficiaries to contest the validity or propriety of any such determination.
	 
	 	(25)	 	“Termination of Employment” shall mean the severing of employment with the
Employer, voluntarily or involuntarily. A Participant is presumed to have incurred a
Termination of Employment from the Employer where the facts and circumstances indicate
that the Employer and the Participant reasonably anticipated that no further services
would be performed after a certain date or the level of bona fide services the
Participant would perform after such date would permanently decrease to 20% or less of
the average level of services over the immediately preceding 36-month period (or the
full period of such services, if less than 36 months). A Termination of Employment
will be determined in accordance with treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(h)(l)(ii).
	 
	 	(26)	 	“Total Disability”. shall mean a physical or mental impairment that causes a
Participant to be unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity, which can be
expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not
less than 12 months. Such determination of disability may be made by the




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	 	 	 	Social Security Administration or may be made pursuant to the Company’s long term
disability insurance program.






	 	(27)	 	“Vested Benefit” shall mean the benefit determined in accordance with Article
VII hereof.






	(b)	 	Throughout this Plan, and whenever appropriate, the masculine gender shall be deemed to
include the feminine and neuter, the singular shall be deemed to include the plural and vice
versa.





ARTICLE IV


ELIGIBILITY, PARTICIPATION AND VESTING





	(a)	 	Eligibility for Participation in the Plan. The Chief Executive Officer of the
Company shall nominate executive or highly paid management employees of the Employer whose
compensation exceeds the limit set forth under Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code
for participation in the Plan. The Committee shall make the final decision as to those
executives or highly paid management employees who shall become Participants in the Plan.
Newly appointed executive or highly paid management employee shall become Participants in the
Plan effective as of the next following January 1.






	(b)	 	Eligibility for Benefits. A Participant shall be entitled to receive a Retirement
Benefit (or have a Retirement Benefit provided for his surviving Spouse or Beneficiary) only
if he satisfies the conditions of this Article IV and satisfies the qualification requirements
of any of the Articles under the Plan to become eligible to receive a benefit thereunder.






	(c)	 	Vesting. A Participant shall be vested hereunder upon attaining ten years of Company
Service or upon meeting the requirements for a Disability Benefit or Change in Control Benefit
or upon attaining age 65 hereunder.






	(d)	 	Forfeiture of Plan Benefits. In the absence of a Change in Control or a finding of
Total Disability, a Participant’s participation shall cease and no benefits under this Plan
shall be payable:






	 	(i)	 	to a Participant if the Participant:






	 	(A)	 	voluntarily terminates employment before completing at least
ten years of Company Service; or
	 
	 	(B)	 	fails to give an Employer six months written advance notice
of his pending voluntary Termination of Employment if he is leaving Diebold
prior to age 55 (or three months written advance notice if he is leaving
Diebold at age 55 or later); or




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	 	(C)	 	is Terminated for Cause; or






	 	(ii)	 	to a Participant’s Spouse or Beneficiary, if the Participant:






	 	(A)	 	dies prior to satisfying the requirements for a Death Benefit
under Article X; or
	 
	 	(B)	 	is Terminated for Cause.





ARTICLE V


PLAN CONTRIBUTION CREDITS AND EARNINGS





	(a)	 	Employer Contribution Credits. For each calendar year, the Company shall make a
contribution credit to the Plan Account on behalf of each Participant who is employed on the
last day of such calendar year or who had a Termination of Employment during the calendar year
as a result of retirement, death or Total Disability. The amount of the contribution credit
shall be determined by multiplying the Annual Compensation of the Participant by a percentage.
Such percentage shall be determined based on the number of Points accrued by the participant
as determined under the table set forth below:





	 	 	 	 	 
	POINTS	 	CONTRIBUTION CREDIT
	Under 50
	 	 	5	%
	50-59
	 	 	10	%
	60-69
	 	 	12.5	%
	70-79
	 	 	15	%
	80 and over
	 	 	20	%







	(b)	 	Investment Earnings. Company contributions made pursuant to paragraph (a) above will
be deposited as soon as administratively possible after the end of the calendar year to which
the contribution applies and will be held in an account in the Participant’s name in a rabbi
trust as set forth in Article XIII(a). Contributions will be invested in the investment funds
selected by the Participant under the Diebold, Incorporated 401(k) Savings Plan. Any change
in the investment funds selected under the Diebold, Incorporated 401(k) Savings Plan will
proportionately affect the Participant’s Plan Account of this Plan.





ARTICLE VI


RETIREMENT BENEFITS





	(a)	 	Qualification for Benefit. Subject to the provisions of Article IV, a Participant
who attains his Normal Retirement Age or Early Retirement Age while employed by an Employer
shall be eligible to retire and receive a Retirement Benefit payable as set forth in Article
XI.




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	(b)	 	Computation of Amount of Benefit. A Participant who retires on or after attaining
Normal Retirement Age or Early Retirement Age shall be entitled to receive a Retirement
Benefit equal to his Plan Account.





ARTICLE VII


VESTED BENEFIT





	(a)	 	Qualification for Benefit. Subject to the provisions of Article IV, a Participant
who has a Termination of Employment before he reaches Normal Retirement Age or Early
Retirement Age and after the Participant has completed ten or more years of Company Service
shall be eligible to receive a Vested Benefit payable as set forth in Article XI.






	(b)	 	Computation of Amount of Vested Benefit. A Participant who is eligible for a Vested
Benefit shall be entitled to receive a Vested Benefit equal to his Plan Account.





ARTICLE VIII


DISABILITY BENEFIT





	(a)	 	Qualified for Benefit. Subject to the provisions of Article IV, a Participant who
has a Termination of Employment after he has completed 15 years of Company Service but before
he reaches his Normal Retirement Age or Early Retirement Age by reason of his Total Disability
shall be eligible to receive a Disability Benefit payable as set forth in Article XI.






	(b)	 	Computation of Amount of Disability Benefit. A Participant who is eligible for a
Disability Benefit shall be entitled to receive a total Disability Benefit equal to his Plan
Account.





ARTICLE IX


BENEFIT UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL





	(a)	 	Qualification for Benefit. A Participant who (1) has a Termination of Employment
with the Employer within 24 months following a Change in Control and (2) is not at the time of
such Termination of Employment eligible for a Retirement Benefit, Vested Benefit or Disability
Benefit, shall be eligible for a Change in Control Benefit payable as set forth in Article XI.
	 
	(b)	 	Change in Control shall mean that:






	 	(i)	 	The Company is merged or consolidated or reorganized into or with another
corporation or other legal person, and as a result of such merger, consolidation or




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	 	 	 	reorganization less than a majority of the combined voting power of the securities
of such corporation or person that are outstanding immediately following the
consummation of such transaction is held in the aggregate by the holders of Voting
Stock (as hereinafter defined) of the Company immediately prior to such
transaction.






	 	(ii)	 	The Company sells or otherwise transfers all or substantially all of
its assets to any other corporation or other legal person, and as a result of such
sale or transfer less than a majority of the combined voting power of the
securities of such corporation or person that are outstanding immediately
following the consummation of such sale or transfer is held in the aggregate by
the holders of Voting Stock (as hereinafter defined) of the Company immediately
prior to such sale or transfer.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	There is a report filed on Schedule 13D or Schedule 14D-1 (or any
successor schedule, form or report) thereto, each as promulgated pursuant to the
Securities and Exchange of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), disclosing that
any person (as the term “person” is used in Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2)
of the Exchange Act) has become the beneficial owner (as the term “beneficial
owner” is defined under Rule 13d-3 or any successor rule or regulation promulgated
under the Exchange Act) of securities representing 20 percent or more of the
combined voting power of the then-outstanding securities entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors of the Company (the “Voting Stock”);
	 
	 	(iv)	 	The Company files a report or proxy statement with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act disclosing in response to Form
8-K or Schedule 14A (or any successor schedule, form or report or item therein)
that a change in control of the Company has or may have occurred or will or may
occur in the future pursuant to any then-existing contract or transaction; or
	 
	 	(v)	 	If during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the
beginning of any such period constitute the Board cease for any reason to
constitute at least a majority of the members thereof, unless the election or the
nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, of each member of the Board
first elected during such period was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of
the member of the Board then still in office who were members of the Board at the
beginning of any such period.










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	 	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of subsection (iii) or (iv) hereof, a “Change in
Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of this Plan, either (1) solely
because the Company, a Subsidiary, or any Company-sponsored employee stock ownership plan
or other employee benefit plan of the Company, files or becomes obligated to file a report
or a proxy statement under or in response to Schedule 13D, Schedule 14D-1, Form 8-K or
Schedule 14A (or any successor schedule, form or report or item therein) under the Exchange
Act, disclosing beneficial ownership by it of shares of Voting Stock, whether in excess of
20 percent or otherwise, or because the Company reports that a change in control of the
Company has or may have occurred or will or may occur in the future by reason of such
beneficiary ownership or (2) solely because of a change in control of any Subsidiary by
which any Participant may be employed. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
subsections (i-iv) hereof, if, prior to any event described in subsections (i-iv) hereof
that may be instituted by any person who is not an officer or director of the Company, or
prior to any disclosed proposal that may be instituted by any person who is not an officer
or director of the Company that could lead to any such event, management proposes any
structuring of the Company that ultimately leads to an event described in subsections
(i-iv) hereof pursuant to such management proposal, than a “Change in Control” shall not be
deemed to have occurred for purposes of the Plan.






	(c)	 	Computation of Amount of Change in Control Benefit. A Participant who is eligible
for a change in Control Benefit shall be entitled to receive a Change of Control Benefit equal
to his Plan Account.





ARTICLE X


DEATH BENEFIT





	(a)	 	Qualification for Benefit. Subject to the provisions of Article IV, if a Participant
dies with ten (10) years of Company Service but before commencing to receive payment of a
benefit under the Plan, the Spouse or Beneficiary elected by the Participant of such deceased
Participant shall be eligible to receive a Death Benefit as set forth in paragraph (b) of this
Section.






	(b)	 	Computation of Amount of the Death Benefit. The Death Benefit shall be equal in
amount to the Participant’s Plan Account.




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ARTICLE XI


FORM AND TIMING OF PAYMENT





	(a)	 	Automatic Form of Payment. Any Retirement Benefit payable under the Plan shall be
paid in a single lump sum.






	(b)	 	Timing of Benefit Payment.






	 	(i)	 	Retirement Benefits, Vested Benefit and Change in Control Benefits
under Articles VI, VII and IX respectively shall be made on the first day of the
month following the later of the month the Participant attains age 55 or the
Participant’s Separation from Service; provided, however, if Participant is a
Specified Employee, payment shall not be made prior to the first day of the month
which follows the expiration of six (6) months from the Participant’s Separation from
Service.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	Disability Benefits under Article VIII shall be made on the first day
of the month following the month in which the Participant’s Termination of Employment
due to Total Disability occurs.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	Death Benefits under Article X shall be made on the first day of the
month following the month of Participant’s death.






	(c)	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Retirement Benefit payable hereunder will be treated as
made as stated herein if the payment is made at such time or a later date with the same
calendar year or, if later, by the 15th day of the third calendar month following
such date.






	(d)	 	Delay of Payment. Notwithstanding this Article XI the Company may delay the payment
of all or any portion of the Participant’s Retirement Benefit as follows:






	 	(i)	 	The Committee reasonably anticipates that if the Retirement Benefits were
made as scheduled, the Company’s deduction with respect to such payments would not be
permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code; provided such payments are then made
during the Participant’s first taxable year in which the Committee reasonably
anticipates that the Company’s deduction would not be barred by application of Section
162(m) of the Code.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	The Committee reasonably anticipates that making scheduled payments are then
made at the earliest date at which the Committee reasonably contemplates that making
the scheduled payments will not cause such a violation.





ARTICLE XII


PLAN ADMINISTRATION





	(a)	 	Administration by Committee. The Committee shall be charged with the administration
of the Plan.




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	(b)	 	Powers of the Committee. The Committee shall have all such powers as may be
necessary to discharge its duties relative to the administration of the Plan, including, by
way of illustration and not limitation, discretionary authority to interpret and construe the
Plan, to determine and decide all questions of fact, and all disputes, arising under the Plan
including, but not limited to, the eligibility of any employee to participate hereunder, the
validity of any Election of Deferral or other election as may be necessary or appropriate
hereunder and the right of any employee to benefits payable hereunder. The Committee shall
have all power necessary to adopt, alter and repeal such administrative rules, regulations and
practices governing the operation of the Plan as it, in its sole discretion, may from time to
time deem advisable.






	(c)	 	Committee Actions. The Committee shall not be liable to any person for any action
taken or omitted in connection with the interpretation and administration of the Plan unless
attributable to willful misconduct or gross negligence. The Committee shall be entitled to
conclusively rely upon all tables, valuations, certificates, opinions and reports furnished by
any actuary, accountant, controller, counsel or other person employed or engaged by the
Company with respect to the Plan. Participants who are members of the Committee shall not
participate in any action or determination regarding solely their own benefits payable
hereunder. All decisions of the Committee shall be by majority of the votes cast and, except
as provided in Section (d) of this Article XII, decisions of the Committee made in good faith
shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties.






	(d)	 	Claims and Review Procedure. The Committee shall be responsible for the claims
procedure under the Plan. An application for benefits under the Plan shall be considered a
claim for purposes of this Section (d). Until modified by the Committee, the claims and
review procedure set forth in this Section shall be the mandatory claims and review procedure
for the resolution of disputes and disposition of claims filed under the Plan.






	 	(i)	 	Initial Claim. An individual may, subject to any applicable
deadline, file with the Committee a written claim for benefits under the Plan in a
form and manner prescribed by the Committee.






	 	(A)	 	If the claim is denied in whole or in part, the Committee
shall notify the claimant of the adverse benefit determination within 90 days
after the receipt of the claim.
	 
	 	(B)	 	The 90-day period for making the claim determination may be
extended for 90 days if the Committee determines that special circumstances
require an extension of time for determination of the claim, provided that




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	 	 	 	the Committee notifies the claimant, prior to the expiration of the
initial 90-day period, of the special circumstances requiring an extension
and the date by which a claim determination is expected to be made.






	 	(ii)	 	Notice of Initial Adverse Determination. A notice of an adverse
determination shall be set forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the
claimant.






	 	(A)	 	the specific reasons for the adverse determination;
	 
	 	(B)	 	references to the specific provisions of the Plan document
(or other applicable Plan document) on which the adverse determination is
based;
	 
	 	(C)	 	a description of any additional material or information
necessary to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or
information is necessary; and
	 
	 	(D)	 	a description of the claims review procedure, including the
time limits applicable to such procedure, and a statement of the claimant’s
right to bring a civil action under ERISA Section 502(a) following an adverse
determination on review.






	 	(iii)	 	Request for Review. Within 60 days after receipt of an initial
adverse benefit determination notice, the claimant may file with the Committee a
written request for a review of the adverse determination and may, in connection
therewith submit written comments, documents, records and other information relating
to the claim benefits. Any request for review of the initial adverse determination
not filed within 60 days after receipt of the initial adverse determination notice
shall be untimely.
	 
	 	(iv)	 	Claim on Review. If the claim, upon review, is denied in whole or in
part, the Committee shall notify the claimant of the adverse benefit determination
within 60 days after receipt of such a request for review.






	 	(A)	 	The 60-day period for deciding the claim on review may be
extended for 60 days if the Committee determines that special circumstances
require an extension of time for determination of the claim, provided that the
Committee notifies the claimant, prior to the expiration of the initial 60-day
period, of the special circumstances requiring an extension and the date by
which a claim determination is expected to be made.
	 
	 	(B)	 	In the event that the time period is extended due to a
claimant’s failure to submit information necessary to decide a claim on
review, the claimant shall have 60 days within which to provide the necessary
information




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	 	 	 	and the period for making the claim determination on review shall be
tolled from the date on which the notification of the extension is sent to
the claimant until the date on which the claimant responds to the request
for additional information or, if earlier, the expiration of 60 days.






	 	(C)	 	The Committee’s review of a denied claim shall take into
account all comments, documents, records and other information submitted by
the claimant relating to the claim, without regard to whether such information
was submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination.






	 	(v)	 	Notice of Adverse Determination for Claim on Review. A notice of an
adverse determination for a claim on review shall set forth in a manner calculated to
be understood by the claimant:






	 	(A)	 	the specific reasons for the denial;
	 
	 	(B)	 	references to the specific provisions of the Plan document
(or other applicable Plan document) on which the adverse determination is
based.
	 
	 	(C)	 	a statement that the claimant is entitled to receive, upon
request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all
documents, records, and other information relevant to the claimant’s claim for
benefits;
	 
	 	(D)	 	a statement describing any voluntary appeal procedures
offered by the Plan and the claimant’s right to obtain information about such
procedures; and
	 
	 	(E)	 	a statement of the claimant’s right to bring an action under
ERISA §502(a).






	(e)	 	Deadline to File Claim. To be considered timely under the Plan’s claim and review
procedure, a claim must be filed with the Committee within 1 year after the claimant knew or
reasonably should have known of the principal facts upon which the claim is based.






	(f)	 	Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies. The exhaustion of the claim and review
procedure is mandatory for resolving every claim and dispute arising under the Plan as to such
claims and disputes.






	 	(i)	 	No claimant shall be permitted to commence any legal action to recover Plan
benefits or to enforce or clarify rights under the Plan under Section 502 or Section
510 of ERISA or under any other provision of law, whether or not




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	 	 	 	statutory, until the claim and review procedure set forth herein have been
exhausted in their entirety; and






	 	(ii)	 	In any such legal action all explicit and all implicit determinations by the
Committee (including, but not limited to, determinations as to whether the claim, or a
request for a review of a denied claim, was timely filed) shall be afforded the
maximum deference permitted by law.






	(g)	 	Deadline to File Legal Action. No legal action to recover Plan benefits or to
enforce or clarify rights under the Plan under Section 502 of ERISA or under any other
provision of law, whether or not statutory, may be brought by any claimant on any matter
pertaining to the Plan unless the legal action is commenced in the proper forum before the
earlier of:






	 	(i)	 	30 months after the claimant knew or reasonably should have known of the
principal facts on which the claim is based, or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	6 months after the claimant has exhausted the claim and review procedure.






	(h)	 	Knowledge of Fact by Participant Imputed to Beneficiary. Knowledge of all facts that
a Participant knew or reasonably should have known shall be imputed to every claimant who is
or claims to be a Beneficiary of the Participant or otherwise claims to derive an entitlement
by reference to the Participant.






	(i)	 	Information Furnished by Participants. Neither the Company nor the Committee shall
be liable or responsible for any error in the computation of the accrued benefit of a
Participant resulting from any misstatement of fact made by the Participant, directly or
indirectly, to the Company or the Committee, and used by it in determining the Participant’s
accrued benefit. The Company and the Committee shall not be obligated or required to increase
the accrued benefit of such Participant which, on discovery of the misstatement, is found to
be understated as a result of such misstatement of the Participant. However, the accrued
benefit of any Participant which is overstated by reason of any such misstatement shall be
reduced to the amount appropriate in view of accurate facts.





ARTICLE XIII


MISCELLANEOUS





	(a)	 	Funding. The obligation of the Employers to pay benefits under the Plan constitutes
the unsecured promise of the Employers to make payments from their general assets, and no
Participant or Spouse shall have any interest in, or a lien or prior claim upon, any property
of the Employers. With respect to the benefits under the Plan, each Participant,




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	 	 	Spouse or Beneficiary shall have the status of a general unsecured creditor of the
Participant’s Employer. The Company may establish a so-called “rabbi trust” to hold funds,
stock or other securities to be used in payment of the obligations of the Employers under
the Plan, and may fund such trust; provided, however, that any funds contained therein
shall remain subject to the claims of the general creditors of the Company or any other
Employer for which the Participant performs services. It is the intention of the Employers
that the Plan be unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of Title I of ERISA. No
liability for the payment of benefits under the Plan shall be imposed upon any officer,
director, employee or stockholder of the Company or any other Employer, or upon the Board,
the Committee or any member thereof.






	(b)	 	No Guaranty of Benefits. Nothing contained in this Plan shall constitute a guaranty
by any Employer, the Committee or the Board that the assets of any Employer will be sufficient
to pay any benefit hereunder.






	(c)	 	Assignments and Restrictions. To the extent permitted by law, and except as
otherwise provided in this Section (c), no right or interest of a Participant or Spouse under
this Plan shall be transferable or assignable (either at law or in equity) nor shall any such
right or interest be subject to alienation, anticipation, encumbrance, attachment,
garnishment, levy, execution or other legal or equitable process of any kind, voluntary or
involuntary, or in any manner be liable for or subject to the debts of any Participant or
Spouse. If a Participant shall attempt to or shall transfer, assign, alienate, anticipate,
sell, pledge or otherwise encumber his benefits hereunder or any part thereof, or if by reason
of his bankruptcy or other event happening at any time such benefits would devolve upon anyone
else or would not be enjoyed by him, then the Company, in its discretion, may terminate his
interest in any such benefit to the extent the Company considers necessary or advisable to
prevent or limit the effects of such occurrence. Termination shall be effected by filing a
“termination declaration” with the Committee and making reasonable efforts to deliver a copy
to the Participant (the “Terminated Participant”) whose interest is affected thereby. As long
as the Terminated Participant is alive, any benefits affected by the termination shall be
retained by the Company and, in the Company’s sole and absolute judgment, may be paid to or
expended for the benefit of the Terminated Participants, his spouse, his children or any other
person or persons in fact dependent upon him in such a manner as the Company shall deem
proper. Upon the death of the Terminated Participant, all benefits withheld from him and not
paid to others in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be paid to the Terminated
Participant’s




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	 	 	  surviving Spouse or, if none, to the Terminated Participant’s then living descendants,
including adopted children, per stripes.






	 	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, amounts payable under this Plan may be withheld by the
Company as they become due to the extent necessary to cover any debts or other obligations
owed to the Company by the Participant, but only if such debts or other obligations are
acknowledged as such in writing by the Participant or are confirmed as such by a final,
nonappealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
	 
	(d)	 	Headings. The various headings used in this Plan are for convenience only and shall
not be used in interpreting the test of the Article, Section, paragraph or subparagraph in
which they appear.
	 
	(e)	 	Employment. The establishment of this Plan shall not be construed to give any
Participant the right to be retained in the service of the Employer.
	 
	(f)	 	Applicable Law. The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this
Plan shall be governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of Ohio, without giving
effect to the principles of conflict of laws of such State.
	 
	(g)	 	Binding Effect on Employer, Participants, Spouses and Their Successors. This Plan
shall be binding and inure to the benefit of any Employer or its successors and assigns, and
the Participants, Spouses and their heirs, legatees, distributes, executors, administrators or
other legal representatives.
	 
	(h)	 	Participant Information. Each participant shall keep the Committee informed of his
current address and the current address of his Spouse, if applicable. The Participant shall
furnish to the Committee any and all information deemed by the Committee to be necessary or
desirable for the proper administration of the Plan.
	 
	(i)	 	Incapacity. In the event that a Participant or Spouse is declared incompetent and a
guardian, conservator or other person is appointed and legally charged with the care of the
person or the person’s estate, the payments under the Plan to which such Participant or
Spouse is entitled shall be paid to such guardian, conservator or other person legally charged
with the care of the person or the estate. Except as provided hereinabove, when the Company,
in its sole discretion, determines that the Participant or Spouse is unable to manage his or
her financial affairs, the Company may make distribution(s) of the amounts payable to such
Participant or Spouse to any one or more of the spouse, lineal ascendants or descendants or
other closest living relatives of such Participant or Spouse who demonstrate to the
satisfaction of the Company the propriety of making such distribution(s). Any payment so made
shall not exceed such amount as is permitted




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	 	 	under Section 409A of the Code and shall be in complete discharge of any liability under
this Agreement for such payment. The Company shall not be required to see to the
application of any such distribution made under this Section.






	(j)	 	Code Section 409A. To the extent applicable, it is intended that this Plan and the
benefits payable hereunder comply with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code. The Plan
and the benefits payable hereunder shall be administered in a manner consistent with this
intent, and any provision that would cause the Plan or benefit payable hereunder to fail to
satisfy Section 409A of the Code shall have no force and effect until amended to comply with
Section 409A of the Code (which amendment may be retroactive to the extent permitted by
Section 409A of the Code and may be made by the Company without the consent of Participants).





ARTICLE XIV


AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION





	(a)	 	Amendment. The Plan may be amended from time to time in any respect whatsoever by
the Company and by the Committee to the extent consistent with its delegated authority. Any
such amendment may be retroactive, prospective or both. No such amendment of the Plan
document or termination of the Plan, however, shall reduce a Participant’s Plan Account as of
the date of such amendment unless the Participant so affected consents in writing to the
amendment or such amendment is deemed necessary by the Company to affect the intended purposes
of this Plan and/or to comply with applicable law.






	(b)	 	Termination. The Company reserves the right to discontinue contributions at any
time. The Company also reserves the right to cause an acceleration of the time of a Plan
payment where the acceleration of such payment is made in accordance with one of the following
provisions:






	 	(i)	 	Dissolution or Bankruptcy. At the discretion of the Company within
12 months of a corporate dissolution taxed under Code §331 or with the approval of a
bankruptcy court pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §503(b)(1)(A), provided that Plan benefits are
included in the Participants’ gross incomes in the latest of:






	 	(A)	 	the calendar year in which the Plan termination and
liquidation occurs;
	 
	 	(B)	 	the calendar year in which the amount is no longer subject to
a substantial risk of forfeiture; or
	 
	 	(C)	 	the first calendar year in which payment is administratively
feasible.






	 	(ii)	 	Discretionary Termination. At the discretion of the Company,
provided that:




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	 	(A)	 	the termination and liquidation does not occur proximate to a
downturn in the financial health of the Company;
	 
	 	(B)	 	all other arrangements sponsored by the Company that would be
aggregated with this arrangement under Code §409A are also terminated, to the
extent any Participant in this Plan also has a benefit under any such other
arrangement;
	 
	 	(C)	 	no payments in liquidation of the Plan, other than payments
that would have been made under this Plan had the termination not occurred,
are made from the Plan within 12 months of the termination;
	 
	 	(D)	 	all benefits are fully distributed within 24 months of such
termination; and
	 
	 	(E)	 	the Company does not adopt a new arrangement that would be
aggregated under Code §409A with this Plan for 3 years following the date the
Company has taken all necessary action to irrevocably terminate and liquidate
this Plan










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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Diebold, Incorporated 401(k) Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan has
been executed this            day of December 2008.




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Its:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 







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