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UNITED STATES

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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on April 26, 2017.

 

                       
                Meeting Information     
 

DIEBOLD NIXDORF, INCORPORATED

 

 

Meeting Type:       Annual Meeting

 

   
       

For holders as of:  February 27, 2017

 

   
 

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Date:  April 26, 2017            Time: 11:30 AM EDT

 

   
      Location:    Courtyard Marriott    
         4375 Metro Circle NW    
         North Canton, OH 44720    
                   
             
 

DIEBOLD NIXDORF, INCORPORATED

5995 MAYFAIR ROAD

P.O. BOX 3077

NORTH CANTON, OH 44720-8077

   

 

You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the company named above.

 

 

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  Voting Items      
 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR each of the following nominees:

   
 

 

1.      Election of Directors

 
 

 

Nominees:

     
 

01)   Patrick W. Allender

 

08)   Andreas W. Mattes

 
 

02)   Phillip R. Cox

 

09)   Robert S. Prather, Jr.

 
 

03)   Richard L. Crandall

 

10)   Rajesh K. Soin

 
 

04)   Alexander Dibelius

 

11)   Henry D.G. Wallace

 
 

05)   Dieter W. Düsedau

 

12)   Alan J. Weber

 
 

06)   Gale S. Fitzgerald

 

13)   Jürgen Wunram

 
 

07)   Gary G. Greenfield

   
 

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2-6:

 

2.      To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending  December 31, 2017

 

3.      To approve, on an advisory basis, named executive officer compensation

 

4.      To approve the Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated 2017 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan

 

5.      To approve an amendment to our Amended Articles of Incorporation to implement a majority voting standard in  uncontested director elections

 

6.      To approve an amendment to our Amended Articles of Incorporation to eliminate cumulative voting in director elections

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote 1 YEAR on the following proposal:

 

7.      To cast an advisory vote on the frequency of the shareholder advisory vote on named executive officer compensation

 

 

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