DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc 8-K, filed May 1, 2023
DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc (DBD)
8-K
2023-05-01
For: 2023-04-27
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About this 8-K
DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc filed this 8-K on May 1, 2023, reporting on events of April 27, 2023.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
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): April 27, 2023
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
At the Diebold Nixdorf, Inc. (the “Company”) Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April 27, 2023, the Company’s shareholders: (1) elected each of the Board’s seven (7) nominees for director to serve one-year terms or until the election and qualification of a successor; (2) ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2023; (3) approved, on an advisory basis, our named executive officer compensation; (4) recommended a frequency of “every year” for conducting a shareholder advisory vote on our named executive officer compensation; (5) approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to increase the authorized common shares to 250,000,000; and (6) did not approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to eliminate supermajority voting requirements for matters requiring shareholder approval under the Ohio Revised Code. These proposals are described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed March 16, 2023.
Set forth below are the final voting results for each proposal:
Proposal 1: Election of each of the Board’s seven (7) nominees for director
Nominee | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote | ||||||||||
Arthur F. Anton | 38,127,118 | 3,238,178 | 238,034 | 20,424,774 | ||||||||||
William A. Borden | 39,519,899 | 1,832,791 | 250,640 | 20,424,774 | ||||||||||
Marjorie L. Bowen | 39,507,619 | 1,765,529 | 330,181 | 20,424,774 | ||||||||||
Matthew Goldfarb | 38,328,797 | 3,013,878 | 260,654 | 20,424,774 | ||||||||||
Octavio Marquez | 39,715,370 | 1,682,334 | 205,626 | 20,424,774 | ||||||||||
Emanuel R. Pearlman | 39,394,165 | 1,937,542 | 271,623 | 20,424,774 | ||||||||||
Kent M. Stahl | 35,289,555 | 6,038,566 | 275,208 | 20,424,774 | ||||||||||
Proposal 2: Ratification of Appointment of KPMG LLP
For | Against | Abstain | ||||||
| 59,877,423 | 1,734,554 | 416,126 | ||||||
Proposal 3: Advisory Approval of Named Executive Officer Compensation
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote | ||||||||
| 33,891,857 | 5,980,589 | 1,730,883 | 20,424,774 | ||||||||
Proposal 4: Recommendation of the Frequency of the Shareholder Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation
Every Year | Every Two Years | Every Three Years | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote | ||||||||||
| 40,220,798 | 212,405 | 540,399 | 629,727 | 20,424,774 | ||||||||||
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company held on April 27, 2023, the directors confirmed that the shareholder advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers would be held every year, as recommended by the Company’s shareholders.
Proposal 5: Approval of an Amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to Increase the Authorized Common Shares to 250,000,000
For | Against | Abstain | ||||||
| 57,504,596 | 3,916,571 | 606,937 | ||||||
Proposal 6: Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to eliminate supermajority voting requirements for matters requiring shareholder approval under the Ohio Revised Code.
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote | ||||||||
| 39,336,791 | 1,960,226 | 306,313 | 20,424,774 | ||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
| May 1, 2023 | By: | /s/ Jonathan B. Leiken | |||||||||
| Name: | Jonathan B. Leiken | ||||||||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | ||||||||||