---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000028823-21-000129"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DBD"
cik: "0000028823"
company_name: "DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc"
filed_at: "2021-08-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T08:29:43.723918+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Diebold Nixdorf appoints CFO Jeffrey Rutherford as principal accounting officer

## Summary
- Jeffrey Rutherford, current CFO, appointed principal accounting officer effective Aug 23, 2021.
- James Barna steps down as principal accounting officer but remains as newly appointed Treasurer.
- Rutherford has served as CFO since Jan 2019 and interim CFO since Oct 2018; no compensation change.
- No family relationships or material transactions with the company regarding Rutherford.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000028823-21-000129
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DBD
- cik: 0000028823
- company_name: DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc
- filed_at: 2021-08-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/28823/000002882321000129/0000028823-21-000129-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/28823/000002882321000129/dbd-20210823.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000028823-21-000129
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000028823-21-000129.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000028823-21-000129.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeffrey Rutherford was appointed as principal accounting officer at DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: principal accounting officer
  source text: On August 23 2021, Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated (the “Company”) appointed Jeffrey Rutherford as principal accounting officer of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/28823/000002882321000129/0000028823-21-000129-index.htm
- Executive change
  James Barna was appointed as Treasurer at DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Treasurer
  source text: Mr. Rutherford will assume responsibility as principal accounting officer from James Barna, who will continue with the Company as its newly appointed Treasurer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/28823/000002882321000129/0000028823-21-000129-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.