---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000028823-23-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DBD"
cik: "0000028823"
company_name: "DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc"
filed_at: "2023-02-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T00:30:55.544054+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Diebold Nixdorf CEO Octavio Marquez elected Chairman; two new directors appointed

## Summary
- Octavio Marquez, president and CEO, elected Board Chairman effective Feb. 2, 2023; Arthur Anton appointed lead independent director.
- Board expanded from 12 to 14 members; Marjorie L. Bowen and Emanuel R. Pearlman appointed as directors effective immediately.
- Gary Greenfield will not stand for re-election at the 2023 annual meeting; departure not due to any disagreement with the company.
- Board expects to reduce size at the 2023 annual meeting; Bowen and Pearlman will be nominated for election as directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000028823-23-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DBD
- cik: 0000028823
- company_name: DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc
- filed_at: 2023-02-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/28823/000002882323000026/0000028823-23-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/28823/000002882323000026/dbd-20230202.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000028823-23-000026
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000028823-23-000026.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000028823-23-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Marjorie L. Bowen was appointed as director at DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: appointed Marjorie L. Bowen, age 57, and Emanuel R. Pearlman, age 62, to the Board, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/28823/000002882323000026/0000028823-23-000026-index.htm
- Executive change
  Octavio Marquez was elected as Chair of the Board of Directors at DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Chair of the Board of Directors
  source text: Chief Executive Officer Octavio Marquez was elected Chair of the Board of Directors, effective February 2, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/28823/000002882323000026/0000028823-23-000026-index.htm
- Executive change
  Emanuel R. Pearlman was appointed as director at DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: appointed Marjorie L. Bowen, age 57, and Emanuel R. Pearlman, age 62, to the Board, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/28823/000002882323000026/0000028823-23-000026-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gary Greenfield departed as director at DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc.
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: director
  source text: Mr. Gary Greenfield will not stand for re-election as director at the Company's 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/28823/000002882323000026/0000028823-23-000026-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc: Amended code of regulations to increase maximum board size from 13 to 14 directors (effective 2023-02-02).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-02-02
  source text: On February 2, 2023, the Board resolved to amend the Amended and Restated Code of Regulations of the Company (the “Regulations”), effective immediately, to increase the size of the Board from not more than thirteen (13) persons to not more than fourteen (14) persons.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/28823/000002882323000026/0000028823-23-000026-index.htm

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