---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000028823-23-000094"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DBD"
cik: "0000028823"
company_name: "DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc"
filed_at: "2023-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T05:28:46.451369+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Diebold Nixdorf shareholders increase authorized shares to 250M, reject supermajority elimination

## Summary
- All seven director nominees elected: Anton 38.1M for, Stahl 35.3M for; broker non-votes 20.4M.
- KPMG LLP ratified as auditor for 2023: 59.9M for, 1.7M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved (33.9M for); annual frequency affirmed by board.
- Amendment to increase authorized common shares to 250M approved: 57.5M for, 3.9M against.
- Proposal to eliminate supermajority voting failed: 39.3M for, 2.0M against, not enough to pass.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000028823-23-000094
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DBD
- cik: 0000028823
- company_name: DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc
- filed_at: 2023-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/28823/000002882323000094/0000028823-23-000094-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/28823/000002882323000094/dbd-20230427.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc shareholders rejected 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 at the 2023-04-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-27
  source text: (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
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/28823/000002882323000094/0000028823-23-000094-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc shareholders approved Election of each of the Board’s seven (7) nominees for director at the 2023-04-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-27
  source text: (1) elected each of the Board’s seven (7) nominees for director
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/28823/000002882323000094/0000028823-23-000094-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc shareholders approved Advisory Approval of Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2023-04-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-27
  source text: (3) approved, on an advisory basis, our named executive officer compensation
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/28823/000002882323000094/0000028823-23-000094-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc shareholders approved Recommendation of the Frequency of the Shareholder Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2023-04-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-27
  source text: (4) recommended a frequency of “every year” for conducting a shareholder advisory vote on our named executive officer compensation
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/28823/000002882323000094/0000028823-23-000094-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2023 at the 2023-04-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-27
  source text: (2) ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/28823/000002882323000094/0000028823-23-000094-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc shareholders approved Approval of an Amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to Increase the Authorized Common Shares to 250,000,000 at the 2023-04-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-27
  source text: (5) approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to increase the authorized common shares to 250,000,000
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/28823/000002882323000094/0000028823-23-000094-index.htm

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