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): December 18, 2009

Diebold, Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ohio		1-4879		34-0183970
(State or other jurisdiction		(Commission		(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)		File Number)		Identification No.)
5995 Mayfair Road, P.O. Box 3077, North Canton, Ohio				44720-8077
(Address of principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (330) 490-4000

Not Applicable

Former name or former address, if changed since last report

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

     On December 18, 2009, after a public bid process, the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) of Brazil awarded a contract for the purchase of up to 250,000 electronic voting machines to Procomp Amazonia Industria Eletronica S.A. (Procomp), a subsidiary of Diebold, Incorporated. The TSE has announced an initial order of approximately 160,000 terminals from Procomp manufactured to TSE specifications, along with other ancillary equipment and replacement parts, for delivery primarily in the second and third quarters of 2010. Projected revenue associated with the initial order is approximately US$100 million at today’s exchange rate. The agreement allows the TSE to purchase up to an additional 90,000 terminals from Procomp through 2010.

     In this Current Report on Form 8-K, statements that are not historical information are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements give current expectations or forecasts of future events and are not guarantees of future performance. These forward-looking statements relate to, among other things, the purchase by TSE of all or any portion of the 250,000 voting terminals that were the subject of the public bid. The use of the words “will”, “anticipates”, “expects”, “intends” and similar expressions is intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that these forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, these forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. Some of the risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, final purchasing decisions to be made by the TSE, including any budgetary constraints that it may encounter.

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.