Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
CHEN JAMES L M
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
DIEBOLD INC [DBD] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
EVP, Int'l Operations
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED, 5995 MAYFAIR ROAD		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/11/2010
(Street)

NORTH CANTON, OH 44720		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 02/11/2010   A   2,500 (1) A $ 0 50,926 D  
Common Stock 02/11/2010   A   5,000 (2) A $ 0 55,926 D  
Common Stock 02/11/2010   A   2,750 (3) A $ 27.88 58,676 D  
Common Stock 02/11/2010   F   413 D $ 27.88 58,263 (4) D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Non-Qualified Stock Option $ 36.59             02/06/2003 02/05/2012 Common Stock 7,500   5,000 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option $ 36.31             02/05/2004 02/04/2013 Common Stock 10,000   7,500 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option $ 53.1             02/11/2005 02/10/2014 Common Stock 8,000   8,000 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option $ 55.23             02/10/2006 02/09/2015 Common Stock 8,000   8,000 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option $ 39.43             02/20/2007 02/19/2016 Common Stock 8,000   8,000 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option $ 47.27             02/14/2008 02/13/2017 Common Stock 9,500   9,500 D  
Non-qualified Stock Option $ 25.53             02/13/2009 02/12/2018 Common Stock 10,000   10,000 D  
Non-qualified Stock Option $ 24.79             02/11/2010 02/10/2019 Common Stock 15,000   15,000 D  
Non-qualified Stock Option (5) $ 27.88 02/11/2010   A   15,000   02/11/2011 02/10/2020 Common Stock 15,000 $ 27.88 15,000 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
CHEN JAMES L M
C/O DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED
5995 MAYFAIR ROAD
NORTH CANTON, OH 44720		       EVP, Int'l Operations  

Signatures

 Chad F. Hesse, Att'y.-in-fact for James L.M. Chen   02/15/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Award of restricted stock units; each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Diebold, Incorporated common stock.
(2) Award of restricted stock units; each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Diebold, Incorporated common stock. This award includes performance targets: 50% vest when stock trades for 20 consecutive trading days at $45/share or greater and 50% when stock trades at $55/share for 20 consecutive trading days.
(3) Reflects delivery of performance shares earned for performance period 2007-2009 under the Equity and Performance Incentive Plan, as amended, and withholding of shares pursuant to tax withholding right.
(4) Number includes restricted stock units
(5) Granted under the 1991 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan; option is generally exercisable in annual increments of 25% beginning one year from date of grant.

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