Diebold elects board of directors

Shareholders of Diebold, Inc. elected its board of directors at the company's annual meeting on April 29th.

According to a news release from Diebold, Bruce L. Byrnes, retired vice chairman of global brand building training for Proctor & Gamble was the sole newly elected director.

Mei-Wei Cheng, Phillip R. Cox, Richard L. Crandall, Gale S. Fitzgerald, Phillip B. Lassiter, John N. Lauer, Thomas W Swidarski, Henry D.G. Wallace and Alan J. Weber were all re-elected to the board of directors. Swidarski was re-elected president and CEO.

The board declared a second-quarter cash dividend of 27 cents per share on all common shares.