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EX-24 DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Warren W. Dettinger, Vice President , General
Counsel and Secretary, Chad F. Hesse, Assistant Secretary, J. William
Sekula, Senior Corporate Counsel and Michael E. Lindroos, Senior
Corporate Counsel, signing singly, his/her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4
and 5, including any amendments or supplements thereto, in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the
execution of any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and the timely filing of such form
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other
authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be
in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in his/her discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise
of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents
and purposes as such attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his/her substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This power of
attorney shall remain in effect until revoked in writing by the
undersigned.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
of Attorney to be executed as of this 2nd day of August,
2004.
/s/Kevin J. Krakora
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