Diebold, Incorporated Annual Report to shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2006, portions of which are incorporated by reference into Parts I and II of this Form 10-K; and

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Exhibit 10.17(v)
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT
          THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT, dated as of November 27, 2006 (this “Amendment”), is among DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), the SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS (as defined in the Loan Agreement referred to below) (together with the Company, the “Borrowers”), the lenders set forth on the signature pages hereof (the “Lenders”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking association, as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”).
RECITALS
          A. The Borrowers, the Lenders party thereto and the Agent are parties to an Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of April 30, 2003, as amended by a First Amendment to Loan Agreement dated as of April 28, 2004, a Second Amendment to Loan Agreement dated as of April 27, 2005 and a Third Amendment to Loan Agreement dated as of November 16, 2005 (the “Loan Agreement”).
          B. The Borrowers desire to amend the Loan Agreement as set forth herein, and the Agent and the Lenders are willing to do so in accordance with the terms hereof.
TERMS
          In consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties agree as follows:
          ARTICLE I. AMENDMENTS. Upon fulfillment of the conditions set forth in Article III hereof, the Loan Agreement shall be amended as follows:
     1.1 The following definition is added to Section 1.1 in appropriate alphabetical order:
     “Brazilian Reorganization” means the plan of reorganization that the Company intends to implement in connection with its Brazilian Subsidiaries as substantially described in, and materially in accordance with the terms of, the Brazilian Reorganization Certificate.
     “Brazilian Reorganization Certificate” means a certificate of the Company delivered to the Lenders in connection with the Fourth Amendment to this Agreement.
     1.2 Section 6.10 is amended by re-designating clause (iv) thereof as clause (v) and adding the following new clause (iv):
     (iv) The transfers among the Company and its Subsidiaries described in the Brazilian Reorganization Certificate to implement the Brazilian Reorganization.
     1.3 Section 6.11 is amended by re-designating clause (v) thereof as clause (vi) and adding the following new clause (v):
     (v) Investments described in the Brazilian Reorganization Certificate to implement the Brazilian Reorganization, provided that no Default or Unmatured Default exists at the time of such Investment.

 


 

     1.4 Section 6.14 is amended by adding the following to the end thereof: “and except for, if no Default or Unmatured Default exists at the time thereof, transactions described in the Brazilian Reorganization Certificate to implement the Brazilian Reorganization”.
     1.5 Section 6.15 is amended by re-designating clause (vii) thereof as clause (viii) and adding the following new clause (vii):
     (vii) Indebtedness arising solely in connection with the Brazilian Reorganization and described in the Brazilian Reorganization Certificate, provided that no Default or Unmatured Default exists at the time such Indebtedness is incurred.
     ARTICLE II. REPRESENTATIONS. Each of the Borrowers represents and warrants to the Agent and the Lenders that:
     2.1 The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment are within its powers, have been duly authorized by existing board resolutions or other necessary corporate action and are not in contravention of any statute, law or regulation or of any terms of its Articles of Incorporation, Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or other charter documents, or of any material agreement or undertaking to which it is a party or by which it is bound.
     2.2 This Amendment is the legal, valid and binding obligation of it, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.
     2.3 After giving effect to the amendments contained herein, the representations and warranties contained in Article V of the Loan Agreement are true on and as of the date hereof with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent any such representation or warranty is stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date.
     2.4 After giving effect to the amendments contained herein, no Default or Unmatured Default exists or has occurred and is continuing on the date hereof.
     ARTICLE III. CONDITIONS OF EFFECTIVENESS. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date hereof when each of the following conditions is satisfied:
     3.1 The Borrowers, the Required Lenders, the Swing Lender and the Agent shall have signed this Amendment.
     3.2 The Lenders shall have received the Brazilian Reorganization Certificate.
     3.3 The Guarantors shall have signed the consent and agreement to this Amendment.

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     ARTICLE IV. MISCELLANEOUS.
     4.1 References in the Loan Agreement or in any other Loan Document to the Loan Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the Loan Agreement as amended hereby and as further amended from time to time.
     4.2 Except as expressly amended hereby, each of the Borrowers agrees that the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents are ratified and confirmed, as amended hereby, and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms and that they are not aware of any set off, counterclaim, defense or other claim or dispute with respect to any of the foregoing. Terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Loan Agreement. This Amendment may be signed upon any number of counterparts with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument, and telecopied signatures shall be effective as originals.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Agent have executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.
             
    DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED    
 
           
 
  By: /s/ Kevin J. Krakora    
 
         
 
  Print Name:  Kevin J. Krakora    
 
           
 
  Title:  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  
 
         
 
           
    DIEBOLD INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, as a Subsidiary
Borrower
   
    DIEBOLD SELF-SERVICE SOLUTIONS LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY, as a Subsidiary Borrower
DIEBOLD AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, as a Subsidiary Borrower
   
 
           
 
  By: /s/ Kevin Krakora    
 
         
 
  Print Name:  Kevin Krakora    
 
           
 
  Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  
 
         
 
           
    JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Agent and as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By: /s/ Steven P. Sullivan    
 
         
 
  Print Name: Steven P. Sullivan    
 
           
 
  Title: Vice President    
 
         

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    KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a    
    Co-Syndication Agent and as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Thomas J. Purcell    
 
           
 
  Print Name:   Thomas J. Purcell    
 
           
 
  Title:   Senior Vice President    
 
           
 
           
    NATIONAL CITY BANK, as a Co-Syndication Agent    
    and as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Matthew J. Gausman    
 
           
 
  Print Name:   Matthew J. Gausman    
 
           
 
  Title:   Assistant Vice President    
 
           
 
           
    BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Documentation Agent    
    and as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Irene Bertozzi Bartenstein    
 
           
 
  Print Name:   Irene Bertozzi Bartenstein    
 
           
 
  Title:   Principal    
 
           
 
           
    PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a    
    Documentation Agent and as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Joseph G. Moran    
 
           
 
  Print Name:   Joseph G. Moran    
 
           
 
  Title:   Managing Director    
 
           

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    THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as a Managing Agent    
    and as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Kenneth R. McDonnell    
 
           
 
  Print Name:   Kenneth R. McDonnell    
 
           
 
  Title:   Vice President    
 
           
 
           
    U.S. BANK, N.A.    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
  Print Name:        
 
           
 
  Title:        
 
           
 
           
    THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI, LTD.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Tsuguyuki Umene    
 
           
 
  Print Name:   Tsuguyuki Umene    
 
           
 
  Title:   Deputy General Manager    
 
           
 
           
    HSBC BANK USA, N.A.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Bruce Wicks    
 
           
 
  Print Name:   Bruce Wicks    
 
           
 
  Title:   First Vice President    
 
           

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    ABN AMRO BANK N.V.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Larry D. Richman    
 
           
 
  Print Name:   Larry D. Richman    
 
           
 
  Title:   President Commercial Banking    
 
           
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Roy D. Hasbrook    
 
           
 
  Print Name:   Roy D. Hasbrook    
 
           
 
  Title:   Senior Vice President    
 
           
 
           
    THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE    
    BANK OF IRELAND    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Anne Marie Delaney    
 
           
 
  Print Name:   Anne Marie Delaney    
 
           
 
  Title:   Associate    
 
           

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CONSENT AND AGREEMENT
     As of the date and year first above written, each of the undersigned hereby:
     (a) fully consents to the terms and provisions of the above Amendment and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby;
     (b) agrees that the Guaranty to which it is a party and each other Loan Document to which it is a party are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect, acknowledges and agrees that it has no setoff, counterclaim, defense or other claim or dispute with respect the Guaranty to which it is a party and each other Loan Document to which it is a party; and
     (c) represents and warrants to the Agent and the Lenders that the execution, delivery and performance of this Consent and Agreement are within its powers, have been duly authorized and are not in contravention of any statute, law or regulation or of any terms of its organizational documents or of any material agreement or undertaking to which it is a party or by which it is bound, and this Consent and Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligations of it, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. Terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Loan Agreement.
             
    DIEBOLD INVESTMENT COMPANY
   
    DIEBOLD FINANCE COMPANY, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Jeffrey K. Simpson    
 
           
 
  Print Name:   Jeffrey K. Simpson    
 
           
 
  Their:   President and Assistant Secretary    
 
           
 
           
    DIEBOLD HOLDING COMPANY, INC.    
    DIEBOLD ELECTION SYSTEMS, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Warren W. Dettinger    
 
           
 
  Print Name:   Warren W. Dettinger    
 
           
 
  Their:   Vice President and Secretary    
 
           
 
           
    DIEBOLD GLOBAL FINANCE CORPORATION    
    DIEBOLD SST HOLDING COMPANY, INC.    
    DIEBOLD SELF-SERVICE SYSTEMS    
    DIEBOLD CHINA SECURITY HOLDING COMPANY, INC.    
    DIEBOLD LATIN AMERICA HOLDING COMPANY, INC.    
    DIEBOLD SOUTHEAST MANUFACTURING, INC.    
    DIEBOLD MIDWEST MANUFACTURING, INC.    
    DIEBOLD AUSTRALIA HOLDING COMPANY, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Warren W. Dettinger    
 
           
 
  Print Name:   Warren W. Dettinger    
 
           
 
  Their:   Vice President and Secretary    
 
           

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