Diebold 2006 Annual Report

The management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f). Management, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's chief executive officer and chief financial officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on the framework in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. The Company concluded that its internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2006.

KPMG LLP, the Company's independent registered public accounting firm, has issued an auditors' report on management's assessment of the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006. This report is included at page 47 of this Annual Report.

OTHER INFORMATION

The Company had included as Exhibit 31 to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2006 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission certificates of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company certifying the quality of the Company's public disclosure, and the Company has submitted to the New York Stock Exchange a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company certifying that he is not aware of any violation by the Company of New York Stock Exchange corporate governance standards.