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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;19, 2005



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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>DOVER CORPORATION</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">280 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017<BR>
(Address of Principal Executive offices, including Zip Code)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>DOVER CORPORATION<BR>
2005 EQUITY AND CASH INCENTIVE PLAN</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Joseph W. Schmidt, Esq.<BR>
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Dover Corporation<BR>
280 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017<BR>
(212)&nbsp;922-1640<BR>
(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(1)&nbsp;Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of
the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock that become issuable under the 2005 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan by
reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(2)&nbsp;Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and, pursuant to Rule
457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, computed based upon the average of the high
and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on May&nbsp;13, 2005.



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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y09319exv5w1.htm">EX-5.1: OPINION OF JOSEPH W. SCHMIDT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y09319exv23w1.htm">EX-23.1: CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The document(s) containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to the participating employees as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference herein pursuant to Item&nbsp;3
of Part&nbsp;II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B><U>Item&nbsp;3.</U> <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U></B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, descriptions and reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission by Dover Corporation are incorporated by reference into this registration statement:


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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Dover&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD>Dover&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March&nbsp;31, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD>Dover&#146;s current reports on Form 8-K filed on February&nbsp;16, 2005
and April&nbsp;5, 2005; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of Dover&#146;s Common Stock contained in Dover&#146;s
registration statement filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
such description.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents and other reports Dover files with the SEC under Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this registration statement, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that all
securities offered by this registration statement have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, will be automatically incorporated by reference as of and from
the date of filing; provided, however, that Dover is not incorporating by reference any information
furnished under Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, unless, and to the
extent, specified in any such Current Report on Form 8-K. Any statement contained in this
registration statement or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or
is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded will only be deemed to be a part of
this registration statement as so modified or superseded.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B><U>Item&nbsp;4.</U>
<U>Description of Securities</U></B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U></B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As of May&nbsp;9, 2005, Joseph W. Schmidt, Dover&#146;s Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary,
owned 9,000 shares of Dover common stock and had unvested options to acquire 133,860 additional
shares of Dover common stock. Mr.&nbsp;Schmidt will be eligible for awards of restricted stock and
additional awards of options to purchase common stock under the 2005 Equity and Cash Incentive
Plan.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B><U>Item&nbsp;6.</U> <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U></B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dover is a Delaware corporation. Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law generally
provides that a corporation is empowered to indemnify any person who is or is threatened to be made
a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact
that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the company or is or was
serving, at the request of the company, in any of such capacities of another corporation or other
enterprise, if such director, officer, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner he or
she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the company, and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct
was unlawful. The statute describes in detail the right of the company to indemnify any such
person. Article&nbsp;XII of Dover&#146;s by-laws provides for indemnification of Dover&#146;s directors,
officers, employees and agents for expenses (including attorney&#146;s fees), judgments, fines, ERISA
excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement with respect to threatened, pending or
completed actions, suits or proceedings to the full extent permitted under the laws of the state of
Delaware. Article&nbsp;SEVENTEENTH of Dover&#146;s restated certificate of incorporation, as amended,
eliminates the liability of directors to the fullest extent permitted under the above-referenced
Delaware statute.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dover has in effect a policy insuring itself, its subsidiaries and their respective directors
and officers, to the extent they may be required or permitted to indemnify such officers or
directors, against certain liabilities arising from acts or omissions in the discharge of their
duties that they will become legally obligated to pay.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B><U>Item&nbsp;7.</U>
<U>Exemption from Registration Claimed</U></B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Joseph W. Schmidt, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Dover.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of General Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B><U>Item&nbsp;9.</U> <U>Undertakings</U></B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dover hereby undertakes:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:




<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the
low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective registration statement;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such
information in this registration statement;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by Dover pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dover hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of Dover&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefits plan&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of Dover pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, Dover has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by Dover of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of Dover in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-3
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">in connection with the securities being
registered, Dover will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-4
</DIV>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on </B><B>Form S-8</B><B> and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on May&nbsp;19, 2005.</B>


<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">DOVER CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Ronald L. Hoffman
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Ronald L. Hoffman, President &nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby
constitute and appoint Ronald L. Hoffman and Joseph W. Schmidt, and each of them, with full power
of substitution and full power to act without the other, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent to act for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this
registration statement and any or all amendments thereto (including without limitation any
post-effective amendments thereto), and all related documents and instruments, and to file each of
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or
advisable to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all
intents and purposes, as they or he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</B>

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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><U>Signature</U></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><U>Title</U></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><U>Date</U></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ronald L. Hoffman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" rowspan="2">Chief Executive Officer, President<BR>
&#038; Director (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;19, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Ronald L. Hoffman</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert G. Kuhbach
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" rowspan="2">Vice President, Finance,
Chief<BR>Financial Officer and Treasuer<BR>(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;19, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert G. Kuhbach
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Raymond T. McKay, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" rowspan="2">Vice President, Controller<BR>(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;19, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Raymond T. McKay, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas L. Reece
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman, Board of Directors
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;19, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Thomas L. Reece</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David H. Benson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;19, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">David H. Benson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><U>Signature</U></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><U>Title</U></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

<TD nowrap align="left"><U>Date</U></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert W. Cremin
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;19, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert W. Cremin</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jean-Pierre M. Ergas
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;19, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jean-Pierre M. Ergas</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kristiane C. Graham
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;19, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Kristiane C. Graham</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James L. Koley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;19, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">James L. Koley</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard K. Lochridge
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;19, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Richard K. Lochridge</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Bernard G. Rethore
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;19, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Bernard G. Rethore</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael B. Stubbs
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;19, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael B. Stubbs</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mary A. Winston
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;19, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Mary A. Winston</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>


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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="93%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit Description</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Joseph W. Schmidt, Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary of Dover.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of General Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (contained on the signature page).</TD>
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FORM S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 19, 2005
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
DOVER CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
53-0257888
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
280 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017
(Address of Principal Executive offices, including Zip Code)
DOVER CORPORATION
2005 EQUITY AND CASH INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Joseph W. Schmidt, Esq.
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Dover Corporation
280 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017
(212) 922-1640
(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Title of
Amount
maximum
maximum
Amount of
securities to
to be
offering price
aggregate
registration
be registered
registered (1)
per share
offering price (2)
fee
Common Stock
20,000,000
$
36.55
$
731,000,000
$
86,039
(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of
the Registrant's Common Stock that become issuable under the 2005 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan by
reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and, pursuant to Rule
457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, computed based upon the average of the high
and low prices of the Registrant's common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on May 13, 2005.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibit
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EX-5.1: OPINION OF JOSEPH W. SCHMIDT
EX-23.1: CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to the participating employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference herein pursuant to Item 3
of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents, descriptions and reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission by Dover Corporation are incorporated by reference into this registration statement:
(a)
Dover's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2004;
(b)
Dover's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2005;
(c)
Dover's current reports on Form 8-K filed on February 16, 2005
and April 5, 2005; and
(d)
The description of Dover's Common Stock contained in Dover's
registration statement filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
such description.
In addition, all documents and other reports Dover files with the SEC under Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this registration statement, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that all
securities offered by this registration statement have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, will be automatically incorporated by reference as of and from
the date of filing; provided, however, that Dover is not incorporating by reference any information
furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, unless, and to the
extent, specified in any such Current Report on Form 8-K. Any statement contained in this
registration statement or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or
is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded will only be deemed to be a part of
this registration statement as so modified or superseded.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
As of May 9, 2005, Joseph W. Schmidt, Dover's Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary,
owned 9,000 shares of Dover common stock and had unvested options to acquire 133,860 additional
shares of Dover common stock. Mr. Schmidt will be eligible for awards of restricted stock and
additional awards of options to purchase common stock under the 2005 Equity and Cash Incentive
Plan.
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Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Dover is a Delaware corporation. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law generally
provides that a corporation is empowered to indemnify any person who is or is threatened to be made
a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact
that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the company or is or was
serving, at the request of the company, in any of such capacities of another corporation or other
enterprise, if such director, officer, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner he or
she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the company, and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct
was unlawful. The statute describes in detail the right of the company to indemnify any such
person. Article XII of Dover's by-laws provides for indemnification of Dover's directors,
officers, employees and agents for expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines, ERISA
excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement with respect to threatened, pending or
completed actions, suits or proceedings to the full extent permitted under the laws of the state of
Delaware. Article SEVENTEENTH of Dover's restated certificate of incorporation, as amended,
eliminates the liability of directors to the fullest extent permitted under the above-referenced
Delaware statute.
Dover has in effect a policy insuring itself, its subsidiaries and their respective directors
and officers, to the extent they may be required or permitted to indemnify such officers or
directors, against certain liabilities arising from acts or omissions in the discharge of their
duties that they will become legally obligated to pay.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
5.1
Opinion of Joseph W. Schmidt, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Dover.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of General Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (contained on the signature page).
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Item 9.
Undertakings
Dover hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the
low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such
information in this registration statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by Dover pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
Dover hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of Dover's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefits plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of Dover pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, Dover has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by Dover of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of Dover in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
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in connection with the securities being
registered, Dover will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-8
and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on May 19, 2005.
DOVER CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Ronald L. Hoffman
Ronald L. Hoffman, President
and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby
constitute and appoint Ronald L. Hoffman and Joseph W. Schmidt, and each of them, with full power
of substitution and full power to act without the other, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent to act for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this
registration statement and any or all amendments thereto (including without limitation any
post-effective amendments thereto), and all related documents and instruments, and to file each of
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or
advisable to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all
intents and purposes, as they or he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Ronald L. Hoffman
Chief Executive Officer, President
& Director (Principal Executive Officer)
May 19, 2005
Ronald L. Hoffman
/s/ Robert G. Kuhbach
Vice President, Finance,
Chief
Financial Officer and Treasuer
(Principal Financial Officer)
May 19, 2005
Robert G. Kuhbach
/s/ Raymond T. McKay, Jr.
Vice President, Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
May 19, 2005
Raymond T. McKay, Jr.
/s/ Thomas L. Reece
Chairman, Board of Directors
May 19, 2005
Thomas L. Reece
/s/ David H. Benson
Director
May 19, 2005
David H. Benson
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Robert W. Cremin
Director
May 19, 2005
Robert W. Cremin
/s/ Jean-Pierre M. Ergas
Director
May 19, 2005
Jean-Pierre M. Ergas
/s/ Kristiane C. Graham
Director
May 19, 2005
Kristiane C. Graham
/s/ James L. Koley
Director
May 19, 2005
James L. Koley
/s/ Richard K. Lochridge
Director
May 19, 2005
Richard K. Lochridge
/s/ Bernard G. Rethore
Director
May 19, 2005
Bernard G. Rethore
/s/ Michael B. Stubbs
Director
May 19, 2005
Michael B. Stubbs
/s/ Mary A. Winston
Director
May 19, 2005
Mary A. Winston
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
5.1
Opinion of Joseph W. Schmidt, Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary of Dover.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of General Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (contained on the signature page).