Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 20, 2019

 

 

 

LOGO

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware    1-4018    53-0257888

(State or other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

3005 Highland Parkway

Downers Grove, Illinois

  60515
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(630) 541-1540

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;

Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

(b) On February 20, 2019, Peter T. Francis notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Dover Corporation (the “Company”) of his intention to retire from the Board effective as of the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which is the end of his current term. Mr. Francis has served on the Board since 2007.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: February 25, 2019    

DOVER CORPORATION

(Registrant)

    By:  

/s/ Ivonne M. Cabrera

      Ivonne M. Cabrera
      Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary