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): May 7, 2021

 

 

DOVER CORPORATION

(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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock		DOV		New York Stock Exchange
1.250% Notes due 2026		DOV 26		New York Stock Exchange
0.750% Notes due 2027		DOV 27		New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Dover Corporation (the “Company”) held on May 7, 2021, the Company’s shareholders approved the Dover Corporation 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Company’s Board of Directors approved the Plan on February 12, 2021, subject to shareholder approval.

Under the Plan, the Company may make a variety of equity and cash-based awards to employees, non-employee directors and certain other service providers of the Company and its affiliates to stimulate their efforts towards the success of the Company and its affiliates and to facilitate recruitment and retention by making available the benefits of common stock ownership in the Company and other long-term incentive opportunities. The Plan replaces the Company’s 2012 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Former Plan”). As of May 7, 2021 no further grants may be made under the Former Plan and the 4,888,197 shares available for additional award grant purposes under the Former Plan became available for issuance (in addition to 8,300,000 newly authorized shares) under the Plan.

A more detailed description of the Plan was set forth in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2021 under the heading “Proposal 2 - Adoption of 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan” and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing summary is not intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Annual Meeting of the Company held on May 7, 2021, the shareholders:

 

(1)

elected ten directors,

 

(2)

adopted the Dover Corporation 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan;

 

(3)

ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2021, and

 

(4)

approved, on an advisory basis, named executive officer compensation.

The shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal regarding the right to allow shareholders to act by written consent.

The voting results for each such proposal are reported below.

1.    To elect ten directors:

 

Director		For				Against				Abstain				Broker Non-Vote
Deborah L. DeHaas			120,370,254				263,293				201,154			9,258,086
H. John Gilbertson, Jr.			118,833,657				1,790,299				210,745			9,258,086
Kristiane C. Graham			116,608,453				4,007,872				218,376			9,258,086
Michael F. Johnston			119,037,435				1,541,769				255,497			9,258,086
Eric A. Spiegel			120,059,103				531,953				243,645			9,258,086
Richard J. Tobin			118,790,678				1,875,567				168,456			9,258,086
Stephen M. Todd			117,802,909				2,819,297				212,495			9,258,086
Stephen K. Wagner			117,196,120				3,417,223				221,358			9,258,086
Keith E. Wandell			118,159,877				2,427,309				247,515			9,258,086
Mary A. Winston			116,326,050				4,283,557				225,094			9,258,086

 

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2.    To adopt the Dover Corporation 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Vote
110,554,495		9,932,950		347,256		9,258,086

3.    To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2021:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Vote
125,630,267		4,228,523		233,997		0

4.    To approve, on an advisory basis, named executive officer compensation:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Vote
111,998,354		8,389,358		446,989		9,258,086

 

5.	A shareholder proposal regarding the right to allow shareholders to act by written consent:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Vote
39,055,328		81,345,732		433,641		9,258,086

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits.

 

10.1		Dover Corporation 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

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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: May 10, 2021		DOVER CORPORATION
		(Registrant)
		By:		/s/ Ivonne M. Cabrera
				Ivonne M. Cabrera
				Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

 

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