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Registration No.33-
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 (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
280 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
DOVER CORPORATION
1995 INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN
AND
1995 CASH PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
(Full title of the Plan)
ROBERT G. KUHBACH, ESQ.
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Dover Corporation
280 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017
(Name and address of agent for service)
(212) 922-1640
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Proposed
Title of Amount maximum maximum Amount of
securities to to be offering price aggregate registration
be registered registered (1) per share (2) offering price (2) fee
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Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share 20,000,000 shares $35.25 $705,000,000.00 $207,975.00
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(1) This Registration Statement also covers such indeterminable number of
additional shares of Common Stock as may become deliverable as a result of stock
splits, stock dividends or similar transactions in accordance with the
provisions of the Plan.
2) Determined pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely
for purposes of calculating the registration fee and based upon the average of
the high and low prices of the Common Stock on February 3, 1998 as reported in
the consolidated reporting system.
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PART II
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents, descriptions, amendments and reports filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by Dover Corporation
("Dover" or the "Company") are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement:
(a) Dover's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 3l,1996;
(b) All other reports filed by Dover pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), since December 3l, 1996; and
(c) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained
in the Company'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.
All documents subsequently filed by Dover pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered pursuant hereto have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Not Applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The Company is a Delaware corporation. Section 145 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the "DGCL") generally provides that a corporation is empowered
to indemnify any person who was or is or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the
right of the Company) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or is or was serving, at the
request of the Registrant, 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 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 conduct was unlawful. This
statute describes in detail the right of the Company to indemnify any such
person. Article XII of the By-Laws of the Company provides for indemnification
against all expense, liability and loss (including attorney's fees and amounts
paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered, to the fullest extent
authorized by the DGCL, of directors, officers, employees and agents of the
Company (or who is or was serving at the request of the Company in any such
capacities of another corporation or other
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enterprise) who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to
or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative by reason of such service, whether the alleged
basis is an action in such capacity or in any other capacity. Article
SEVENTEENTH of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as
amended, eliminates the liability of directors to the Company or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty to the fullest
extent permitted under the DGCL.
The Company 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 shall
become legally obligated to pay. The policy is for a period ending November 5,
1999 and provides a maximum coverage of $35 million and (subject to certain
enumerated exclusions) covers 100% of all losses above the deductible amount of
$5,000 per director or officer.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not Applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
4.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amendments thereto, filed as
Exhibit 3(a) to Form 10-K for year ended December 3l, 1989, is
incorporated by reference.
4.2 By-laws, as amended, filed as Exhibit 3(b) to Form 10-K for year ended
December 3l, 1996, is incorporated by reference.
5 Opinion of General Counsel.
23.1 Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
24 Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof).
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 this Registration Statement;
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(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 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-S 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 FEBRUARY __,
1998.
DOVER CORPORATION
By: /s/ Thomas L. Reece
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Thomas L. Reece, President
and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints John F. McNiff, Alfred Suesser
and Robert G. Kuhbach, and each of them, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining thereto, with full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and
necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys, and any of them and any such substitute, 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.
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Signature Title Date
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/s/ Thomas L. Reece President and Chief Executive Officer & February 5, 1998
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Thomas L. Reece
/s/ John F. McNiff Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) February 5, 1998
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John F. McNiff
/s/ Alfred Suesser Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) February 5, 1998
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Alfred Suesser
/s/ David H. Benson Director February 5, 1998
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David H. Benson
/s/ Magalen O. Bryant Director February 5, 1998
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Magalen O. Bryant
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/s/ Jean-Pierre M. Ergas Director February 5, 1998
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Jean-Pierre M. Ergas
/s/ Roderick J. Fleming Director February 5, 1998
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Roderick J. Fleming
/s/ John F. Fort Director February 5, 1998
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John F. Fort
/s/ James L. Koley Director February 5, 1998
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James L. Koley
/s/ Anthony J. Ormsby Director February 5, 1998
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Anthony J. Ormsby
/s/ Gary L. Roubos Director February 5, 1998
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Gary L. Roubos
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit Sequentially
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4.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amendments thereto, filed as
Exhibit 3(a) to Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 1989, is
incorporated by reference.
4.2 By-laws, as amended, filed as Exhibit 3(b) to Form 10-K for year ended
December 31, 1996, is incorporated by reference.
5 Opinion of General Counsel.
23.1 Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
24.1 Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof).
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Exhibit 5
February 5, 1998
Dover Corporation
280 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Gentlemen:
I am rendering my opinion with respect to the legality of the
20,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Shares"), of
Dover Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), issuable pursuant to
options ("Options") which may be granted under the Company's 1995 Incentive
Stock Option Plan and 1995 Cash Performance Program (the "Plan"), which shares
are being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 to which this opinion is attached
as an exhibit.
As General Counsel to the Company, I am familiar with the corporate
proceedings of the Company relating to the authorization for issuance of the
Shares, and have examined such instruments, documents, records and certificates,
and have made such other inquiries and investigations of fact, as I have deemed
necessary for purposes of the opinions herein expressed.
Based on the foregoing, and having regard for such other legal and
factual considerations I deem relevant, I am of the opinion that the Shares,
when issued in accordance with the Plan, upon exercise of Options, and subject
to the payment in full of the exercise price thereof, will be legally issued,
fully paid and non-assessable.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Robert G. Kuhbach
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Robert G. Kuhbach
General Counsel
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Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in (a) this Registration Statement
of Dover Corporation on Form S-8 and (b) the Registration Statement of Dover
Corporation on Form S-8 (File No. 33-11229) of our reports dated February 14,
1997, on our audits of (i) the consolidated financial statements of Dover
Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996, and 1995, and for the
years then ended, which report is included in the 1996 Annual Report to
Stockholders and incorporated by reference in the 1996 Annual Report on Form
10-K and (ii) the 1996 financial statement schedule of Dover Corporation, which
report is included in the 1996 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
/s/ Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
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Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
New York, New York
February 4, 1998
