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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
IDEX Corporation
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware 36-3555336
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(State of Incorporation or Organization) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
630 Dundee Road
Northbrook, Illinois 60062
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
If this Form relates to the If this Form relates to the
registration of a class of debt registration of a class of debt
securities and is effective upon filing securities and is to become
pursuant to General Instruction A(c)(1), effective simultaneously with
please check the following box. / / the effectiveness of a
concurrent registration
statement under the
Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to
General Instruction A(c)(2),
please check the following box. / /
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
TITLE OF EACH CLASS NAME OF EACH EXCHANGE ON WHICH
TO BE SO REGISTERED EACH CLASS IS TO BE REGISTERED
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Common Stock, $.01 Par Value New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
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Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
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SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:
None
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(Title of class)
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(Title of class)
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Item 1. Description of Securities to be Registered.
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Incorporated herein by reference to the information set forth under
"Description of Capital Stock" in Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-2 of IDEX Corporation, Registration No. 33-42208, as filed on
September 12, 1991. Information regarding dividend restrictions is
incorporated herein by reference to information set forth under "Description of
Notes -- Limitation on Restricted Payments" in Amendment No. 2 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-1 of IDEX Corporation, Registration No.
33-50220, as filed on September 15, 1992.
At the Annual Shareholders' Meeting of IDEX Corporation (the "Company") on
March 26, 1996, the Company's shareholders approved an amendment (the
"Amendment") to the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation providing
that the total number of shares which the Company shall have authority to issue
is 80,000,000, consisting of 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock and 75,000,000
shares of Common Stock. The Company filed the Amendment with the Delaware
Secretary of State on March 27, 1996.
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Item 2. Exhibits
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1. IDEX Corporation's Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 1995;
2. IDEX Corporation's Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended;
3. IDEX Corporation's Amended and
Restated By-Laws;
4. IDEX Corporation's Notice and
Proxy Statement for The Annual
Shareholders' Meeting held March 26, 1996;
5. A specimen of IDEX Corporation's
Common Stock Certificate.
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1. Per Instruction II as to Exhibits, filed only with the Chicago Stock
Exchange, Inc.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
IDEX Corporation
Dated: April , 1996 By:
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Wayne P. Sayatovic
Senior Vice President - Finance,
Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary
