NEW YORK, Aug 14, 2002 -- Dover Corporation (NYSE: DOV) announced today that Thomas L. Reece, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dover, and David S. Smith, Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Dover, signed unqualified certificates attesting to the accuracy of the company's financial statements that have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The documents certified included Dover's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2001, its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the First Quarter of 2002, and its 2002 Proxy Statement.

Both officers also certified the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Second Quarter of 2002 in accordance with the new requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

These certifications fulfill all the requirements of the SEC and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Copies of these certifications were filed on a Form 8-K, which was filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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