SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Livingston Robert (Last) (First) (Middle) 267 LOWELL ROAD (Street) HUDSON NH 03051 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 10/01/2004	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol DOVER CORP [ DOV ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Vice President	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	29,934	D(1)
Common Stock	9,497.8608	D(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Employee stock option (right to buy)	02/02/1998	02/02/2005	Common Stock	8,952	14.2187	D
Employee stock option (right to buy)	02/08/1999	02/08/2006	Common Stock	6,384	23.5312	D
Employee stock option (right to buy)	02/06/2000	02/06/2007	Common Stock	7,004	24.7187	D
Employee stock option (right to buy)	02/05/2001	02/05/2008	Common Stock	5,383	35	D
Employee stock option (right to buy)	02/04/2002	02/04/2009	Common Stock	9,510	31	D
Employee stock option (right to buy)	02/10/2003	02/10/2010	Common Stock	9,449	39	D
Employee stock option (right to buy)	02/08/2004	02/08/2011	Common Stock	22,024	41	D
Employee stock option (right to buy)	02/14/2005	02/14/2012	Common Stock	25,343	38	D
Employee stock option (right to buy)	02/13/2006	02/13/2013	Common Stock	33,713	24.5	D
Employee stock option (right to buy)	02/12/2007	02/12/2014	Common Stock	15,728	41.25	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares held jointly with wife.

2. Represents shares held in the Dover Corporation Retirement Savings Plan (the 401(k) Plan).

Remarks:

	Robert Livingston by Ambika Sharma Attorney-in-fact	10/08/2004
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY



Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of

Joseph W. Schmidt and Ambika Sharma, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful

attorney-in-fact to:



(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an

officer and/or director of Dover Corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5

in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;



(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or

desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or

amendments thereto, and file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission

and any stock exchange or similar authority; and



(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the

opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required

by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on

behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain

such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform

any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of

any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned

might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby

ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or

substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights

and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,

in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company

assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer

required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in

securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing

delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of

this 7th day of September, 2004.





Signature:  /s/Robert A. Livingston



Print Name: Robert  A. Livingston