SEC FORM 3 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