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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Effective as of February 19, 2021, the Board of Directors of Dover Corporation (the “Company”) extended the term of the employment agreement between the Company and Richard J. Tobin, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, dated March 16, 2018, which would otherwise expire in accordance with its terms on May 1, 2021, until May 1, 2024 under the same terms and conditions, as previously disclosed on the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 20, 2018.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
| 10.1 | Amendment to Employment Agreement of Richard J. Tobin dated as of February 19, 2021. | |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: February 19, 2021 |
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By: | /s/ Ivonne M. Cabrera | |||
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Ivonne M. Cabrera | |||
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary | |||
Exhibit 10.1
Employment Agreement Amendment
This Amendment (this “Amendment”) to the Employment Agreement (the “Employment Agreement”), dated March 16, 2018, by and between Dover Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Richard J. Tobin (“Executive” and collectively with the Company referred to herein as the “Parties”) is entered into and effective as of February 19, 2021.
RECITALS
| A. | It is the desire of the Company to assure itself of the continued services of Executive by entering into this Amendment extending the term of the Employment Agreement. |
| B. | Executive and the Company mutually desire that Executive continue to provide services to the Company on the terms herein provided. |
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the respective covenants and agreements set forth below, the Parties hereto agree as follows:
The term of the Employment Agreement is hereby extended until May 1, 2024, and will otherwise remain in effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Amendment as of the date and year first above written.
| DOVER CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Ivonne M. Cabrera | |
| Name: | Ivonne M. Cabrera | |
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary | |
| EXECUTIVE | ||
| /s/ Richard J. Tobin | ||
| Richard J. Tobin | ||
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