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accession: "0001193125-21-243460"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DOV"
cik: "0000029905"
company_name: "DOVER Corp"
filed_at: "2021-08-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T15:44:52.013472+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dover amends executive severance plans, including CIC and without-cause termination benefits

## Summary
- Compensation Committee amended Executive Severance Plan and CIC Severance Plan effective August 5, 2021.
- Tier 1 participants (senior executives) without-cause termination: base salary plus target bonus paid over 12 months, pro-rata bonus/equity, 12 months COBRA.
- Tier 2 participants: base salary over 12 months, pro-rata bonus/equity, 12 months COBRA, outplacement up to $10K.
- CIC plan: two times base plus target bonus, pro-rata target bonus, 24 months COBRA, legal fee reimbursement for prevailing participants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-243460
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DOV
- cik: 0000029905
- company_name: DOVER Corp
- filed_at: 2021-08-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29905/000119312521243460/0001193125-21-243460-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29905/000119312521243460/d216080d8k.htm

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