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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-140843"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DOV"
cik: "0000029905"
company_name: "DOVER Corp"
filed_at: "2023-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T07:16:52.920283+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dover shareholders elect nine directors, reject termination-pay proposal at annual meeting

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected; votes ranged from 105.6M to 117.8M for, with broker non-votes of 9.1M.
- Ratification of PwC as independent auditor for 2023 passed with 123.5M for, 4.1M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 110.9M for, 7.4M against; frequency set to annual going forward.
- Shareholder proposal requiring approval of certain termination payments defeated (9.3M for, 109.0M against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-140843
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DOV
- cik: 0000029905
- company_name: DOVER Corp
- filed_at: 2023-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29905/000119312523140843/0001193125-23-140843-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29905/000119312523140843/d507498d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  DOVER Corp shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 at the 2023-05-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-05
  source text: 2. To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 123,470,169 4,139,923 170,112 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29905/000119312523140843/0001193125-23-140843-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DOVER Corp shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-05-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-05
  source text: 4. To approve, on an advisory basis, the frequency of holding an advisory vote on executive compensation: One Year Two Years Three Years Abstain Broker Non-Vote 116,199,108 229,518 2,047,566 220,189 9,083,933
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29905/000119312523140843/0001193125-23-140843-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DOVER Corp shareholders approved Election of nine directors at the 2023-05-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-05
  source text: 1. To elect nine directors: Director For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote Deborah L. DeHaas 117,796,196 695,750 204,325 9,083,933 H. John Gilbertson, Jr. 117,629,924 861,024 205,323 9,083,933 Kristiane C. Graham 105,901,056 12,592,152 203,063 9,083,933 Michael F. Johnston 105,616,610 12,865,924 213,737 9,083,933 Michael Manley 117,844,486 651,267 200,518 9,083,933 Eric A. Spiegel 117,573,419 906,348 216,504 9,083,933 Richard J. Tobin 117,344,673 1,164,699 186,899 9,083,933 Stephen M. Todd 114,326,514 4,166,998 202,759 9,083,933 Keith E. Wandell 114,999,826 3,499,315 197,130 9,083,933
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29905/000119312523140843/0001193125-23-140843-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DOVER Corp shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve executive compensation at the 2023-05-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-05
  source text: 3. To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 110,947,024 7,389,286 359,961 9,083,933
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29905/000119312523140843/0001193125-23-140843-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DOVER Corp shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal regarding approval of certain termination payments at the 2023-05-05 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-05
  source text: 5. To consider a shareholder proposal regarding approval of certain termination payments: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 9,283,612 109,014,811 397,848 9,083,933
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29905/000119312523140843/0001193125-23-140843-index.htm

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