---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-270431"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DOV"
cik: "0000029905"
company_name: "DOVER Corp"
filed_at: "2023-11-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T22:48:28.782422+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dover elects Marc A. Howze as independent director, board expands to 11

## Summary
- Marc A. Howze elected independent director effective November 3, 2023; board now 11 members, 10 independent.
- Howze is Senior Advisor, Office of the Chairman at Deere & Company and previously held senior roles there.
- He will serve on the Audit Committee of the board.
- Also serves on boards of Lincoln Electric Holdings and Nationwide Mutual Insurance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-270431
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DOV
- cik: 0000029905
- company_name: DOVER Corp
- filed_at: 2023-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29905/000119312523270431/0001193125-23-270431-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29905/000119312523270431/d483000d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-270431
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-270431.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-270431.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Marc A. Howze was elected as independent director at DOVER Corp.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: independent director
  source text: On November 3, 2023, Dover Corporation (the “Company”) announced that the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) elected Marc A. Howze as a new independent director effective as of November 3, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29905/000119312523270431/0001193125-23-270431-index.htm

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