---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-219689"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DOV"
cik: "0000029905"
company_name: "DOVER Corp"
filed_at: "2026-05-12T20:46:54+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-12T20:53:07.343275+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dover shareholders re-elect all 9 directors, reject independent chair proposal

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected with strong support; lowest vote was 94.5% for H. John Gilbertson Jr.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor for 2026 passed with 93.7% of votes cast in favor.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 92.8% of votes cast (excluding broker non-votes).
- Shareholder proposal for independent board chair rejected: 64.0% against, 36.0% for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-219689
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DOV
- cik: 0000029905
- company_name: DOVER Corp
- filed_at: 2026-05-12T20:46:54+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29905/000119312526219689/0001193125-26-219689-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29905/000119312526219689/d150207d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  DOVER Corp shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal requesting an independent board chair at the 2026-05-08 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-08
  source text: 4. To consider a shareholder proposal requesting an independent board chair: For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes 41,420,407 73,601,678 386,207 8,808,837
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29905/000119312526219689/0001193125-26-219689-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DOVER Corp shareholders approved Election of nine directors at the 2026-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-08
  source text: 1. To elect nine directors: For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes Deborah L. DeHaas 113,697,705 1,492,992 217,595 8,808,837 H. John Gilbertson, Jr. 109,370,509 5,879,670 158,113 8,808,837 Kristiane C. Graham 111,672,235 3,576,971 159,086 8,808,837 Marc A. Howze 114,925,878 320,852 161,562 8,808,837 Michael Manley 114,892,368 357,746 158,178 8,808,837 Danita K. Ostling 113,176,985 2,004,784 226,523 8,808,837 Eric A. Spiegel 114,891,742 354,049 162,501 8,808,837 Richard J. Tobin 111,088,335 3,877,988 441,969 8,808,837 Keith E. Wandell 111,375,115 3,871,759 161,418 8,808,837
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29905/000119312526219689/0001193125-26-219689-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DOVER Corp shareholders approved Advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers (Say-on-Pay) at the 2026-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-08
  source text: 3. To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s NEOs: For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes 107,087,961 8,026,009 294,322 8,808,837
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29905/000119312526219689/0001193125-26-219689-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DOVER Corp shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 at the 2026-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-08
  source text: 2. To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2026: For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes 116,228,921 7,847,535 140,673 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29905/000119312526219689/0001193125-26-219689-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.