{"url_path":"/sec/dov/8-k/2026-05-12/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-12","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29905/0001193125-26-219689-index.html","accession_number":"0001193125-26-219689","cik":"0000029905","ticker":"DOV","issuer_name":"DOVER Corp","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29905/0001193125-26-219689-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000029905","primary_entity_name":"DOVER Corp"},"word_count":254,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.\n\nOn May 8, 2026, Dover Corporation (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders:\n\n \n\n \n(1)\n\nelected nine directors,\n\n \n\n \n(2)\n\nratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2026,\n\n \n\n \n(3)\n\napproved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (“NEOs”) as described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and the accompanying tables in the proxy statement (“Say-on-Pay”) for the Annual Meeting, and\n\n \n\n \n(4)\n\nrejected a shareholder proposal requesting an independent board chair.\n\nThe voting results for each such proposal are reported below.\n\n \n\n \n1.\n\nTo elect nine directors:\n\n \n\n \n  \nFor\n \n  \nAgainst\n \n  \nAbstained\n \n  \nBroker Non-Votes\n\nDeborah L. DeHaas\n\n  \n \n113,697,705\n \n  \n \n1,492,992\n \n  \n \n217,595\n \n  \n8,808,837\n\nH. John Gilbertson, Jr.\n\n  \n \n109,370,509\n \n  \n \n5,879,670\n \n  \n \n158,113\n \n  \n8,808,837\n\nKristiane C. Graham\n\n  \n \n111,672,235\n \n  \n \n3,576,971\n \n  \n \n159,086\n \n  \n8,808,837\n\nMarc A. Howze\n\n  \n \n114,925,878\n \n  \n \n320,852\n \n  \n \n161,562\n \n  \n8,808,837\n\nMichael Manley\n\n  \n \n114,892,368\n \n  \n \n357,746\n \n  \n \n158,178\n \n  \n8,808,837\n\nDanita K. Ostling\n\n  \n \n113,176,985\n \n  \n \n2,004,784\n \n  \n \n226,523\n \n  \n8,808,837\n\nEric A. Spiegel\n\n  \n \n114,891,742\n \n  \n \n354,049\n \n  \n \n162,501\n \n  \n8,808,837\n\nRichard J. Tobin\n\n  \n \n111,088,335\n \n  \n \n3,877,988\n \n  \n \n441,969\n \n  \n8,808,837\n\nKeith E. Wandell\n\n  \n \n111,375,115\n \n  \n \n3,871,759\n \n  \n \n161,418\n \n  \n8,808,837\n\n \n\n \n2.\n\nTo ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2026:\n\n \n\nFor\n  \nAgainst\n  \nAbstained\n  \nBroker Non-Votes\n\n116,228,921\n  \n7,847,535\n  \n140,673\n  \n—\n\n \n\n \n3.\n\nTo approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s NEOs:\n\n \n\nFor\n  \nAgainst\n  \nAbstained\n  \nBroker Non-Votes\n\n107,087,961\n  \n8,026,009\n  \n294,322\n  \n8,808,837\n\n4. To consider a shareholder proposal requesting an independent board chair:\n\n \n\nFor\n  \nAgainst\n  \nAbstained\n  \nBroker Non-Votes\n\n41,420,407\n  \n73,601,678\n  \n386,207\n  \n8,808,837"}