SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 7, 2006

DOVER CORPORATION

STATE OF DELAWARE (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		1-4018 (Commission File Number)		53-0257888 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

280 Park Avenue, New York, NY (Address of Principal Executive Offices)		10017 (Zip Code)

(212) 922-1640
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 
(Former Name or Former address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 3.03		Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders

Dover Corporation’s shareholder rights plan expired on November 7, 2006 with the expiration of the Company’s Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated as of November 15, 1996, between the Company and Harris Trust Company of New York (the “Rights Agreement”). The Rights Agreement expired by its own terms and the Company’s Board of Directors has decided not to renew it. The terms of the Rights Agreement and the common stock rights issued under it are described in the Company’s Form 8-A/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 1996, and the exhibits thereto.

SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.