UNITED STATES

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): March 20, 2014

DOVER CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

3005 Highland Parkway

Downers Grove, Illinois 60515

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(630) 541-1540

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Dover Corporation (the “Company”) will present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Industrials & EU Autos Conference at 10:35 a.m. GMT (6:35 a.m. EDT) on March 20, 2014. A copy of the slide presentation to be used by the Company is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. A live audio webcast of the Company’s presentation at the conference will be available via the Company’s website (http://www.dovercorporation.com) and a replay of the webcast will be available on the website for approximately 90 days.

Exhibit 99.1 contains historical financial information presented under Dover’s new segment structure. These segment level disclosures are considered “Non-GAAP” financial information until such time that the new segment reporting structure is included within a periodic filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company’s management believes this non-GAAP financial information is useful to investors to better understand historical trends under the revised segment structure, which the Company will be reporting under in its Form 10-Q for the quarter ending March 31, 2014.

Exhibit 99.1 also contains “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements in these materials include any statements that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. Such risk factors include, but are not limited to, market and economic conditions and changes in corporate policy. Dover refers you to the documents the Company files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, such as Dover reports on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K, for a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our current expectations and from the forward-looking statements contained in these presentation materials. Dover undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required by law.

The information in this report (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that Section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

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.

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