Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On December 9, 2024, Dover Corporation (“ Dover” or the “ Company”) announced that Brad M. Cerepak, Dover’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, plans to retire from Dover effective as of January 31, 2025. Mr. Cerepak has served as Dover’s Chief Financial Officer since May 2011. Effective as of January 31, 2025, Chris Woenker, 42, will be elected as Dover’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Woenker currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Dover’s Engineered Products and Climate & Sustainability Technologies segments. Prior to Dover’s re-segmentationin 2019, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Dover’s Engineered Systems segment. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Woenker and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as Chief Financial Officer. There are no family relationships between Mr. Woenker and any director or executive officer of the Company and Mr. Woenker has no direct or indirect material interest in any related party transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-Kunder the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act”).

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure. On December 9, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the retirement of Mr. Cerepak and succession of Mr. Woenker as Dover’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated in this Item 7.01 by reference. The information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. This information shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference to such disclosure in this Form8-Kin such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. (d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are furnished as part of this report: 99.1 Press release, dated December 9, 2024 of the registrant. ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document). SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form8-Kto be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. DOVER CORPORATION ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── (Registrant) By: /s/ Ivonne M. Cabrera Ivonne M. Cabrera Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary