8-K

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) July 25, 2011

Gardner Denver, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-13215	76-0419383
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1500 Liberty Ridge Drive, Suite 3000 Wayne, PA	19087
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(610) 249-2000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

               On July 25, 2011, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Gardner Denver, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Mr. John D. Craig to serve as an independent director of the Company, effective immediately following the Company’s regularly scheduled Board and committee meetings in November 2011, until his term expires at the 2013 annual meeting of stockholders. Mr. Craig will fill the vacancy on the Board created by the previously announced retirement of Mr. Frank J. Hansen.

               Upon becoming a director in November 2011, Mr. Craig will receive a prorated annual retainer, prorated equity compensation grants of stock options and restricted stock units, and meeting attendance fees in accordance with the Company’s nonemployee director compensation program.

               There are no understandings or arrangements between Mr. Craig and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Craig was selected to serve as a director of the Company and there are no reportable transactions under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

               A copy of the Company’s press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Craig to the Board is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1    Gardner Denver, Inc. Press Release dated July 29, 2011

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	GARDNER DENVER, INC.
Date: July 29, 2011	By:	/s/ Brent A. Walters
		Brent A. Walters
		Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Gardner Denver, Inc. Press Release dated July 29, 2011

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 29, 2011	Contact:  Michael M. Larsen
	Vice President and CFO
	(610) 249-2002

JOHN D. CRAIG JOINS GARDNER DENVER, INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

WAYNE, Pa. (July 29, 2011) — Gardner Denver, Inc. (NYSE: GDI) announced today that its Board of Directors appointed Mr. John D. Craig to serve as an independent director of the company, effective November 2011 concurrent with the retirement of Mr. Frank J. Hansen. Barry L. Pennypacker, Gardner Denver’s President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “We are very pleased to have John join the Board of Directors. He brings a wealth of leadership and management expertise that has been accumulated during his distinguished career and his operational principles mirror those of the Gardner Denver Way.”

Mr. Craig is the Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of EnerSys, a publicly held manufacturer of industrial batteries and associated stored energy solutions and services. Mr. Craig joined EnerSys’ predecessor company, Yuasa, Inc., in 1994 and has held a series of senior management positions of increasing responsibility, including President and Chief Operating Officer, a position he held from 1998 to 2000 when he was promoted to his current position. Mr. Craig earned his Bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University and a Master’s Degree in Electronics Engineering Technology from Arizona State University.

Gardner Denver, Inc., with 2010 revenues of approximately $1.9 billion, is a leading worldwide manufacturer of highly engineered products, including compressors, liquid ring pumps and blowers for various industrial, medical, environmental, transportation and process applications, pumps used in the petroleum and industrial market segments and other fluid transfer equipment, such as loading arms and dry break couplers, serving chemical, petroleum and food industries. Gardner Denver’s news releases are available by visiting the Investors section on the Company’s website (www.GardnerDenver.com).