UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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)
April 23, 2009

Gardner Denver, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware	1-13215	76-0419383
(State or Other	(Commission	(IRS Employer
Jurisdiction of	File Number)	Identification No.)
Incorporation)

1800 Gardner Expressway
Quincy, Illinois	62305
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(217) 222-5400

(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):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

     On April 23, 2009, Gardner Denver, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company’s results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009 and guidance for diluted earnings per share for the second quarter and total year 2009 (the “Press Release”). A copy of the Press Release is furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

     On April 24, 2009 as part of its quarterly earnings conference call, the Company will provide an investor presentation to review its first quarter 2009 financial results and operational outlook. This investor presentation will be posted on the Company’s website at www.gardnerdenver.com and is furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated by reference herein.

     The information in this Item 7.01 and the exhibit attached hereto will not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section, nor will such information or exhibit be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1	Gardner Denver, Inc. Press Release dated April 23, 2009
99.2	Investor Presentation dated April 23, 2009

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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: April 23, 2009	By:	/s/ Jeremy T. Steele
		Jeremy T. Steele
		Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Gardner Denver, Inc. Press Release dated April 23, 2009
99.2	Investor Presentation dated April 23, 2009

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