0001193125-12-437699.txt : 20121026 0001193125-12-437699.hdr.sgml : 20121026 20121026163111 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-437699 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20121025 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20121026 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121026 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GARDNER DENVER INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000916459 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [3560] IRS NUMBER: 760419383 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13215 FILM NUMBER: 121164757 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1500 LIBERTY RIDGE DRIVE, SUITE 3000 CITY: WAYNE STATE: PA ZIP: 19087 BUSINESS PHONE: 6102492000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1500 LIBERTY RIDGE DRIVE, SUITE 3000 CITY: WAYNE STATE: PA ZIP: 19087 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GARDNER DENVER MACHINERY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19931221 8-K 1 d430743d8k.htm 8-K 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) October 25, 2012

 

 

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)

 

 

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):

 

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

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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

 

 

 

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On October 25, 2012, Gardner Denver, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release (the “Press Release”) confirming that the Company is exploring strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value. A copy of the Press Release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information furnished in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, unless the Company specifically states that the information is to be considered “filed” under the Exchange Act or incorporates it by reference into a filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

99.1 Gardner Denver, Inc. Press Release dated October 25, 2012

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: October 26, 2012

     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 October 25, 2012
 EX-99.1 2 d430743dex991.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

Press Release

 

 

For Immediate Release

October 25, 2012                

GARDNER DENVER CONFIRMS EXPLORATION OF STRATEGIC

ALTERNATIVES TO ENHANCE SHAREHOLDER VALUE

Wayne, PA (October 25, 2012) – Gardner Denver, Inc. (NYSE: GDI) today confirmed that its Board of Directors, working together with its management team and the Company’s financial advisor, Goldman, Sachs & Co., are exploring strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value. These alternatives could include, among other things, enhancing the Company’s existing strategic plan or a possible sale or merger of the Company.

The Company stated that no decision has been made and that there can be no assurance that the Board’s exploration of strategic alternatives will result in any transaction being entered into or consummated. Gardner Denver does not intend to discuss or disclose developments with respect to this process until the Board has approved a definitive course of action.

Corporate Profile

Gardner Denver, Inc., with 2011 revenues of approximately $2.4 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).

 

 

Contact:

Matthew Sherman / Jennifer Beugelmans / Joseph Sala

Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher

Tel. (212) 355-4449

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