DOVER CORPORATION ANNOUNCES FOURTH QUARTER 2004 EARNINGS RELEASE AND WEBCAST

New York, New York (January 6, 2005): Dover Corporation (DOV: NYSE) announced today that it will release fourth quarter 2004 earnings after the close of business on Tuesday, January 25, 2005. Dover will also host a conference call at 9:00 a.m. EST on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 to discuss these results. The call will be available to the public through a live audio webcast on the company website at http://www.dovercorporation.com/. In addition, the call will be available for replay on the website.