EXHIBIT 10.13

                                DOVER CORPORATION

                 SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS TO DEFERRED COMPENSATION
                   AND SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

     -    Provide for a six-month delay of payments to specified employees;

     -    Remove the approved early retirement features of the plan (which
          permitted distributions as previously scheduled instead of a lump-sum
          payout upon retirement prior to the normal retirement age at the
          discretion of the Compensation Committee);

     -    Provide for a minimum five-year delay for any further deferral of
          distributions under the plan;

     -    Eliminate in-service withdrawal other than hardship or properly
          scheduled in-service withdrawals.

SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

     -    Provide for a six-month delay of payment to specified employees;

     -    Provide for a minimum five-year delay for any further deferral of
          distributions under the plan;

     -    Eliminate the rollover of new SERP benefits into the Deferred
          Compensation Plan;

     -    Provide for an automatic lump sum payment of 75% of the present value
          of accrued benefits and five equal annual installment payments of the
          remaining benefits.