FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Morgan Thomas Duane 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 07/23/2012 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol GARDNER DENVER INC [GDI] (Last) (First) (Middle) GARDNER DENVER, INC., 1500 LIBERTY RIDGE DRIVE, SUITE 3000 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) VP & Pres. Engrd. Prod. Group 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) WAYNE, PA 19087 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock 0 D   Common Stock 8,880 I Thomas Morgan and Nicola Rae Morgan Joint Trust Common Stock 274 (1) I Excess Plan

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right-to-buy)	  (2)	02/19/2014	Common Stock	3,700	$ 35.7	D	Â
Employee Stock Option (Right-to-buy)	  (3)	02/18/2015	Common Stock	5,600	$ 35.88	D	Â
Employee Stock Option (Right-to-buy)	  (4)	02/23/2016	Common Stock	2,600	$ 18.53	D	Â
Employee Stock Option (Right-to-buy)	  (5)	02/22/2017	Common Stock	6,900	$ 43.43	D	Â
Employee Stock Option (Right-to-buy)	  (6)	05/01/2017	Common Stock	4,700	$ 75.83	D	Â
Employee Stock Option (Right-to-buy)	  (7)	05/01/2017	Common Stock	7,310	$ 71.28	D	Â
Restricted Stock Units	  (8)	  (8)	Common Stock	6,750	$ 64.16	D	Â
Restricted Stock Units	  (9)	  (9)	Common Stock	3,250	$ (9)	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Morgan Thomas Duane GARDNER DENVER, INC. 1500 LIBERTY RIDGE DRIVE, SUITE 3000 WAYNE, PA 19087	Â	Â	  VP & Pres. Engrd. Prod. Group	Â

Signatures

Bradley L. Wideman, Attorney-in-fact		08/01/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The reporting person acquired shares under the Company's Supplemental Excess Defined Contribution Plan. The information reported herein is based on a report dated July 30, 2012 from the Plan's recordkeeper, JPMorgan.
(2)	The options, granted under the Company's Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan, became exercisable in cumulative increments of one-third each on February 19, 2008, February 19, 2009 and February 19, 2010.
(3)	The options, granted under the Company's Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan, became exerciseble in cumulative increments of one-third each on February 18, 2009, February 18, 2010 and February 18, 2011.
(4)	The options, granted under the Company's Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan, became exercisable in cumulative increments of one-third each on February 23, 2010, February 23, 2011 and February 23, 2012, respectively.
(5)	The options, granted under the Company's Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan, became exercisable in cumulative increments of one-third each on February 22, 2011 and February 22, 2012. The remaining options became exercisable on May 1, 2012 on account of Mr. Morgan's retirement.
(6)	One-third of the options, granted under the Company's Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan, became exercisable on February 21, 2012 and the remainder of the options became exercisable on May 1, 2012 on account of Mr. Morgan's retirement.
(7)	The options, granted under the Company's Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan, are exercisable in cumulative increments of one-third each on February 20, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively.
(8)	The restricted stock units granted under the Company's Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan each represents a right to receive one share of the Company's common stock upon vesting. The restricted stock units vested on May 1, 2012; however, payment has been delayed until November 2, 2012 in accordance with the terms of the Company's Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan.
(9)	The restricted stock units granted under the Company's Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan cliff vest on February 20, 2015. Each restricted stock unit represents a right to receive one share of the Company's common stock upon vesting. The restricted stock units generally will be paid out on the earliest to occur of vesting, death, disability or change in control (each as defined in the award), but payment on account of termination of employment may be delayed until 6 months following termination if required for tax purposes.
  Remarks: Exhibit List:  Exhibit 24 Power of Attorney dated July 31, 2012

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