X0304 4 2011-10-28 0000916459 GARDNER DENVER INC GDI 0001418655 Elkins Bobby D GARDNER DENVER, INC. 1500 LIBERTY RIDGE DRIVE, SUITE 3000 WAYNE PA 19087 0 1 0 0 VP, Chief Information Officer Common Stock 2011-10-28 4 M 0 6400 20.09 A 13251 D Common Stock 2011-10-28 4 S 0 1598 80.7143 D 11653 D Common Stock 2269 I 401K and Excess Plan Employee Stock Option (Right-to-buy) 20.09 2011-10-28 4 M 0 6400 0 D 2012-02-21 Common Stock 6400 0 D The price reported in column 4 is a weighted average price. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $80.7001 to $80.76, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Gardner Denver, Inc. any security holder of Gardner Denver, Inc. or the staff of the Securities Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote (1) to this Form 4. The reporting person acquired shares under the Company's Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(K) plan, and the related Supplemental Excess Defined Contribution Plan. The information reported herein is based on a report dated as of October 31, 2011 from the Plan's recordkeeper, JPMorgan. The options, granted under the Company's Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan, are exerciseable in cumulative increments of one-third each on February 21, 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively. Brent A. Walters, Attorney-in-fact for Bobby D. Elkins, pursuant to Power of Attorney dated December 14, 2009 and filed with the SEC on February 24, 2010. /s/Brent A. Walters, Attorney-in-fact 2011-10-31