------------------------------ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ------------------------------------- FORM 3 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL ------------------------------ ------------------------------------- INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES OMB Number: 3235-0104 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response . . . . . . . .0.5 ------------------------------------- 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 (Print or Type Responses) INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Date of Event Re- 4. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading quiring Statement Symbol (Month/Day/Year) Schwedes Randall E. Gardner Denver, Inc. (GDI) ------------------------------------------- 2/25/03 ----------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) ----------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) 6. If Amendment, Date of 3. I.R.S. Identifi- to Issuer Original cation Number of (Check all applicable) (Month/Day/Year) Gardner Denver, Inc. Reporting Person, __ Director __ 10% Owner 1800 Gardner Expressway if an entity x Officer (give __ Other (specify ------------------------------------------- (voluntary) -- title below) below) ------------------------- (Street) 7. Individual or Joint/ Treasurer Group Filing (Check ------------------------ Applicable Line) x Form filed by One ---Reporting Person Form filed by More ---than One Reporting Quincy IL 62301 Person ------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4) Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock 459 D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 541(1) I 401(k) and Excess Plan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exercisable 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect Security (Instr. 4) and Expiration Underlying Derivative Security sion or ship Beneficial Date (Instr. 4) Exercise Form of Ownership (Month/Day/Year) Price of Deriv- (Instr. 5) ------------------------------------------------------- Derivative ative Date Expira- Title Amount or Security Securities: Exer- tion Number of Direct cisable Date Shares (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Explanation of Responses: (1) Between 4/24/00 and 2/24/03 the reporting person has acquired 541 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 2/24/03 from the Plan's recordkeeper, JP Morgan/American Century. /s/ Randall E. Schwedes February 25, 2003 ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ **Signature of Reporting Person Date Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * 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). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure. POWER OF ATTORNEY Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Tracy D. Pagliara the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: (1) Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer of Gardner Denver, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. The undersigned hereby grants such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocations, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed this 26th day of February, 2003. ---- /s/Randall E. Schwedes ------------------------------- Randall E. Schwedes