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1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 ---------------------------------- FORM 8-A FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 IDEX Corporation ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) Delaware 36-3555336 ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- (State of Incorporation or Organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 630 Dundee Road Northbrook, Illinois 60062 ----------------------------------------- --------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) If this Form relates to the If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt registration of a class of debt securities and is effective upon filing securities and is to become pursuant to General Instruction A(c)(1), effective simultaneously with please check the following box. / / the effectiveness of a concurrent registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to General Instruction A(c)(2), please check the following box. / / Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: TITLE OF EACH CLASS NAME OF EACH EXCHANGE ON WHICH TO BE SO REGISTERED EACH CLASS IS TO BE REGISTERED ------------------- ------------------------------- Common Stock, $.01 Par Value New York Stock Exchange, Inc. ---------------------------- ----------------------------- Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc. ---------------------------- ----------------------------- SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT: None - -------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of class) - -------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of class) 2 Item 1. Description of Securities to be Registered. ------------------------------------------- Incorporated herein by reference to the information set forth under "Description of Capital Stock" in Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-2 of IDEX Corporation, Registration No. 33-42208, as filed on September 12, 1991. Information regarding dividend restrictions is incorporated herein by reference to information set forth under "Description of Notes -- Limitation on Restricted Payments" in Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of IDEX Corporation, Registration No. 33-50220, as filed on September 15, 1992. At the Annual Shareholders' Meeting of IDEX Corporation (the "Company") on March 26, 1996, the Company's shareholders approved an amendment (the "Amendment") to the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation providing that the total number of shares which the Company shall have authority to issue is 80,000,000, consisting of 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock and 75,000,000 shares of Common Stock. The Company filed the Amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State on March 27, 1996. 1/ Item 2. Exhibits --------- 1. IDEX Corporation's Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995; 2. IDEX Corporation's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended; 3. IDEX Corporation's Amended and Restated By-Laws; 4. IDEX Corporation's Notice and Proxy Statement for The Annual Shareholders' Meeting held March 26, 1996; 5. A specimen of IDEX Corporation's Common Stock Certificate. - --------------- 1. Per Instruction II as to Exhibits, filed only with the Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc. 3 SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized. IDEX Corporation Dated: April , 1996 By: ----------------------- Wayne P. Sayatovic Senior Vice President - Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary