SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* WILLIAMS DENNIS K (Last) (First) (Middle) 630 DUNDEE ROAD (Street) NORTHBROOK IL 60062 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol IDEX CORP /DE/ [ IEX ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) E xecutive Chairman
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 06/07/2005
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	06/07/2005		M(1)		21,000	A	$18.08	178,677	D
Common Stock	06/07/2005		S(1)		21,000	D	$37.5616	157,677	D
Common Stock	06/08/2005		M(1)		4,000	A	$18.08	161,677	D
Common Stock	06/08/2005		S(1)		4,000	D	$37.5193	157,677	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Non-Qualifed Stock Option	$18.08	06/07/2005		M(1)			21,000	04/14/2001	04/14/2010	Common Stock	21,000	$18.08	427,000	D
Non-Qualifed Stock Option	$18.08	06/08/2005		M(1)			4,000	04/14/2001	04/14/2010	Common Stock	4,000	$18.08	423,000	D
Deferred Comp Units	$0.0000							05/06/2005	05/06/2005	Common Stock	91,118		91,118	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option	$18.97							03/28/2002	03/28/2011	Common Stock	127,500		127,500	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option	$25.3							03/26/2002	03/26/2012	Common Stock	127,500		127,500	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option	$19.67							03/27/2004	03/27/2013	Common Stock	150,000		150,000	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option	$27.33							03/23/2005	03/23/2014	Common Stock	132,000		132,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Stock options exercised per filed 10b5-1 trading program.

Remarks:

	By: /s/ Dennis Williams	06/09/2005
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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