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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-160201
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170505
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170505

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GORMAN RUPP CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000042682
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PUMPS & PUMPING EQUIPMENT [3561]
		IRS NUMBER:				340253990
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06747
		FILM NUMBER:		17816806

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		600 SOUTH AIRPORT ROAD
		STREET 2:		P.O. BOX 1217
		CITY:			MANSFIELD
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44901
		BUSINESS PHONE:		419-755-1011

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		600 SOUTH AIRPORT ROAD
		STREET 2:		P.O. BOX 1217
		CITY:			MANSFIELD
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44901
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FOR
REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE
GORMAN-RUPP COMPANY </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Ohio</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">34-0253990</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(IRS Employer Identification No.)</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>600 South Airport Road, Mansfield, Ohio</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>44903</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities to be registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Act: </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title of Each Class</B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Name of Each Exchange on</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:126.55pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Which Each Class&nbsp;is to be Registered</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Common Shares, without par value</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>New York Stock Exchange</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to
General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this form relates to the registration of a class of
securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following
box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates
(if applicable): Not Applicable </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Act: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>None. </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> is being filed by The Gorman-Rupp Company, an Ohio corporation
(the &#147;Company&#148;), in connection with the registration of its common shares, without par value (the &#147;Common Shares&#148;), pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the transfer of the listing of
the Company&#146;s Common Shares from the NYSE MKT to the New York Stock Exchange (the &#147;NYSE&#148;). Upon the commencement of trading of the Common Shares on the NYSE, the Company will voluntarily withdraw the Common Shares from listing on the
NYSE MKT. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Description of Registrant&#146;s Securities to be Registered. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following is a summary of the terms and provisions of the Company&#146;s Common Shares, no par value per share (the &#147;Common
Shares&#148;). The rights of the holders of the Common Shares are governed by the Ohio Revised Code, the Company&#146;s Amended Articles of Incorporation, as amended (&#147;Articles of Incorporation&#148;) and the Company&#146;s Amended Code of
Regulations (&#147;Regulations&#148;), which are filed as exhibits hereto. The following summary is qualified by reference to the Articles of Incorporation, the Regulations and applicable provisions of Ohio law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain provisions of the Ohio Revised Code, the Articles of Incorporation and Regulations summarized in the following paragraphs may have an
anti-takeover effect. This may delay, defer or prevent a tender offer or takeover attempt that a shareholder might consider in its best interests, including those attempts that might result in a premium over the market price for the shares held by
such shareholder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Common Shares </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the Articles of Incorporation, the Company&#146;s authorized capital stock consists of 35,000,000 Common Shares. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The holders of the Common Shares are entitled to one vote for each share on all matters upon which shareholders have the right to vote and,
upon proper notice, are entitled to cumulative voting rights in the election of directors. The Common Shares do not have any preemptive rights, are not subject to redemption and do not have the benefit of any sinking fund. Holders of the Common
Shares are entitled to receive such dividends as the Company&#146;s directors from time to time may declare out of funds legally available therefore. In the event of the Company&#146;s liquidation, holders of the Common Shares are entitled to share
in any of the Company&#146;s assets remaining after satisfaction in full of the Company&#146;s liabilities and satisfaction of such dividend and liquidation preferences as may be possessed by the holders of other classes of securities the Company
may have outstanding in the future. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The transfer agent and registrar for the Common Shares is Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Ohio Control Share Acquisition Statute </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Ohio Control Share Acquisition Statute requires the prior authorization of the shareholders of certain corporations in order for any person
to acquire, either directly or indirectly, shares of that corporation that would entitle the acquiring person to exercise or direct the exercise of 20% or more of the voting power of that corporation in the election of directors or to exceed
specified other percentages of voting power. In the event an acquiring person proposes to make such an acquisition, the person is required to deliver to the corporation a statement disclosing, among other things, the number of shares owned, directly
or indirectly, by the person, the range of voting power that may result from the proposed acquisition and the identity of the acquiring person. Within 10 days after receipt of this statement, the corporation must call a special meeting of
shareholders to vote on the proposed acquisition. The acquiring person may complete the proposed acquisition only if the acquisition is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all shares entitled
to vote in the election of directors represented at the meeting excluding the voting power of all &#147;interested shares.&#148; Interested shares include any shares held by the acquiring person and those held by officers and directors of the
corporation as well as by certain others, including many holders commonly characterized as arbitrageurs. The Ohio Control Share Acquisition Statute does not apply to a corporation if its articles of incorporation or code of regulations state that
the statute does not apply to </P>
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a corporation. Neither the Articles of Incorporation nor the Regulations of the Company contain a provision opting out of this statute. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Ohio Interested Shareholder Statute </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chapter 1704 of the Ohio Revised Code prohibits certain corporations from engaging in a &#147;chapter 1704 transaction&#148; with an
&#147;interested shareholder&#148; for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested shareholder, unless, among other things: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the articles of incorporation expressly provide that the corporation is not subject to the statute (we have not made this election); or </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the board of directors of the corporation approves the chapter 1704 transaction or the acquisition of the shares before the date the shares were acquired. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">After the three-year moratorium period, the corporation may not consummate a chapter 1704 transaction unless, among other things, it is
approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">two-thirds</FONT> of the voting power in the election of directors and the holders of a majority of the voting shares, excluding all shares beneficially
owned by an interested shareholder or an affiliate or associate of an interested shareholder, or the shareholders receive certain minimum consideration for their shares. A chapter 1704 transaction includes certain mergers, sales of assets,
consolidations, combinations and majority share acquisitions involving an interested shareholder. An interested shareholder is defined to include, with limited exceptions, any person who, together with affiliates and associates, is the beneficial
owner of a sufficient number of shares of the corporation to entitle the person, directly or indirectly, alone or with others, to exercise or direct the exercise of 10% or more of the voting power in the election of directors after taking into
account all of the person&#146;s beneficially owned shares that are not then outstanding. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Mergers, Acquisitions, Share Purchases and Certain Other
Transactions </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Ohio Revised Code requires approval of mergers, dissolutions, dispositions of all or substantially all of a
corporation&#146;s assets and majority share acquisitions and combinations involving issuance of shares representing <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-sixth</FONT> or more of the voting power of the corporation immediately after the consummation
of the transaction (other than <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">so-called</FONT> &#147;parent-subsidiary&#148; mergers), by <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">two-thirds</FONT> of the voting power of a corporation, unless the articles of incorporation
specify a different proportion (but not less than a majority). The Articles of Incorporation of the Company do not specify a voting power proportion different than that specified by Ohio law in connection with the approval of these transactions.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Amendments to Constituent Documents </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ohio law permits the adoption of amendments to articles of incorporation if those amendments are approved at a meeting held for that purpose by
the holders of shares entitling them to exercise <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">two-thirds</FONT> of the voting power of the corporation, or a lesser, but not less than a majority, or greater vote as specified in the articles of incorporation. The
Articles of Incorporation of the Company do not specify a voting power proportion different than that specified by Ohio law in connection with the approval of amendments to the Articles of Incorporation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ohio law permits adoption of amendments to regulations by an affirmative vote of the majority of shares entitled to vote or by written consent
from holders of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">two-thirds</FONT> of the shares entitled to vote or by written consent or vote of a greater or lesser proportion as provided in the articles of incorporation or regulations but not less than the
majority of voting power. The Regulations of the Company may be amended by the Company&#146;s shareholders by the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the Company at a meeting held for that purpose, or without a meeting by the
affirmative written consent of a majority of the voting power of the Company. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended Articles of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(4)(a) to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended Code of Regulations (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii)(4) to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2015).</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3">THE GORMAN-RUPP COMPANY</TD></TR>
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