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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-063274
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190305
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190305
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20190305

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:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-230067
		FILM NUMBER:		19656768

	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="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;5, 2019 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration
No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<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>
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<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">S-8</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></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> <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="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</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"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification Number)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>600 South Airport Road, Mansfield, Ohio 44903 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE GORMAN-RUPP COMPANY EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full Title of the Plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Brigette A. Burnell, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; 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>600 South Airport Road, Mansfield Ohio 44903 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(419) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">755-1011</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of Agent for Service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. (Check one): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9746;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Non-accelerated filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Smaller&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;company</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or
revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD COLSPAN="9" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title of securities</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be registered</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>registered
(1)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proposed</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>maximum</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>offering
price</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>per share (2)</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>maximum</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>aggregate</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>offering price</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amount of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>registration fee</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Shares, without par value</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">250,000</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$34.20</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$8,550,000</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$1,036.26</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Pursuant to Rule 416(a)-(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), the
number of Common Shares being registered hereunder may be increased from time to time in order to prevent dilution resulting from any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act,
this Registration Statement covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The registration fee has been calculated, and the offering price estimated, in accordance with Rules 457(c) and
(h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act upon the basis of the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Shares as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on February&nbsp;27, 2019, which was $34.20 per Common Share. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Gorman-Rupp Company (the &#147;Company&#148;) previously filed registration statements on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> registering its
Common Shares, without par value, that may be offered under The Gorman-Rupp Company Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended and/or restated to date, the &#147;Plan&#148;) from time to time. The most recent such prior registration statement is File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-187048</FONT> filed on March&nbsp;5, 2013 covering 250,000 shares. The Company is filing this registration statement to register 250,000 additional Common Shares that may be offered under the Plan from time to
time. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">It is not presently anticipated that either treasury shares or original issue shares of the Company will be issued under the Plan, and therefore no
such shares are hereby registered. The Company contemplates that the Plan trustee will purchase Common Shares for the accounts of the participants on the open market or otherwise from sources other than the Company. The number of shares registered
hereunder represents the estimated maximum number of presently outstanding Common Shares that could be purchased under the Plan with employee and Company contributions based upon the closing price of Common Shares of $34.42 on the New York Stock
Exchange on February&nbsp;27, 2019. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The documents containing the information specified in &#147;Item 1. Plan Information&#148; and &#147;Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual
Information&#148; of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> will be sent or given to participants of the Plan, pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;3.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents have been filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2018; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on January&nbsp;25,
2019; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The description of the Company&#146;s Common Shares contained in the Registration Statement on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> filed on October&nbsp;1, 1971 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;1-06747)</FONT> and any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating that description; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">other than the portions of such documents that, by statute or rule, by designation in such document or otherwise, are not deemed to be filed with the
Commission or are not required to be incorporated herein by reference. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by the Company or the Plan pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, other than the portions of such documents that by statute or rule, by designation in such document or otherwise, are not deemed to be filed with the
Commission or are not required to be incorporated herein by reference. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;4.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Description of Securities. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;5.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">None. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;6.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1701.13(E) of the Ohio Revised Code sets forth the conditions and limitations governing a corporation&#146;s indemnification of officers,
directors and other persons. Section&nbsp;1701.13(E) provides that a corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or contemplated action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation in a similar capacity with another corporation or other entity, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in
connection therewith if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
that his or her conduct was unlawful. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">With respect to a suit by or in the right of the corporation, indemnity may be provided to the foregoing persons
under Section&nbsp;1701.13(E) on a basis similar to that set forth above, except that no indemnity may be provided in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and to the
extent that the court of common pleas or the court in which such action, suit or proceeding was brought determines that despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case such person is entitled to indemnity for
such expenses as the court deems proper. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Moreover, Section&nbsp;1701.13(E) provides for mandatory indemnification of a director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation to the extent that such person has been successful in defense of any such action, suit or proceeding and provides that a corporation shall pay the expenses of an officer or director in defending an action, suit or proceeding
upon receipt of an undertaking to repay such amounts if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified. Section&nbsp;1701.13(E) establishes provisions for determining whether a given person is entitled to
indemnification, and also provides that the indemnification provided by or granted under Section&nbsp;1701.13(E) is not exclusive of any rights to indemnity or advancement of expenses to which such person may be entitled under any articles,
regulations, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The general effect of Article IV of the Company&#146;s Regulations is to provide for the indemnification of
its directors, officers and employees to the full extent permitted by applicable law, on terms generally consistent with the statutory authority in Section&nbsp;1701.13(E) of the Ohio Revised Code. Article IV of the Company&#146;s Regulations
further provides that such indemnification is not exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled, including under the Company&#146;s Articles of Incorporation or any agreement, vote of shareholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has entered into Indemnification Agreements (the &#147;Indemnification Agreements&#148;) with each
present director and such officers of the Company and its subsidiaries as have been designated by the Board of Directors and expects to enter into similar agreements with its directors and certain officers elected or appointed in the future at the
time of their election or appointment. The effect of the Indemnification Agreements is to provide for mandatory indemnification of an officer or director of the Company, or of an individual who serves at the request of the Company as an officer,
director, member, manager, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity or enterprise, whether or not for profit, if the individual meets certain standards of conduct
required by the Indemnification Agreements. The Indemnification Agreements provide indemnification to an individual who was or is a party to any threatened, asserted, pending or completed claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding, including those
made, instituted or conducted by the Company. The Indemnification Agreements also contemplate indemnification in connection with arbitrative, administrative and investigative proceedings as well as criminal and civil claims, demands, actions, suits
or proceedings. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company also maintains insurance covering certain liabilities of the directors and officers of the Company and its subsidiaries. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;7.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;8.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Exhibits. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No original issue Common Shares of the Company are hereby registered. In accordance with Item&nbsp;8(a) of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT>
therefore, no opinion as to the legality of the shares is included in this filing. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;9.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Undertakings. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in
the effective Registration Statement; and </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act)
that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona
fide</I> offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="center">Number</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4(a)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42682/000119312516501412/d110788dex34a.htm">The Company&#146;s Amended Articles of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated herein by this reference from Exhibit (3)(4)(a) of the Company&#146;s
 Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2015) (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-06747)</FONT> </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4(b)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42682/000119312515157039/d903812dex3ii4.htm">The Company&#146;s Regulations, as amended (incorporated herein by this reference from Exhibit (3)(ii)(4) of the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report
 on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2015) (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-06747)</FONT> </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4(c)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d714386dex4c.htm">The Gorman-Rupp Company Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated as of July&nbsp;1, 1995. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d714386dex23.htm">Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d714386dex24.htm">Power of Attorney of Directors and Officers </A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mansfield, State of Ohio, on
this 5th day of March, 2019. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">THE GORMAN-RUPP COMPANY</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ BRIGETTE A. BURNELL</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Brigette A. Burnell, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by
the following persons in the capacities indicated below on March&nbsp;5, 2019. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Title</P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">* JEFFREY S. GORMAN</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">President and Chief Executive Officer and Director</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Jeffrey S. Gorman</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">*JAMES C. KERR</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">James C. Kerr</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">*JAMES C. GORMAN</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">James C. Gorman</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">*M. ANN HARLAN</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">M. Ann Harlan</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">*THOMAS E. HOAGLIN</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Thomas E. Hoaglin</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">*CHRISTOPHER H. LAKE</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Christopher H. Lake</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">*KENNETH R. REYNOLDS</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Kenneth R. Reynolds</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">*RICK R. TAYLOR</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Rick R. Taylor</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">*W. WAYNE WALSTON</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">W. Wayne Walston</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The undersigned, by signing her name hereto, does sign and execute this Registration Statement pursuant to
Powers of Attorney executed by the Registrant and by the above-named officers and directors of the Registrant and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of such Registrant, officers and directors. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">March&nbsp;5, 2019 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ BRIGETTE A. BURNELL</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Brigette A. Burnell</TD></TR>
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<Center><DIV STYLE="width:8.5in" align="left">
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">THE GORMAN-RUPP COMPANY </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">EMPLOYEE
STOCK PURCHASE PLAN </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">AS AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF JULY&nbsp;1, 1995 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. PURPOSE. The purpose of the Plan is to promote employee loyalty by encouraging employees of The Gorman- Rupp Company (the &#147;Company&#148;) to
participate in stock ownership. To that end, the Plan is designed to provide a convenient means through which employees of the Company and its designated subsidiaries may own shares in the Company and a method by which the Company may assist in
achieving this objective. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. TERM. The operation of the Plan shall commence on the date fixed by the Company and shall continue from year to year, but it
may be modified or discontinued by the Company&#146;s Directors at any time. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. ELIGIBILITY. All persons who are regular full-time employees of the
Company or of one of its designated subsidiaries and who are also 18 years of age shall be eligible to participate in the Plan. Absence on approved leave shall not be considered an interruption of employment for any purpose of the Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4. PARTICIPATION. An eligible employee may elect to participate in the Plan at any time by executing and delivering a prescribed form to the Company. Upon
enrollment, a participating employee shall elect to contribute from a minimum of $20 to a maximum of $500 per month of his compensation through payroll deduction, commencing no later than approximately six weeks after such election. The election is
made by filing the appropriate payroll deduction authorization form with the Company and the appropriate purchase order form with the Administrator of the Plan. All payroll deductions shall be paid into the Plan and administered for the account of
the participating employee as provided in the Plan. The election may be terminated or amended at any time by the filing of supplemental payroll deduction and purchase order forms. (An election to terminate payroll deductions does not, however,
automatically constitute a notice of the employee&#146;s intention to withdraw from the Plan.) &#147;Compensation&#148; shall mean base earnings, including commissions, before deductions, but excluding overtime, bonus or other payments. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5. COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS. The Company (or one of its subsidiaries, as the case may be) shall make a contribution to the Plan for the account of each
participating employee. The Company&#146;s contribution shall be made at approximately the same time as the payroll deduction for a participating employee, and shall be equal to a percentage of the contribution made by such participating employee
through his payroll deduction as follows: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Length of Employee&#146;s Service</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">With the
Company or One of its</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subsidiaries</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Company&#146;s&nbsp;Contribution&nbsp;as&nbsp;a</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Percentage of Employee</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Contribution</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">0-4</FONT> years</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">10</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">%&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">5-9</FONT> years</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">%&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">10 years and over</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">20</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">%&nbsp;</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6. DIRECT CASH EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS. Any employee who is a participant in the Plan may elect, from time to time by executing
and delivering the prescribed form on a monthly basis, to make direct cash contributions to the Administrator of the Plan. All such contributions, which shall be in amounts of not less than $20 nor more than $1,000, shall be commingled with other
funds paid into the Plan and administered for the account of the participating employee as provided in the Plan. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall make a contribution to the Plan with respect to any direct cash contributions made
by a participating employee. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">7. WITHHOLDING. All taxes subject to withholding payable with respect to the amounts to be contributed to the Plan pursuant
to Paragraph 5 will be deducted from the balance of the participant&#146;s salary on an annual basis and will not reduce the amounts to be paid into the Plan. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">8. ADMINISTRATOR. All contributions to the Plan, whether by a participating employee through payroll
deduction, by the Company or one of its subsidiaries pursuant to Paragraph 5 or by a participating employee pursuant to Paragraph 6, shall be paid monthly to the person, firm or corporation designated by the Company as Administrator of the Plan. The
Company shall cause the Administrator to hold all funds received by it; and the Administrator shall be under no obligation to pay interest on any funds held by it hereunder at any time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9. STOCK PURCHASES. Not later than 30 days after each payment to the Administrator as provided above, the Company shall cause the Administrator to apply the
funds then in its custody to the purchase at prevailing market prices of the number of the Company&#146;s Common Shares which can be purchased with such funds. All purchases of shares as herein provided may be made in the name of the Administrator
or its nominee. The shares purchased with the funds received by the Administrator under the Plan shall be credited pro rata to the accounts of the participants of the Plan in accordance with their respective interests in such funds. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">10. DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS. Cash dividends and other cash distributions received by the Administrator on Common Shares held in its custody shall be
credited pro rata to the accounts of participating employees in accordance with their interests in the Common Shares with respect to which the dividends or distributions are paid or made and shall be applied, at the close of each calendar quarter
after receipt thereof by the Administrator, to the purchase of additional Common Shares of the Company and such Common Shares shall be credited to the accounts of the respective participating employees in the manner provided in Paragraph 9;
provided, however, any participating employee may direct the Administrator to forward to him all such cash payments made with respect to Common Shares in his account. Dividends paid in Common Shares of the Company which are received by the
Administrator with respect to Common Shares held in its custody shall be allocated to the respective participating employees in accordance with their interests in the Common Shares with respect to which the stock dividends were paid. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">11. DELIVERY. Certificates representing all or any portion of the shares and all or any portion of the cash credited to the account of a participating employee
shall be delivered to such participant on request, except that there shall be no delivery of a certificate representing fractional shares. Upon request by a participating employee, the Administrator shall sell any or all Common Shares credited to
such participant&#146;s account and shall deliver the proceeds of sale to the participant, after deduction of brokerage commissions payable in connection with such sale. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">12. SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Prior to the time when the
Administrator of the Plan makes delivery to a participating employee of certificates representing the Company&#146;s Common Shares purchased for his account hereunder, such Common Shares may be registered in the name of the Administrator or its
nominee. Before each annual or special meeting of its shareholders, the Company shall cause to be sent to each participating employee as of the record date of such meeting a copy of the proxy solicitation material therefor, together with a form
requesting confidential instructions to the Administrator on how to vote the Common Shares allocated to such participant&#146;s account. Upon receipt of such instructions, the Administrator shall vote the Common Shares as directed. Instructions
received by the Administrator shall be held in the strictest confidence and shall not be divulged or released to any person, including officers or other employees of the Company. To the extent a participating employee does not direct the
Administrator in whole or in part with respect to the exercise of voting rights arising under the Common Shares allocated to his account, such voting rights shall not be exercised by the Administrator. The preceding sentence shall not, however,
limit any reasonable attempt by the Administrator to obtain voting instructions from a participating employee. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) In the event that the Administrator
determines that a tender offer for the Company&#146;s Common Shares has commenced, the Administrator shall cause to be sent to each participating employee who, on the effective date of such offer or at any time during the effective period of such
offer has Common Shares allocated to his account, all pertinent information in respect of such offer, including all the terms and conditions thereof, together with a form prescribed by the Administrator pursuant to which each participating employee
may direct the Administrator to tender or sell pursuant to such offer all or part of the Common Shares so allocated to his account. The Administrator shall tender or sell only those Common Shares as to which valid and timely directions to tender or
sell are received and not validly and timely revoked; all other Common Shares held under the Plan shall continue to be held by the Administrator. If during the course of such offer, there shall arise any issue on which participating employees who
have directed the tender or sale of any of their Common Shares are required or have an opportunity to alter their circumstances (including, but not limited to, an opportunity to withdraw Common Shares previously tendered and an opportunity to tender
Common Shares in a competing offer), the Administrator shall, in accordance with the foregoing provisions and to the extent reasonably practicable, solicit the directions of such participating employees with respect to each such issue and act in
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">13. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT. The Company shall cause the Administrator to furnish quarterly statements to each
participating employee showing all transactions in his account during the prior quarter and the status of the account at the end of the quarter. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">14.
COSTS. The Company shall pay all costs and expenses in connection with the administration of the Plan, including all brokerage commissions payable in connection with the purchase of shares hereunder; except that the Company shall not pay brokerage
commissions payable in connection with reinvested dividends as provided in Paragraph 10 or brokerage commissions payable in connection with sales of shares requested by a participant as provided in Paragraph 11. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">15. WITHDRAWAL FROM THE PLAN. A participant may withdraw from the Plan by giving written notice to the Company or the Administrator. The effective date of such
withdrawal shall be one week after such notice is received. Upon such withdrawal, the participant shall be entitled to receive from the Administrator, as soon as practicable, (a)&nbsp;certificates for the number of whole Common Shares of the Company
credited to the account of such participant, (b)&nbsp;the cash value of any fractional share credited to such participant&#146;s account, and (c)&nbsp;any cash credited to the participant&#146;s account which has not been invested by the
Administrator. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">16. DEATH OR TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. In the event of the death of a participating employee or of the termination of his employment for
any other reason, he or his personal representatives shall be entitled to receive, upon written request to the Company or the Administrator, effective one week after such notice is received, certificates representing an amount of shares and cash
determined in the same manner and deliverable at the same time as if he had withdrawn from the Plan by giving notice of his withdrawal. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">17. AMENDMENT OR
TERMINATION OF PLAN. The Directors of the Company may at any time terminate the Plan or may make such amendment of the Plan, effective as of the first day of any calendar month subsequent to taking such action, as the Directors may deem proper and
in the best interests of the Company, in each case without the assent of any participating employee or action by the Company&#146;s shareholders; provided, however, that no such amendment shall deprive any participant of any Common Shares of the
Company which he may acquire or which may have been acquired for him through or as a result of the Plan. In the event of any termination of the Plan, each participant shall be entitled to receive certificates representing an amount of shares and
cash determined in the same manner and deliverable at the same time as if he had withdrawn from the Plan by giving notice of his withdrawal effective as of the effective termination date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">18. TRANSFERS. The interests of any participating employee under the Plan may not be transferred by such participating employee other than by will or the laws
of descent and distribution and may not be encumbered in any manner. The rights of any participating employee hereunder shall be exercisable during such participant&#146;s lifetime only by such employee. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 23 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><U>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8)</FONT> pertaining to The Gorman-Rupp
Company Employee Stock Purchase Plan of our reports dated March&nbsp;4, 2019, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of The Gorman-Rupp Company and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of The Gorman-Rupp
Company included in its Annual Report (Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K)</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2018, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 24 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><U>POWER OF ATTORNEY </U></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned
directors and officers of The Gorman-Rupp Company (the &#147;Company&#148;) hereby appoint Jeffrey S. Gorman, James C. Kerr, Brigette A. Burnell and Douglas A. Neary, and each of them, as attorneys for each of the undersigned, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for and in the name, place and stead of each of the undersigned, to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, one or more Registration Statements on <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8</FONT> (or such other form as counsel to the Company may advise as appropriate) for the purpose of registering (i)&nbsp;the Common Shares of the Company to be offered under the Company&#146;s Employee Stock
Purchase Plan, and (ii)&nbsp;an indeterminate amount of interests in such Plan that are separate securities, and any and all supplements, amendments (including post-effective amendments), exhibits and consents to any such Registration Statements,
and any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such Registration Statements or the securities covered thereby, and to take any and all other action that any of them may deem
necessary or advisable in order to effect the registration, qualification or exemption of part or all of the Common Shares of the Company, or the interests in such Plan, to be offered under the securities or Blue Sky laws of any jurisdiction of the
United States of America or Canada, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts whatsoever necessary or advisable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Executed as of
the 28<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of February, 2019. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/S/ JEFFREY S. GORMAN</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jeffrey S. Gorman</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">President and Chief Executive Officer and Director</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/S/ JAMES C. KERR</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">James C. Kerr</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal Financial Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/S/ JAMES C. GORMAN</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">James C. Gorman</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/S/ M. ANN HARLAN</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">M. Ann Harlan</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/S/ THOMAS E. HOAGLIN</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Thomas E. Hoaglin</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/S/ CHRISTOPHER H. LAKE</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Christopher H. Lake</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/S/ KENNETH R. REYNOLDS</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Kenneth R. Reynolds</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/S/ RICK R. TAYLOR</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Rick R. Taylor</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/S/ W. WAYNE WALSTON</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">W. Wayne Walston</P></TD>
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