# UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 

# FORM 10-K 

È$_{ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934}$ For the fiscal year ended: December 31, 2012 

‘$_{TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934}$ Commission file number 1-1657 

Principal executive office: 100 First Stamford Place, Stamford, CT 06902 

State of incorporation: Delaware 

Title of each class Common Stock, par value $1.00 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 363-7300 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None 

# CRANE CO. 

I.R.S. Employer identification No. 13-1952290 

Name of each exchange on which registered New York Stock Exchange 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act Yes È No ‘ 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 (d) of the Act Yes ‘ No È 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes È No ‘ 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes È No ‘ 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. È 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “non-accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). (Check one): Large accelerated filer È Accelerated filer ‘ Non-accelerated filer ‘ Smaller Reporting Company ‘ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ‘ No È 

Based on the closing stock price of $36.38 on June 30, 2012, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the aggregate market value of the voting common equity held by nonaffiliates of the registrant was $1,700,765,946 

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock, par value $1.00, was 57,345,715 at January 31, 2013. 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of the proxy statement for the annual shareholders’ meeting to be held on April 22, 2013 are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K. 

