SEC FORM 4 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
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Liner David B

(Last) (First) (Middle)
2160 SATELLITE BLVD S-200

(Street)
DULUTH GA 30097

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ROPER INDUSTRIES INC /DE/ [ ROP ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
VP, General Counsel & Secretar
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/23/2006
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 02/23/2006 A 6,000 A $0.00 14,000 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
Employee Stock Options (right to buy) $42.35 02/23/2006 A 12,000 02/01/2007(1) 02/23/2013 Common Stock 12,000 $0.00 12,000 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. 4,000 options vest February 1, 2007, 4,000 options vest February 1, 2008, 4,000 options vest February 1, 2009.
Remarks:
David B. Liner by Paul J. Soni his attorney-in-fact pursuant to Power of Attorney dated December 1, 2005. 02/24/2006
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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 SECTION 16 REPORTS
POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents,

that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Susan Boutelle and

Paul J. Soni or either of them, signing singly, the undersigneds true and

lawful attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)	execute for and on behalf of the

undersigned, in the undersigneds capacity as an officer, director and/or

10% shareholder of Roper Industries, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4,
and
5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
and the rules thereunder;

	(2)	do and perform any and all
acts for and
on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely
file such form
with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or
similar authority; and

	(3)	take any other action of
any type
whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the
opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms
and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
approve in such
attorney-in-facts discretion.

	The undersigned
hereby grants to each
such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to
do and perform any and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done
in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully to
all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-facts
substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor
is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigneds responsibilities to comply
with Section
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of
Attorney
shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no
longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigneds

holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless

earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the

foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
has
caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 1 day of
December,
2005.

						/s/ David B. Liner
						David B. Liner