DANAHER CORP /DE/ — Director's Dealing 2010

Feb 2, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: DANAHER CORP /DE/ (DHR)
CIK: 0000313616
Period of Report: 2010-02-01

Reporting Person: COMAS DANIEL L (EVP & CFO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-02-01	Common Stock	M	20000	$22.925	Acquired	20000	Direct
2010-02-01	Common Stock	S	20000	$71.44	Disposed	0	Direct
2010-02-01	Common Stock	M	10000	$23.313	Acquired	10000	Direct
2010-02-01	Common Stock	S	10000	$71.293	Disposed	0	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-02-01	Common Stock	$22.925	M	20000	Disposed	2011-09-21	Common Stock (20000)	Direct
2010-02-01	Common Stock	$23.313	M	10000	Disposed	2010-07-18	Common Stock (10000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	2264	Indirect
Common Stock	3257	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $71.42 to 71.48, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Danaher Corporation, any securityholder of Danaher Corporation, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in the footnotes to this Form 4.

F2: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $71.24 to 71.35, inclusive.

F3: The options were granted on September 21, 2001. Twenty percent of the options granted vested on each of the first five anniversaries of the grant date.

F4: The options were granted on July 18, 2000 and vested on the fifth anniversary of the grant date.