DANAHER CORP /DE/ — Director's Dealing 2010

May 7, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: DANAHER CORP /DE/ (DHR)
CIK: 0000313616
Period of Report: 2010-05-05

Reporting Person: CULP H LAWRENCE JR (Director, President and CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-05-05	Common Stock	M	10100	$33.455	Acquired	140716	Direct
2010-05-05	Common Stock	S	10100	$83.009	Disposed	130616	Direct
2010-05-06	Common Stock	M	136602	$33.455	Acquired	267218	Direct
2010-05-06	Common Stock	S	100000	$83.029	Disposed	167218	Direct
2010-05-06	Common Stock	S	14702	$82.00	Disposed	152516	Direct
2010-05-06	Common Stock	S	6900	$81.956	Disposed	145616	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-05-05	Employee stock option (right to buy)	$33.455	M	10100	Disposed	2013-03-26	Common Stock (10100)	Direct
2010-05-06	Employee stock option (right to buy)	$33.455	M	136602	Disposed	2013-03-26	Common Stock (136602)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1877	Indirect
Common Stock	337847	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 $83.00 to 83.05, 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 $83.00 to 83.12, inclusive.

F3: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $82.00 to 82.01, inclusive.

F4: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $81.934 to 81.982, inclusive.

F5: Owned by a limited liability company (the "LLC"), the members of which are Mr. Culp and a grantor retained annuity trust of which Mr. Culp is sole trustee.

F6: Twenty percent of the options vested on December 1, 2006, an additional thirty percent vested on December 1, 2007 and the remainder of the options vested on December 1, 2008