DANAHER CORP /DE/ — Director's Dealing 2010

Jan 4, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: DANAHER CORP /DE/ (DHR)
CIK: 0000313616
Period of Report: 2010-01-04

Reporting Person: KNISELY PHILIP (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-01-04	Common Stock	M	60000	$24.0313	Acquired	65010	Direct
2010-01-04	Common Stock	S	53000	$75.1756	Disposed	12010	Direct
2010-01-04	Common Stock	S	7000	$75.5672	Disposed	5010	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-01-04	Employee stock option (right to buy)	$24.0313	M	60000	Disposed	2010-04-14	Common Stock (60000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The sale was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on July 31, 2009.

F2: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $74.50 to 75.49, 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.

F3: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $75.50 to 75.68, 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.

F4: 50% of the options granted became exercisable on each of April 14, 2004 and April 14, 2005.