DANAHER CORP /DE/ — Director's Dealing 2013

Feb 1, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: DANAHER CORP /DE/ (DHR)
CIK: 0000313616
Period of Report: 2013-01-30

Reporting Person: COMAS DANIEL L (EVP & CFO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-01-30	Common stock	M	71960	$25.85	Acquired	209220	Direct
2013-01-30	Common stock	S	3000	$60.40	Disposed	206220	Direct
2013-01-30	Common Stock	S	47262	$60.573	Disposed	158958	Direct
2013-01-30	Common Stock	S	21698	$60.102	Disposed	137260	Direct
2013-01-31	Common stock	M	18500	$25.85	Acquired	155760	Direct
2013-01-31	Common stock	S	18500	$59.85	Disposed	137260	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2013-01-30	Employee stock option (right to buy)	$25.85	M	71960	Disposed	2015-05-04	Common Stock (71960)	Direct
2013-01-31	Employee stock option (right to buy)	$25.85	M	18500	Disposed	2015-05-04	Common Stock (18500)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common stock	6594	Indirect
Common stock	4528	Indirect
Common stock	38804	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 $60.50 to $60.66, 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 $60.10 to $60.12, inclusive.

F3: Fifty percent of the reported options vested on each of the fourth and fifth anniversaries of the grant date, which was May 4, 2005.