DANAHER CORPORATION
6,000,000 Shares
Common Stock
| Issuer: | Danaher Corporation | |
| NYSE: | DHR | |
| Shares offered: | 6,000,000 | |
| Over-allotment shares: | 900,000 | |
| Price to the public: | $82.25 | |
| Price to the Issuer: | $79.7825 | |
| Underwriting discount: | $2.4675 | |
| Estimated Net Proceeds: | $478,045,000 | |
| Trade date: | November 1, 2007 | |
| Closing Date: | November 7, 2007 | |
| Underwriters: | Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, as joint book-running managers with Lehman Brothers Inc. and UBS Securities LLC as co-managers. |
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