X0303 4 2009-11-23 0000313616 DANAHER CORP /DE/ DHR 0001205255 CAPLIN MORTIMER M 2099 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW 12TH FLOOR WASHINGTON DC 20006 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2009-11-23 4 M 0 4000 24.594 A 241240 I By revocable trust of which reporting person and spouse are sole trustees and lifetime beneficiaries Common Stock 2009-11-23 4 S 0 4000 72.484 D 237240 I By revocable trust of which reporting person and spouse are sole trustees and lifetime beneficiaries Common Stock 46960 I By grantor retained annuity trust Employee stock option (right to buy) 24.594 2009-11-23 4 M 0 4000 0 D 1999-12-02 2009-12-02 Common stock 4000 0 I By revocable trust of which reporting person and spouse are sole trustees and lifetime beneficiaries The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $72.48 to 72.49, 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. James F. O'Reilly, attorney-in-fact for Mortimer M. Caplin 2009-11-24