X0306 4 2012-07-25 0000313616 DANAHER CORP /DE/ DHR 0001205255 CAPLIN MORTIMER M 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW SUITE 800W WASHINGTON DC 20037 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2012-07-25 4 A 0 1375 0 A 85513 I By revocable trust of which reporting person and spouse are sole trustees and lifetime beneficiaries Director stock option (right to buy) 51.09 2012-07-25 4 A 0 3440 0 A 2012-07-25 2022-07-25 Common Stock 3440 3440 I By revocable trust of which reporting person and spouse are sole trustees and lifetime beneficiaries On July 25, 2012, Danaher Corporation awarded the reporting person 1,375 restricted stock units (RSUs). Since the RSUs are payable solely in common stock, they are being reported in Table I of this Form 4. The RSUs vest on the earlier of the first anniversary of the grant date, or the date of (and immediately prior to) the next annual meeting of Danaher's shareholders following the grant date. James F. O'Reilly, attorney-in-fact for Mortimer M. Caplin 2012-07-25