REGISTRATION NO. 333-02447
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(b)(3)
PROSPECTUS
277,586 SHARES
DANAHER CORPORATION
Common Stock
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The shares of Common Stock of Danaher Corporation (the
Company ) offered hereby are being sold by the Selling
Stockholders named herein. See Selling Stockholders. The
Company will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of such
shares by the Selling Stockholders.
The Common Stock is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange and the Pacific Stock Exchange under the symbol DHR.
On April 10, 1996, the last sales price for the Common Stock as
reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape was $36.825
per share.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY
STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY
OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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The date of this Prospectus is April 25, 1996.
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company is subject to the informational requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the 1934
Act ), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements
and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the Commission ). Reports, proxy statements and other
information filed by the Company with the Commission can be
inspected and copied at the public reference facilities
maintained by the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549 and at the regional offices of the
Commission at 7 World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048 and
50 West Madison Street, 14th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60611.
Copies of such material can also be obtained from the Public
Reference Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20459 at rates prescribed by the Commission.
The Common Stock of the Company is listed for trading on
the New York Stock Exchange and the Pacific Stock Exchange.
Reports, proxy statements and other information concerning the
Company can be inspected at such exchanges.
This Prospectus does not contain all the information set
forth in the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a
part and exhibits thereto which the Company has filed with the
Commission. Copies of the information and exhibits are on file at
the offices of the Commission and may be obtained, upon payment of
the fees prescribed by the Commission, or may be examined without
charge at the offices of the Commission.
No person has been authorized by the Company to give any
information or to make any representations other than those
contained in this Prospectus in connection with the offer
contained in this Prospectus, and if given or made, such
information or representations may not be relied upon as having
been authorized by the Company. This Prospectus does not
constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy
any of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer or
solicitation is not authorized, or in which the person making such
offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so, or to any person
to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation.
Neither the delivery of this Prospectus nor any sale made
hereunder shall create an implication that there has been no
change in the affairs of the Company since the date hereof.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed with the Commission (File
No. 1-8089) pursuant to the 1934 Act are incorporated herein by
reference:
1. The Company s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1995 (the Annual Report );
2. The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
fiscal quarter ended 3-29-96.
3. The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed 4-
23-96.
4. The description of Common Stock contained in Item 4
of the Company s Form 8-B Registration of Securities of Certain
Successor Issuers, filed with the Commission on November 3, 1986;
and
5. All other documents filed by the Company pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act subsequent
to the date of this Prospectus and prior to the termination of the
offering of the shares made hereby shall be deemed incorporated by
reference in this Prospectus and to be a part hereof from the date
of the filing of such documents. See Available Information.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified
or superseded for purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
documents which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as
so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Prospectus.
The Company will provide without charge to each person to
whom a copy of this Prospectus is delivered, upon the request of
any such person, a copy of any or all of the documents which have
been incorporated herein by reference, other than exhibits to such
documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by
reference into such documents). Requests for such documents
should be directed to Danaher Corporation, 1250 24th Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20037, Attention: Controller, Telephone (202)
828-0850.
THE COMPANY
Danaher Corporation (the Company ) operates a variety of
businesses through its wholly-owned subsidiaries. These
businesses are conducted in two business segments: Tools and
Components, and Process/Environmental Controls. The Company is
the principal manufacturer of Sears, Roebuck and Co. s Craftsman
line and the National Automotive Parts Association line of
mechanics hand tools. The Company also manufactures Allen
wrenches and Jacobs drill chucks, wheel service equipment, diesel
engine retarders and automotive air conditioning components which
are sold under such brand names as Coats , Ammco and Jake
Brake, and is a leading supplier of mechanics hand tools through
Matco Tools. In its Process/Environmental Controls segment, the
Company is a leading producer of leak detection sensors for
underground fuel storage tanks and motion, temperature, pressure
and flow control devices.
The principal executive offices of the Company are
located at 1250 24th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037,
telephone number (202) 828-0850.
USE OF PROCEEDS
All of the proceeds from the sale of the shares of common
stock , par value $.01 per share, of the Company (the Common
Stock ) offered hereby will be received by the Selling
Stockholders and none of the proceeds will be received by the
Company.
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
The Selling Stockholders acquired the shares of Common
Stock to be offered hereby pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of
Merger dated as of March 7, 1996 (the Agreement ), among the
Company, Kistler-Morse Corporation ( Kistler- Morse ) and certain
shareholders of Kistler-Morse. Pursuant to the Agreement,
Kistler-Morse was merged with and into a subsidiary of the Company
on April 4, 1996 and all the issued and outstanding capital stock
of Kistler-Morse was converted into cash and 241,554 shares of
Common Stock of the Company. In addition, pursuant to the terms
of the Agreement, the Selling Stockholders may be entitled to
receive up to an aggregate of 36,032 additional shares of Common
Stock of the Company if certain conditions set forth in the
Agreement are met. Although the shares of Common Stock acquired
pursuant to the Agreement are held for investment, in recognition
of the fact that the Selling Stockholders may wish to be legally
permitted to sell the shares when they deem appropriate, the
Company agreed to prepare and file a Registration Statement (of
which this Prospectus is part) with the Commission relating to
the resale of such shares.
Since the Selling Stockholders may sell all or some of
the shares of Common Stock offered hereby, no estimate can be made
of the aggregate amount of the Company s Common Stock that will be
owned by each Selling Stockholder upon completion of the offering
to which this Prospectus relates. Moreover, the number of shares
of the Company s Common Stock held by the Selling Stockholders may
change as a result of sales or purchases by the Selling
Stockholders after the date hereof. None of the Selling
Stockholders has had a material relationship within the past three
years with the Company and its subsidiaries other than as a result
of the ownership of the Company s Common Stock.
The following table sets forth information concerning the
number of Shares of Common Stock owned by each of the Selling
Stockholders as of the date of this Prospectus, the maximum number
of shares offered by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this
Prospectus and the number of such shares to be owned by the
Selling Stockholders after completion of this offering, assuming
that all Shares offered hereby are sold.
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Name
No. of Shares of
Common Stock Owned
Prior to the
Offering**
No. of Shares being
Offered**
Shares owned after
Completion of the
Offering.
Robert Arnold
12,012
12,012
0
Daniel Blattman
6,726
6,726
0
David Burton
4,348
4,348
0
Robert Carr
2,401
2,401
0
Steve Eklund
9,206
9,206
0
Ralph Horton
3,154
3,154
0
Walter Kistler
97,215
97,215
0
Douglas Luke, Sr.
2,642
2,642
0
Charles Morse, IV
52,271
52,271
0
Alexandra D. Morse
Trust
16,176
16,176
0
Elizabeth F. Morse
Trust
16,176
16,176
0
Elizabeth Morse
1,200
1,200
0
Andrew Thompson
Trustee
3,202
3,202
0
Thompson Family
Trust
3,202
3,202
0
Andrew Thompson
1,600
1,600
0
Sylvia Thompson
9,707
9,707
0
Isabelle Thompson
3,202
3,202
0
Veronica Thompson
3,202
3,202
0
Seshadri Velamoor
19,719
19,719
0
Milton Woods
6,566
6,566
0
Savage Thompson
Management
3,659
3,659
0
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* None of the Selling Stockholders own 1% or more of the Common
Stock
** Includes Additional Shares which may be issued to Selling
Stockholders
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Company s Common Stock is listed on the New York
Stock Exchange ( NYSE, Symbol: DHR) and on the Pacific Stock
Exchange ( PSE ). Application will be made to list the shares
offered hereby on the NYSE and the PSE. Subject to approval of
the NYSE and the PSE, the Selling Stockholders may sell from time
to time shares of Common Stock offered hereby in transactions on
the NYSE, the PSE, in privately-negotiated transactions or
otherwise, in each case at prices satisfactory to the Selling
Stockholders.
The brokers or dealers through or to whom the shares of
Common Stock offered hereby may be sold may be deemed underwriters
of the shares within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, in which event, all brokerage commissions or discounts
and other compensation received by such brokers or dealers may be
deemed underwriting compensation.
The Common Stock offered hereby will be sold by the
Selling Stockholders acting as principals for their own account.
The Company will receive no proceeds from this offering. The
Selling Stockholders will pay all applicable stock transfer taxes,
transfer fees and brokerage commissions, and related fees and
expenses, but the Company will bear the costs of preparing the
Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part and all
filing fees and legal and accounting expenses in connection with
registration under federal and state securities laws.
LEGAL MATTERS
The legality of the shares offered hereby is being passed
upon for the Company by Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington,
D.C., counsel to the Company.
EXPERTS
The financial statements for the years ended December 31,
1995, 1994 and 1993, incorporated by reference in this Prospectus
have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public
accountants, as indicated in their reports with respect thereto,
and are included herein in reliance upon the authority of said
firm as experts in giving said reports.
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No person has been authorized by
the Company to give any information or
to make any representations other than
those contained in this Prospectus in
connection with the offer contained in
this Prospectus, and if given or made,
such information or representations may
not be relied upon as having been
authorized by the Company. This
Prospectus does not constitute an offer
to sell or a solicitation of an offer
to buy any of the securities in any
jurisdiction in which such offer or
solicitation is not authorized or in
which the person making such offer or
solicitation is not qualified to do so,
or to any person to whom it is unlawful
to make such offer or solicitation.
Neither the delivery of this Prospectus
nor any sale made hereunder shall
create an implication that there has
been no change in the affairs of the
Company since the date hereof.
Table of Contents
Page
Available Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Incorporation of Certain Documents
by Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
The Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Use of Proceeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Selling Stockholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Plan of Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Legal Matters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Experts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
277,586 Shares
COMMON STOCK
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DANAHER
CORPORATION
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PROSPECTUS
April 25, 1996
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