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| FORM 4 | U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
+--------+ Washington, D.C. 20549
[_] Check this box if
no longer subject STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
obligations may Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
continue. See Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Instruction 1(b). Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
RALES MITCHELL P.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
1250 24TH STREET, N.W., SUITE 800
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(Street)
WASHINGTON, DC 20037
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol DANAHER CORPORATION (DHR)
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3. I.R.S. or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year September, 2000
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
_X_ Director _X_ Officer _X_ 10% Owner ___ Other
(give title below) (specify below)
Chairman of Executive Committee
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Table I--Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
of action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
Security Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
(Instr. 3) (Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-
Day/ ----------------------------------------------- End of (D) or ficial
Year) Month Indirect Owner-
Code V Amount (A) or Price (Instr. 3 and 4) (I) ship
(D) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
COMMON STOCK, par 09/05/00 S V 1,400,000 D $54.00 2,562,162 1/ D -
value $.01 per share
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COMMON STOCK, par - - - - - - 24,064,888 I Through
value $.01 per share Equity
Group
Holdings
LLC 2/
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COMMON STOCK, par - - - - - - 8,000,000 I Through
value $.01 per share Equity
Group
Holdings
II LLC 2/
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COMMON STOCK, par - - - - - - 5,000,000 I Through
value $.01 per share Equity
Group
Holdings
III LLC 2/
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COMMON STOCK, par - - - - - - 40,861 I Through
value $.01 per share Danaher
401k Plan
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1/ Includes shares pledged as collateral to secure a loan of shares to the
Reporting Person.
2/ Mitchell P. Rales and his brother, Steven M. Rales, are the sole members of
Equity Group Holdings LLC, Equity Group Holdings II LLC and Equity Group
Holdings III LLC.
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Response) SEC 1474 (8-92)
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FORM 4 (continued)
Table II--Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv-
Security (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities
Exercise Date (Instr. 8) Acquired (A) or
Price of (Month/ Disposed of (D)
Deriv- Day/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
ative Year)
Security
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Code V (A) (D)
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Table II--Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na-
cisable and Underlying Securities of of Deriv- ship ture
Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative Form of In-
Date ative Secur- of De- direct
(Month/Day/ Secur- ities rivative Bene-
Year) ity Bene- Security: ficial
(Instr. ficially Direct Owner-
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Date Expira- Amount or at End Indirect (Instr.
Exer- tion Title Number of of (I) 4)
cisable Date Shares Month (Instr.4)
(Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Mitchell P. Rales 09/05/00
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*Signature of Reporting Person Date
* Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
