Form 11-K -- Period Ending 12/31/2009
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 11-K

 

 

FOR ANNUAL REPORTS OF EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE, SAVINGS AND SIMILAR

PLANS PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009

or

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number: 1-8089

 

 

 

A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Retirement and Savings Plan;

 

B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

Danaher Corporation

2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 12th Floor

Washington, D.C. 20006-1813

(202) 828-0850

 

 

 


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AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND

SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE

Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Retirement and Savings Plan

As of December 31, 2009 and 2008 and for the Year Ended December 31, 2009

With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


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Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Retirement and Savings Plan

Audited Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule

As of December 31, 2009 and 2008 and for the Year Ended December 31, 2009

Contents

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   1

Audited Financial Statements

  

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

   2

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

   3

Notes to Financial Statements

   4

Supplemental Schedule

  

Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Plan Administrator

Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries

Retirement and Savings Plan

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Retirement and Savings Plan as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2009. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan at December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2009, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2009, is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audits of the financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

McLean, VA

June 21, 2010

 

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Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Retirement and Savings Plan

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

 

     December 31
     2009    2008

Assets

     

Investments, at fair value

   $ 67,044,575    $ 58,322,976

Participant loans

     2,930,094      2,856,180
             

Total investments

     69,974,669      61,179,156

Receivables:

     

Participant contributions

     54,743      37,512

Employer contributions

     64,417      31,963
             

Total receivables

     119,160      69,475
             

Total assets

     70,093,829      61,248,631

Liabilities

     

Administrative expenses payable

     3,442      703
             

Total liabilities

     3,442      703
             

Net assets available for benefits at fair value

     70,090,387      61,247,928

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contract

     187,860      624,128
             

Net assets available for benefits

   $ 70,278,247    $ 61,872,056
             

See accompanying notes.

 

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Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Retirement and Savings Plan

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

Year Ended December 31, 2009

 

Additions

  

Contributions:

  

Participant

   $ 2,726,358

Rollovers

     14,551

Employer

     3,231,683
      

Total contributions

     5,972,592

Interest and dividend income

     1,135,151

Net realized and unrealized appreciation in fair value of investments

     9,205,311
      

Total additions

     16,313,054

Deductions

  

Benefit payments

     7,836,506

Administrative expenses

     80,344
      

Total deductions

     7,916,850
      

Net increase prior to plan transfers

     8,396,204

Net transfers into plan

     9,987
      

Increase in assets available for benefits

     8,406,191

Net assets available for benefits:

  

Beginning of year

     61,872,056
      

End of year

   $ 70,278,247
      

See accompanying notes.

 

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Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Retirement and Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2009 and 2008

1. Description of Plan

The Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Retirement and Savings Plan (the Plan) was established for certain employees effective December 1, 1986. Plan participants should refer to the formal legal documents of the Plan and Summary Plan Description for full explanation of all limitations, adjustments and special cases in the Plan. The Plan is administered through the trustee and record-keeper, Fidelity Management Trust Company (Fidelity).

On December 31, 2008, the Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc. Union Savings and Thrift Plan merged into the Plan.

This plan merger occurred subsequent to and as a result of Danaher Corporation’s (hereafter, the Company) acquisition of the above mentioned company.

Effective January 1, 2009, the Plan was amended to provide for a discretionary matching contribution in an amount determined by the Plan Administrator in lieu of a fixed Company matching contribution.

Contributions

Eligible employees may contribute a portion of their compensation (subject to annual maximums). Employees are eligible for Company contributions upon completion of one year of service. Employee contributions and the earnings or losses thereon are fully vested at all times.

The Company’s matching and unilateral contributions are determined at the discretion of the plan administrator. The matching contribution can range from 0% to 50% of the first 6% of compensation contributed by the employee, and the unilateral contribution can range from 0% to 3% of compensation. For the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company’s matching contribution was equal to 50% of the first 6% of the compensation contributed by the employee. The Company’s unilateral contribution was 3% of compensation. Employees become fully vested with respect to the employer contributions upon completion of three years of service.

Benefit Payments

A participant who attains normal retirement age shall be entitled to payment of the balance in his or her account. A participant who remains employed after attainment of normal retirement age shall continue to participate under the same terms and conditions as applied prior to reaching normal retirement age.

 

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Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Retirement and Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Description of Plan (continued)

 

A participant must begin receiving distributions upon April 1 of the calendar year following the later of the date his or her employment terminates or the calendar year in which he or she reaches the age of 70 1/2.

Upon total and permanent disability, a participant shall be entitled to payment of the balance in his or her account within a reasonable period of time after termination of employment.

The beneficiary or beneficiaries of a deceased participant shall be entitled to payment of the participant’s account balance within a reasonable period of time after the participant’s death.

Upon a participant’s termination of employment for reasons other than as specified above, a participant is entitled to payment of his or her vested account balance.

The plan administrator may permit a participant to make a withdrawal from his or her account in the event of a hardship. A hardship withdrawal shall not exceed the amount required to meet the immediate financial need created by the hardship. Participants may also make in-service withdrawals generally from contributions transferred or rolled over into the Plan from other plans.

Participant Loans

A participant may receive a loan from the Plan in accordance with policy established by the plan administrator. Any such loan or loans shall not exceed the lesser of 50% of the participant’s vested account balance or $50,000. Participants will not be entitled to receive a loan more frequently than annually. The plan administrator shall establish the maximum maturity period that will be permitted to prevent the loan from being treated as a distribution. Current procedures require that all loans must be paid back within 60 months. The plan administrator may require loan payments to be made through payroll deductions.

Participant Accounts

Each participant account is credited with the participant’s contributions, any employer matching and unilateral contributions, an allocation of Plan earnings and losses and is charged with an administrative expense fee. Allocations are based on account balances. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s account.

 

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Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Retirement and Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Description of Plan (continued)

 

Forfeitures

At December 31, 2009 and 2008, forfeited non-vested accounts totaled $560,349 and $541,366, respectively. These accounts will be used to reduce future employer contributions and to pay administrative expenses.

Termination of the Plan

Although the Company, as the Plan’s sponsor, has not expressed an intention to do so, the Plan may be terminated at any time. In the event of termination of the Plan, the account balances of participants as of the date of termination shall immediately become nonforfeitable.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Accounting

The accompanying financial statements are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Investments

Investments are reported at fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. See Note 5 for discussion of fair value measurements.

The Plan invests in the Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio II (Fidelity MIP II), which consists primarily of fully benefit-responsive investment contracts. As required by the accounting standards related to defined contribution plans, the statements of net assets available for benefits present the fair value of the Fidelity MIP II and the adjustment from fair value to contract value.

 

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Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Retirement and Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. The fair value of the Plan’s interest is based on information reported by Fidelity at year-end. The contract value of the Fidelity MIP II represents contributions plus earnings, less participant withdrawals and administrative expenses.

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade date basis. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The income of each fund is reinvested in that fund.

Risks and Uncertainties

The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits.

3. Tax Status of the Plan

The Plan has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service dated September 23, 2009, stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation. Subsequent to the issuance of this determination letter, the Plan was amended. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with the Code to maintain its qualification. The plan administrator believes that the Plan is being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code and, therefore, believes that the Plan is qualified and the related trust is tax-exempt.

 

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Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Retirement and Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

4. Investments

The fair value of investments representing 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets is as follows:

 

     December 31
     2009    2008

Danaher Corporation Stock Fund

   $ 9,135,856    $ 7,447,136

Fidelity Equity-Income Fund – Class K

     3,800,685      3,143,734

Fidelity Magellan Fund – Class K

     7,368,830      5,236,501

Fidelity MIP II – Class 3 (at contract value)

     15,139,970      16,004,187

Fidelity Retirement Money Market Portfolio

     10,131,821      11,394,612

During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold as well as held during the year) appreciated (depreciated) in fair value by $9,205,311 as follows:

 

     Year Ended
December 31,
2009
 

Danaher Corporation Stock Fund

   $ 2,295,795   

American Beacon Small Cap Value Institutional Class

     73,910   

American Funds Growth Fund of America Class R6

     259,328   

Fidelity Diversified International Fund

     (60,747

Fidelity Diversified International Fund – Class K

     343,328   

Fidelity Equity-Income Fund

     (196,992

Fidelity Equity-Income Fund – Class K

     984,682   

Fidelity Freedom 2010 Fund

     528,548   

Fidelity Freedom 2020 Fund

     640,984   

Fidelity Freedom 2030 Fund

     302,759   

Fidelity Freedom 2040 Fund

     142,818   

Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund – Class K

     523,026   

Fidelity Magellan Fund – Class K

     2,173,141   

Franklin Small Mid-Cap Growth Fund Advisor Class

     259,072   

PIMCO Total Return Fund Institutional Class

     161,769   

Spartan 500 Index Advantage Class

     416,497   

Templeton World Fund Advisor Class

     392,886   

Other mutual funds

     (35,493
        
   $ 9,205,311   
        

 

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Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Retirement and Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Fair Value Measurements

Accounting standards establish a framework for measuring fair value. That framework provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy included in the accounting standards are described below:

Level 1 – Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Plan has the ability to access

Level 2 – Inputs to the valuation methodology include:

 

   

Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;

 

   

Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets;

 

   

Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability;

 

   

Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

If the asset or liability has a specified (contractual) term, the Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3 – Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

The asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Valuation techniques used need to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.

Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets measured at fair value. There have been no changes in the methodologies used at December 31, 2009 and 2008.

Money market funds: Valued at quoted prices in an active market, which represent the net asset value (NAV) of shares held by the plan at year-end.

 

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Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Retirement and Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Fair Value Measurements (continued)

 

Mutual funds: Valued at quoted prices in an active market, which represent the NAV of shares held by the plan at year-end.

Danaher Corporation Stock Fund: Valued based on the NAV of shares held by the plan at year-end, which is determined based on the quoted market price of the Company’s common stock and the cost of short-term money market investments.

Common/collective trusts: Comprised of fully benefit-responsive investment contracts (see Note 2) valued based on the NAV of units held by the Plan at year-end. Although the common/collective trusts are not available in an active market, the NAV of the units are approximated based on the quoted prices of the underlying investments that are traded in an active market.

Participant loans: Valued at amortized cost.

The methods described above may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.

The following table sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan’s investments at fair value as of December 31, 2009 and 2008:

 

December 31, 2009

   Level 1    Level 2    Level 3    Total

Money market trust

   $ 10,131,821    $ —      $ —      $ 10,131,821

Mutual funds

     32,824,788      —        —        32,824,788

Danaher Corporation Stock Fund

     9,135,856      —        —        9,135,856

Common/collective trust

     —        14,952,110      —        14,952,110

Participant loans

     —        —        2,930,094      2,930,094
                           

Total investments at fair value

   $ 52,092,465    $ 14,952,110    $ 2,930,094    $ 69,974,669
                           

 

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Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Retirement and Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Fair Value Measurements (continued)

 

December 31, 2008

   Level 1    Level 2    Level 3    Total

Money market trust

   $ 11,394,612    $ —      $ —      $ 11,394,612

Mutual funds

     24,101,169      —        —        24,101,169

Danaher Corporation Stock Fund

     7,447,136      —        —        7,447,136

Common/collective trust

     —        15,380,059      —        15,380,059

Participant loans

     —        —        2,856,180      2,856,180
                           

Total investments at fair value

   $ 42,942,917    $ 15,380,059    $ 2,856,180    $ 61,179,156
                           

Level 3 Gains and Losses

The table below sets forth a summary of changes in the fair value of the Plan’s Level 3 investments for the year ended December 31, 2009.

 

     Participant
Loans

Balance, beginning of year

   $ 2,856,180

Purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements (net)

     73,914
      

Balance, end of year

   $ 2,930,094
      

In January 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2010-06, Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements (ASU 2010-06). ASU 2010-06 amended ASC 820 to clarify certain existing fair value disclosures and require a number of additional disclosures. The guidance in ASU 2010-06 clarified that disclosures should be presented separately for each “class” of assets and liabilities measured at fair value and provided guidance on how to determine the appropriate classes of assets and liabilities to be presented. ASU 2010-06 also clarified the requirement for entities to disclose information about both the valuation techniques and inputs used in estimating Level 2 and Level 3 fair value measurements. In addition, ASU 2010-06 introduced new requirements to disclose the amounts (on a gross basis) and reasons for any significant transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 of the fair value hierarchy and presents information regarding the purchases, sales, issuances and settlements of Level 3 assets and liabilities on a gross basis. With the exception of the requirement to present changes in Level 3 measurements on a gross basis, which is delayed until 2011, the guidance in

 

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Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Retirement and Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Fair Value Measurements (continued)

 

ASU 2010-06 becomes effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009. Plan management is currently evaluating the effect that the provisions of ASU 2010-06 will have on the Plan’s financial statements.

6. Party-in-Interest Transactions

Certain Plan investments are held in shares of mutual funds managed by Fidelity. Fidelity is the trustee as defined by the Plan and, therefore, these qualify as party-in-interest transactions. Additionally, as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Plan invested in 120,349 and 130,459 shares, respectively, of Danaher Corporation common stock as part of the Danaher Corporation Stock Fund. During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Plan received $15,115 of dividends on shares of Danaher Corporation common stock. Therefore, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest.

7. Differences Between Financial Statements and Form 5500

The accompanying financial statements present fully benefit responsive investment contracts at contract value. The Form 5500 requires fully benefit responsive contracts to be reported at fair value. Therefore, the adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully benefit responsive investment contracts represents a reconciling item.

The participant loan balance shown in the accompanying financial statements includes loans with no post-default payments. A deemed distribution occurs when a participant loan goes into default but the participant is not eligible for a plan distribution. The Form 5500 excludes the value of any outstanding loans that were deemed distributions in the current or prior years unless repayment was initiated. Therefore, the value of loans with no post-default payments represents a reconciling item.

 

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Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Retirement and Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

7. Differences Between Financial Statements and Form 5500 (continued)

 

The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500:

 

     December 31  
     2009     2008  

Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

   $ 70,278,247      $ 61,872,056   

Loans with no post-default payment activity that are deemed distributions

     (150,825     (162,670

Adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     (187,860     (624,128
                

Net assets available for benefits per the Form 5500

   $ 69,939,562      $ 61,085,258   
                

The following is a reconciliation of benefits paid to participants per the financial statements to the Form 5500 for the year ended December 31, 2009:

 

Benefits paid to participants per the financial statements

   $  7,836,506   

Loan defaults previously deemed distributed that reached a distributable event

     (61,628
        

Benefits paid to participants per the Form 5500

   $ 7,774,878   
        

 

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Supplemental Schedule

 

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Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Retirement and Savings Plan

EIN: 59-19995548 ; Plan No.: 001

Schedule H, Line 4i –

Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

December 31, 2009

 

Identity of Issuer, Borrower, Lessor or Similar Party

  

Description

of Investment

     Cost    Current
Value

*Fidelity Retirement Money Market Portfolio

   Money market      **    $ 10,131,821

*Fidelity MIP II – Class 3 (at FMV)

   Common/collective trust      **      14,952,110

*Danaher Corporation Stock Fund

   Unitized stock fund      **      9,135,856

American Beacon Small Cap Value Inst Class

   Mutual fund      **      300,255

American Funds Growth Fund of America Class R6

   Mutual fund      **      1,104,362

Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund

   Mutual fund      **      94,995

*Fidelity Diversified International Fund – Class K

   Mutual fund      **      1,260,780

*Fidelity Equity-Income Fund – Class K

   Mutual fund      **      3,800,685

*Fidelity Freedom K 2005 Fund

   Mutual fund      **      2,147

*Fidelity Freedom K 2010 Fund

   Mutual fund      **      2,895,116

*Fidelity Freedom K 2015 Fund

   Mutual fund      **      215,858

*Fidelity Freedom K 2020 Fund

   Mutual fund      **      3,419,874

*Fidelity Freedom K 2025 Fund

   Mutual fund      **      117,852

*Fidelity Freedom K 2030 Fund

   Mutual fund      **      1,554,702

*Fidelity Freedom K 2035 Fund

   Mutual fund      **      8,153

*Fidelity Freedom K 2040 Fund

   Mutual fund      **      666,885

*Fidelity Freedom K 2045 Fund

   Mutual fund      **      12,978

*Fidelity Freedom K 2050 Fund

   Mutual fund      **      21,360

*Fidelity Freedom K Income Fund

   Mutual fund      **      438,148

*Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund – Class K

   Mutual fund      **      1,976,490

*Fidelity Magellan Fund – Class K

   Mutual fund      **      7,368,830

Franklin Small Mid-Cap Growth Fund Advisor Class

   Mutual fund      **      892,234

Legg Mason Value Trust Inc. Class I

   Mutual fund      **      45,250

PIMCO Total Return Institutional Class

   Mutual fund      **      3,111,990

*Spartan 500 Index Advantage Class

   Mutual fund      **      1,970,748

Templeton World Fund Advisor Class

   Mutual fund      **      1,545,096

*Participant loans

  

Interest rates range from 4% to 11.5% with maturity at various dates

     **      2,779,269
              

Total investments

           $ 69,823,844
              

 

* Indicates a party-in-interest to the Plan.
** Historical cost not required to be presented, as all investments are participant-directed.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

    DANAHER CORPORATION & SUBSIDIARIES RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN
Date: June 21, 2010     By:  

/S/    R. L. KING        

      R. L. King
      Vice President — Benefits


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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

23.1    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm