0000313616-16-000117.txt : 20160104 0000313616-16-000117.hdr.sgml : 20160104 20160104173859 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000313616-16-000117 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160104 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160104 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160104 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DANAHER CORP /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000313616 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASUREMENT, DISPLAY, AND CONTROL [3823] IRS NUMBER: 591995548 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. N.W. STREET 2: SUITE 800W CITY: WASHINGTON STATE: DC ZIP: 20037-1701 BUSINESS PHONE: 2028280850 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. N.W. STREET 2: SUITE 800W CITY: WASHINGTON STATE: DC ZIP: 20037-1701 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DMG INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19850221 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Ellis Brian W CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001662008 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08089 FILM NUMBER: 161319368 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW CITY: WASHINGTON STATE: DC ZIP: 20037 3 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0206 3 2016-01-04 1 0000313616 DANAHER CORP /DE/ DHR 0001662008 Ellis Brian W 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW, SUITE 800W WASHINGTON DC 20037 0 1 0 0 Senior Vice President - GC James F. O'Reilly, attorney-in-fact for Brian Ellis 2016-01-04 EX-24 2 ellispoa.htm

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints James F. O'Reilly, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Danaher Corporation (the Company), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

3)take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

      The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 4th day of January, 2016.

 By:  /s/ Brian W. Ellis

 Name:  Brian Ellis