4 1 d4.txt STEVEN M. RALES /------------------------------/ / OMB APPROVAL / /------------------------------/ / OMB Number: 3235-0287 / / Expires: April 30, 2001 / / Estimated average burden / / hours per response...... 0.5 / /------------------------------/ +--------+ | 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 (Print or Type Responses) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* RALES STEVEN M. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 2099 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W., 12/TH/ FLOOR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) WASHINGTON, DC 20006-1813 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol DANAHER CORPORATION (DHR) ----------------------------------- 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) -------------- 4. Statement for Month/Year 05/2001 --------------------------------------------------- 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) --------------------------------- 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X Officer X 10% Owner ___ Other ---- --- (give title below) --- (specify below) Chairman -------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table I--Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMON STOCK, 05/03/2001 S 2,875,000(1) D $54.00 3,986,186(2) D __ par value $.01 per share ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMON STOCK, par value $.01 per- __ __ __ __ __ __ 14,314,888 I Through share Equity Group Holdings LLC (3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMON STOCK, par value $.01 per- __ __ __ __ __ __ 5,000,000 I Through share Equity Group Holdings II LLC (3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMON STOCK, par value $.01 per- __ __ __ __ __ __ 12,000,000 I Through share Equity Group Holdings III LLC (3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMON STOCK, par value $.01 per- __ __ __ __ __ __ 23,564 I Through share Danahar 401k Plan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) The shares sold by the Reporting Person were distributed by Equity Group Holdings LLC to the Reporting Person prior to the sale by the Reporting Person. These shares have previously been reported as an indirect holding by the Reporting Person. (2) Includes shares pledged as collateral to secure a loan of shares to the reporting Person. (3) Stephen M. Rales and his brother, Mitchell P. Rales, are the sole members of Equity Group Holdings LLC, Equity Group Holdings II LLC and Equity Group Holdings III LLC. Reminder: Report on separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Print or Type Response) FORM 4 (continued) Table II--Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------ Code V (A) (D) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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- Securities ficial (Instr. ficially Direct Owner- -------------------------------------------- 5) Owned (D) or ship Date Expira- Amount or at End Indirect (Instr. Exer- tion Title Number of of (I) 4) cisable Date Shares Month (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Explanation of Responses: ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). /s/ Steven M. Rales 06/08/2000 ------------------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Page 2