-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, LZ0Ef7JXvI+heAKsc5SJ8THFB6VFfMCnnh58K3bzlhq31O7O25OyUaELiJKYqRnw AnRBfKmSKSO4ZLXqHDjPMw== 0001104659-04-000887.txt : 20040114 0001104659-04-000887.hdr.sgml : 20040114 20040114160055 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-04-000887 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040114 ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 20040114 FILER: 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 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08089 FILM NUMBER: 04525048 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2099 PENNSYLVANIA AVE N.W., 12TH FLOOR CITY: WASHINGTON STATE: DC ZIP: 20006 BUSINESS PHONE: 2028280850 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2099 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. N.W., 12TH FLOOR CITY: WASHINGTON STATE: DC ZIP: 20006 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DMG INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19850221 8-K 1 a04-1272_18k.htm 8-K

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 14, 2004

 

 

DANAHER CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

001-08089

 

59-1995548

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006-1813

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

 

 

(202) 828-0850

(Registrant’s telephone Number, including area code)

 

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

 

ITEM 12. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

 

On January 14, 2004, Danaher Corporation (the “Company”) announced via press release preliminary financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2003.  A copy of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.  This Form 8-K, the information contained herein, and the attached exhibit are furnished under Item 12 of Form 8-K and are furnished to, but not filed with, the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The information contained herein and in the accompanying exhibit shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or a fter the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, unless expressly incorporated by specific reference to such filing.

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

DANAHER CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patrick W. Allender

 

 

 

 

Name:

Patrick W. Allender

 

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated:

January 14, 2004

 

 

 

 

2

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release —  “Danaher Corporation Comments on Fourth Quarter Estimates”

 

3

 EX-99.1 3 a04-1272_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

DANAHER CORPORATION

2099 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE

12TH FLOOR

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006

TELEPHONE (202)-828-0850  FAX (202)-828-0860

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

CONTACT:

 

Andy Wilson

 

 

 

 

VP Investor
Relations

 

 

 

 

(202) 828-0850

 

DANAHER CORPORATION COMMENTS ON FOURTH QUARTER ESTIMATES

 

 

Washington, D.C., January 14, 2004 - Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) today commented on estimates for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2003.  Preliminary financial results indicate revenues for the fourth quarter increased approximately 17 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2002.  Of the 17 percent increase, revenues from existing operations are expected to account for an approximately six percent increase over the same period in 2002, exceeding previous estimates of a two to four percent increase.  Danaher defines revenue growth from existing operations as revenue increases over the comparable prior period, excluding revenue attributable to currency gains and losses as well as businesses acquired subsequent to the comparable prior period.

The current Thompson Financial First Call consensus range for the Company’s fourth quarter earnings is $0.91 to $0.95 per share which does not include the previously announced $0.09 per share gain the Company expects to record in the fourth quarter related to curtailment of the Company’s cash balance pension plan in the United States.  Adding the $.09 per share gain to the consensus range would result in a revised range of $1.00 to $1.04 per share.  The Company expects that earnings for the quarter will meet or slightly exceed the upper end of this revised range.

Danaher Corporation is a leading manufacturer of Process / Environmental Controls and Tools and Components (www.danaher.com).

Statements in this release that are not strictly historical, including statements characterized by terminology such as “indicates,” “expected,” “expects” and “would,” may be “forward-looking” statements, which involve risks and uncertainties.  These include economic and currency conditions, market demand, pricing, competitive and technological factors, and the fact that the financial measures presented in this release have not been audited, among other factors as set forth in the company’s SEC filings.

 

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