8-K

DANAHER CORPORATION

Date: October 30, 2019

/s/ Matthew R. McGrew

Matthew R. McGrew

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

UNITED STATES

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): October 29, 2019

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.)

2200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 800W Washington, D.C.		20037-1701
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 202-828-0850

Not applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.01 par value	DHR	New York Stock Exchange
4.75% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, Series A, without par value	DHR.PRA	New York Stock Exchange
Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2022	DHR F 06/30/22	New York Stock Exchange
1.700% Senior Notes due 2022	DHR 1.7 01/04/22	New York Stock Exchange
2.500% Senior Notes due 2025	DHR 2.5 07/08/25	New York Stock Exchange
1.200% Senior Notes due 2027	DHR 1.2 06/30/27	New York Stock Exchange
0.200% Senior Notes due 2026	DHR 0.2 03/18/26	New York Stock Exchange
0.450% Senior Notes due 2028	DHR 0.45 03/18/28	New York Stock Exchange
0.750% Senior Notes due 2031	DHR 0.75 09/18/31	New York Stock Exchange
1.350% Senior Notes due 2039	DHR 1.35 09/18/39	New York Stock Exchange
1.800% Senior Notes due 2049	DHR 1.8 09/18/49	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 8.01.

Other Events

On October 29, 2019, DH Europe Finance II S.à r.l. (“Danaher International II”) and Danaher Corporation (“Danaher”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with BofA Securities, Inc., Mizuho Securities USA LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and the several other underwriters party thereto for the issue and sale by Danaher International II of $700 million aggregate principal amount of 2.050% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “2022 Notes”), $700 million aggregate principal amount of 2.200% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “2024 Notes”), $800 million aggregate principal amount of 2.600% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”), $900 million aggregate principal amount of 3.250% Senior Notes due 2039 (the “2039 Notes”) and $900 million aggregate principal amount of 3.400% Senior Notes due 2049 (the “2049 Notes,” and collectively with the 2022 Notes, the 2024 Notes, the 2029 Notes and the 2039 Notes, the “Notes”), in an underwritten offering.

The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Danaher. The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements of Danaher and Danaher International II, customary conditions to closing, termination provisions and indemnification and other obligations of the parties.

Danaher International II expects to receive net proceeds, after underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses, of approximately $3.97 billion. Danaher anticipates using the net proceeds to fund a portion of the cash consideration payable for, and certain costs associated with, its acquisition of the Biopharma Business of GE Life Sciences (the “GE Biopharma Acquisition”). Pending completion of the GE Biopharma Acquisition, Danaher may invest the net proceeds of the offering in short-term bank deposits or invest them in interest-bearing, investment-grade securities. The offering of the Notes is expected to close on November 7, 2019, subject to customary closing conditions.

The above description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement. The Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto, and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed herewith:


Exhibit No.		Description

	1.1	Underwriting Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2019

	101.INS	Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document

	101.SCH	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

	101.CAL	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

	101.DEF	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

	101.LAB	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document

	101.PRE	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

	104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL with applicable taxonomy extension information contained in Exhibits 101)