DANAHER CORP /DE/

With the goal of building long-term value for our shareholders, we maintain an executive compensation program designed to:

•attract and retain executives with the leadership skills, attributes and experience necessary to succeed in an enterprise with Danaher’s size, diversity and global footprint;

•motivate executives to demonstrate exceptional personal performance and perform consistently at or above the levels that we expect, over the long-term and through a range of economic cycles; and

•link compensation to the achievement of goals and objectives that we believe best correlate with the creation of long-term shareholder value, including financial, strategic and operational objectives.

To achieve these objectives our compensation program combines annual and long-term components, cash and equity, and fixed and variable elements, with a bias toward long-term equity awards tied closely to the creation of shareholder value and subject to significant vesting and/or holding periods. Our executive compensation program rewards our executive officers when they help increase long-term shareholder value, achieve annual business goals and build long-term careers with Danaher.