UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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) July 12, 2016

 

 

Danaher Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

001-08089		59-1995548
(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)

202-828-0850

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not applicable

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

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ITEM 5.02             DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS

On July 12, 2016, the Board of Directors of Danaher Corporation (“Danaher”) increased the size of Danaher’s Board from ten to eleven members and appointed Robert J. Hugin to the Board to fill the newly-created vacancy, with a term expiring at Danaher’s 2017 annual meeting of shareholders. The Board also appointed Mr. Hugin to the Compensation Committee of Danaher’s Board. As a non-employee director, Mr. Hugin will receive the same compensation paid to other non-employee directors of Danaher as disclosed in Exhibit 10.20 to Danaher’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, which is incorporated by reference herein. Mr. Hugin has also entered into a director indemnification agreement with Danaher, the form of which is disclosed as Exhibit 10.26 to Danaher’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 and which is incorporated by reference herein.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Hugin and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Hugin was selected as a director of Danaher. There are no transactions in which Mr. Hugin has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

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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.

 

Dated: July 14, 2016