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  0001754423
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000313616
  DANAHER CORP /DE/
  001-08089
  2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. N.W.
  SUITE 800W
  WASHINGTON
  DC
  20037-1701
  2028280850
  McGrew Matthew
  Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  16172
  4525554.72
  722213081
  08/01/2024
  NYSE
  Common
  08/01/2024
  Option Granted - 11/15/2015
  Issuer
  N
  16172
  08/01/2024
  Cash
  N
  Matthew Mcgrew
  200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
  Suite 800
  Washington
  DC
  20037-1701
  Common
  05/10/2024
  46377
  11735855.76
  08/01/2024
  /s/ Jared Cook, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Matthew Mcgrew