Danaher Reports Second Quarter 2020 Results

WASHINGTON, July 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) (the "Company") today announced results for the quarter ended July 3, 2020. All results in this release reflect only continuing operations unless otherwise noted.

For the second quarter 2020, net earnings were $927.3 million, or $1.24 per diluted common share which represents a 38.0% year-over-year increase from the comparable 2019 period.

Non-GAAP adjusted diluted net earnings per common share were $1.44 which represents a 32.0% increase over the comparable 2019 period. Revenues increased 19.0% year-over-year to $5.3 billion, with 3.5% non-GAAP core revenue growth including Cytiva.

Operating cash flow for the second quarter 2020 was $1.4 billion, representing a 37.0% increase year-over-year, and non-GAAP free cash flow was $1.3 billion, representing a 41.0% increase year-over-year.

For the third quarter 2020 the Company anticipates that non-GAAP core revenue growth including Cytiva will be in the mid- to high-single digit range.

Thomas P. Joyce, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We are very pleased with our second quarter results--especially in such a challenging environment. Our solid revenue growth, strong cash flow generation and more than 30% adjusted EPS growth are a testament to our team's commitment to the Danaher Business System and the outstanding portfolio of businesses that comprise Danaher today."

Joyce continued, "We are tackling the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic head-on, providing critical diagnostic testing capabilities and accelerating our customers' pursuit of new vaccines and treatments. We're fortunate to navigate through this environment from a position of strength and believe that the combination of our team's DBS-driven execution, resilient portfolio and strong balance sheet uniquely position Danaher in 2020 and beyond."

Danaher will discuss its results during its quarterly investor conference call on July 23, 2020 starting at 8:00 a.m. ET. The call and an accompanying slide presentation will be webcast on the "Investors" section of Danaher's website, www.danaher.com, under the subheading "Events & Presentations." A replay of the webcast will be available in the same section of Danaher's website shortly after the conclusion of the presentation and will remain available until the next quarterly earnings call.

The conference call can be accessed by dialing 866-503-8675 within the U.S. or by dialing +1 786-815-8792 outside the U.S. a few minutes before the 8:00 a.m. ET start and telling the operator that you are dialing in for Danaher's earnings conference call (access code 5251859). A replay of the conference call will be available shortly after the conclusion of the call and until August 6, 2020. You can access the replay dial-in information on the "Investors" section of Danaher's website under the subheading "Events & Presentations." In addition, presentation materials relating to Danaher's results have been posted to the "Investors" section of Danaher's website under the subheading "Quarterly Earnings."

ABOUT DANAHER

Danaher is a global science and technology innovator committed to helping its customers solve complex challenges and improving quality of life around the world. Its family of world class brands has leadership positions in the demanding and attractive health care, environmental and applied end-markets. With more than 20 operating companies, Danaher's globally diverse team of approximately 67,000 associates is united by a common culture and operating system, the Danaher Business System, and its Shared Purpose, Helping Realize Life's Potential. For more information, please visit www.danaher.com.

NON-GAAP MEASURES

In addition to the financial measures prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), this earnings release also contains non-GAAP financial measures. Calculations of these measures, the reasons why we believe these measures provide useful information to investors, a reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures and other information relating to these non-GAAP measures are included in the supplemental reconciliation schedule attached.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Statements in this release that are not strictly historical, including statements regarding the Company's anticipated third quarter financial performance, the Company's contributions to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the positioning of the Company's portfolio, the Company's differentiation and any other statements regarding events or developments that we believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future are "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. There are a number of important factors that could cause actual results, developments and business decisions to differ materially from those suggested or indicated by such forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. These factors include, among other things, the highly uncertain and unpredictable severity, magnitude and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic (and the related governmental, business and community responses thereto) on our business, results of operations and financial condition, Danaher's ability to successfully integrate the operations and employees of the Biopharma business Danaher acquired from General Electric Company (now known as Cytiva) with Danaher's existing business, the ability to realize anticipated financial, tax and operational synergies and benefits from such acquisition, Cytiva's performance and maintenance of important business relationships, the impact of our debt obligations (including the debt incurred to finance the acquisition of Cytiva) on our operations and liquidity, deterioration of or instability in the economy, the markets we serve and the financial markets (including as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic), developments and uncertainties in U.S. policy stemming from the U.S. administration, such as changes in U.S. trade and tariff policies and the reaction of other countries thereto, contractions or growth rates and cyclicality of markets we serve, competition, our ability to develop and successfully market new products and technologies and expand into new markets, the potential for improper conduct by our employees, agents or business partners, our compliance with applicable laws and regulations (including regulations relating to medical devices and the health care industry), the results of our clinical trials and perceptions thereof, our ability to effectively address cost reductions and other changes in the health care industry, our ability to successfully identify and consummate appropriate acquisitions and strategic investments and successfully complete divestitures and other dispositions, our ability to integrate the businesses we acquire and achieve the anticipated benefits of such acquisitions, contingent liabilities relating to acquisitions, investments and divestitures (including tax-related and other contingent liabilities relating to past and future IPOs, split-offs or spin-offs), security breaches or other disruptions of our information technology systems or violations of data privacy laws, the impact of our restructuring activities on our ability to grow, risks relating to potential impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets, currency exchange rates, tax audits and changes in our tax rate and income tax liabilities, changes in tax laws applicable to multinational companies, litigation and other contingent liabilities including intellectual property and environmental, health and safety matters, the rights of the United States government to use, disclose and license certain intellectual property we license if we fail to commercialize it, risks relating to product, service or software defects, product liability and recalls, risks relating to product manufacturing, our relationships with and the performance of our channel partners, uncertainties relating to collaboration arrangements with third-parties, commodity costs and surcharges, our ability to adjust purchases and manufacturing capacity to reflect market conditions, reliance on sole sources of supply, the impact of deregulation on demand for our products and services, labor matters, international economic, political, legal, compliance and business factors (including the impact of the United Kingdom's separation from the EU and uncertainty relating to the terms of such separation), disruptions relating to man-made and natural disasters (including pandemics such as COVID-19) and pension plan costs. Additional information regarding the factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements is available in our SEC filings, including our 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K, our first and second quarter 2020 Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and our Prospectus Supplement filed with the SEC on April 6, 2020 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release and except to the extent required by applicable law, the Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events and developments or otherwise.


                                                                                                   
            
              DANAHER CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES


                                                                                        
            
              CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS (unaudited)


                                                                                           
            
              ($ and shares in millions, except per share amounts)




                                                              Three-Month Period Ended                                                         Six-Month Period Ended


                                                 July 3, 2020                                  June 28, 2019                                    July 3, 2020              June 28, 2019




     Sales                                                     $
            5,297.4                                               $
            4,444.5                                         $
          9,640.5      $
        8,664.7



     Cost of sales                                 (2,444.8)                          (1,960.7)                                                    (4,345.1)                                   (3,826.0)




     Gross profit                                    2,852.6                             2,483.8                                                      5,295.4                                     4,838.7



     Operating costs:


      Selling, general and
       administrative expenses                      (1,685.4)                          (1,390.0)                                                    (3,143.7)                                   (2,757.7)


      Research and development
       expenses                                       (322.6)                            (282.1)                                                     (609.6)                                    (549.6)




     Operating profit                                  844.6                               811.7                                                      1,542.1                                     1,531.4



     Nonoperating income (expense):


      Other (expense) income,
       net                                              (0.7)                                5.0                                                        (2.2)                                       10.1


      Gain on sale of product
       lines                                            454.6                                                                                           454.6



     Interest expense                                 (78.6)                             (19.7)                                                     (126.0)                                     (40.2)



     Interest income                                     1.0                                26.2                                                         63.5                                        41.9



      Earnings from continuing
       operations before income
       taxes                                          1,220.9                               823.2                                                      1,932.0                                     1,543.2



     Income taxes                                    (293.6)                            (146.8)                                                     (409.6)                                    (534.5)



      Net earnings from
       continuing operations                            927.3                               676.4                                                      1,522.4                                     1,008.7


      Earnings from
       discontinued operations,
       net of income taxes                                  -                               54.9                                                                                                    56.4




     Net earnings                                      927.3                               731.3                                                      1,522.4                                     1,065.1


      Mandatory convertible
       preferred stock
       dividends                                       (34.6)                             (22.7)                                                      (54.2)                                     (29.2)



      Net earnings attributable
       to common stockholders                                     $
            892.7                                                 $
            708.6                                         $
          1,468.2      $
        1,035.9



      Net earnings per common share from
       continuing operations:



     Basic                                                        $
            1.27                                                  $
            0.91                                            $
          2.09  (b)    $
        1.37



     Diluted                                                      $
            1.24                                                  $
            0.90                                            $
          2.06  (b)    $
        1.36


      Net earnings per common share from
       discontinued operations:



     Basic                                        
            $                                                                     $
            0.08                               
            $                       $
        0.08



     Diluted                                      
            $                                                                     $
            0.08                               
            $                       $
        0.08



     Net earnings per common share:



     Basic                                                        $
            1.27                                                  $
            0.99                                            $
          2.09  (b)    $
        1.45



     Diluted                                                      $
            1.24                                                  $
            0.97                     (a)                    $
          2.06  (b)    $
        1.43 (a)


      Average common stock and common equivalent
       shares outstanding:



     Basic                                             705.1                               717.6                                                        701.1                                       712.6



     Diluted                                           718.2                               727.9                                                        713.1                                       723.2



                            (a) Net earnings per
                             common share does not
                             add due to rounding.


                            (b) Net earnings per
                             common share amounts for
                             the relevant three-
                             month periods do not add
                             to the six-month period
                             amounts due to rounding.

This information is presented for reference only. A complete copy of Danaher's Form 10-Q financial statements is available on the Company's website (www.danaher.com).


                                                                                                                                                 
              
                DANAHER CORPORATION
                                                                                                                                            RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES





       
                
                  Adjusted Diluted Net Earnings Per Common Share from Continuing Operations (1)

    ---



                                                                                                     Three-Month Period Ended                                                                      Six-Month Period Ended


                                                                         July 3, 2020                                         June 28, 2019                                     July 3, 2020                              June 28, 2019

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ---

                     Diluted Net Earnings Per
                      Common Share from
                      Continuing Operations
                      (GAAP)                                                            $
              
                1.24                                                                           $
        
                0.90                   $
     
        2.06  $
     
     1.36


        Pretax amortization of
         acquisition-related
         intangible assets A                                                     0.43                                                             0.21                                                                               0.65          0.43


        Pretax acquisition-
         related fair value
         adjustments to inventory
         and deferred revenue,
         incremental transaction
         costs deemed significant
         and integration
         preparation costs, in
         each case related to the
         acquisition of Cytiva B                                                 0.31                                                             0.03                                                                               0.39          0.05


        Pretax impairment charges
         related to a facility in
         the Diagnostics segment
         and a trade name and
         other intangible assets
         in the Environmental &
         Applied Solutions
         segment C                                                                  -                                                                                                                                              0.01


        Pretax fair value
         adjustments and losses
         on the Company's equity
         and limited partnership
         investments D                                                           0.01                                                                                                                                               0.02


        Gain on the sale of
         certain product lines in
         the Life Sciences
         segment in the second
         quarter of 2020 E                                                     (0.62)                                                                                                                                            (0.62)


        Tax effect of all
         adjustments reflected
         above F                                                                 0.05                                                           (0.04)                                                                                         (0.09)


        Discrete tax adjustments
         and other tax-related
         adjustments G                                                              -                                                          (0.02)                                                                            (0.04)         0.31


        Declared dividends on the
         MCPS assuming "if-
         converted" method H                                                     0.02                                                             0.01                                                                               0.03          0.02



                     Adjusted Diluted Net
                      Earnings Per Common
                      Share from Continuing
                      Operations (Non-GAAP)                                             $
              
                1.44                                                                           $
        
                1.09                   $
     
        2.50  $
     
     2.08




              
                1               Each of the per share amounts
                                             above have been calculated
                                             assuming the Mandatory
                                             Convertible Preferred Stock
                                             ("MCPS") had been converted
                                             into shares of common stock.



       
                
                  Adjusted Diluted Shares Outstanding

    ---



                                                                        Three-Month Period Ended                                  Six-Month Period Ended


                                                       July 3, 2020                              June 28, 2019       July 3, 2020                        June 28, 2019

                                                                                                                                                                   ---

                     (shares in millions)


        Average common
         stock and
         common
         equivalent
         shares
         outstanding -
         diluted                                              718.2                                            727.9                                               713.1 723.2


        Converted
         shares (2)                                            16.8                                             11.9                                                14.6   8.1


        Adjusted
         average common
         stock and
         common
         equivalent
         shares
         outstanding -
         diluted                                              735.0                                            739.8                                               727.7 731.3




              
                (2)              The number of converted shares
                                               assumes the conversion of all
                                               MCPS and issuance of the
                                               underlying shares applying the
                                               "if-converted" method of
                                               accounting and using an average
                                               20 trading-day trailing volume
                                               weighted average price ("VWAP")
                                               of $172.83 and $139.04 as of
                                               July 3, 2020 and June 28, 2019,
                                               respectively.

See the accompanying Notes to Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures



       
                
                  Core Sales Growth and Core Sales Growth Including Cytiva

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                                                                                     % Change Three-Month Period                      % Change Six-Month Period
                                                                              Ended July 3, 2020                   Ended July 3, 2020
                                                                                      vs.                                  vs.
                                                                            Comparable 2019 Period               Comparable 2019 Period

                                                                                                                                    ---


       Total sales growth (GAAP)                                                                 19.0
            %           11.5
            %



       Impact of:



       Acquisitions/divestitures                                                               (21.5)
            %         (11.0)
            %



       Currency exchange rates                                                                    2.0
            %            1.5
            %



        Core sales growth (decline) (non-GAAP)                                                   (0.5)
            %            2.0
            %


        Impact of Cytiva sales growth (net of
         divested product lines)                                                                   4.0
            %            2.0
            %

                                                                                                                                                                ---

        Core sales growth including Cytiva (non-
         GAAP)                                                                                     3.5
            %            4.0
            %

                                                                                                                                                                ===


                      Forecasted Core Sales Growth and Core Sales
                       Growth Including Cytiva

    ---



                                   % Change Three-Month Period
                                              Ending
                      October 2, 2020 vs. Comparable
                                2019 Period



        Core sales
         growth (non-
         GAAP)                       +Low- to mid-single digit


        Impact of
         Cytiva sales
         growth (net
         of divested
         product
         lines)                        
              ~300-400 bps


        Core sales
         growth
         including
         Cytiva (non-
         GAAP)                      +Mid- to high-single digit

See the accompanying Notes to Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures


                                    Reconciliation of Operating Cash Flows from Continuing Operations (GAAP) to Free Cash Flow from Continuing Operations (Non-GAAP)

    ---



                                                                                           Three-Month Period Ended                                           
              
            Year-over-Year
                                                                                                                                                                           Change



                                                                July 3, 2020                                                 June 28, 2019



                     Cash Flows from (used in) Continuing
                      Operations ($ in millions):


        Operating Cash Flows
         from Continuing
         Operations (GAAP)                                                     $
              1,445.0                                                                   $
          1,056.4


        Investing Cash Flows
         from (used in)
         Continuing Operations
         (GAAP)                                                                  $
              539.3                                                                   $
          (202.3)


        Financing Cash Flows
         (used in) from
         Continuing Operations
         (GAAP)                                                                $
              (888.0)                                                                    $
          605.0




                     Free Cash Flow from Continuing Operations
                      ($ in millions):

    ---

        Operating Cash Flows
         from Continuing
         Operations (GAAP)                                                     $
              1,445.0                                                                   $
          1,056.4             approx. equal to 37.0%


        Less: payments for
         additions to property,
         plant and equipment
         (capital expenditures)
         from continuing
         operations (GAAP)                                           (155.4)                                                                 (154.3)


        Plus: proceeds from
         sales of property,
         plant and equipment
         (capital disposals)
         from continuing
         operations (GAAP)                                               0.3                                                                     11.2



        Free Cash Flow from
         Continuing Operations
         (Non-GAAP)                                                            $
              1,289.9                                                                     $
          913.3             approx. equal to 41.0%





                     Ratio of Free Cash Flow from Continuing
                      Operations to Net Earnings from
                      Continuing Operations ($ in millions):

    ---

        Free Cash Flows from
         Continuing Operations
         from Above (GAAP)                                                     $
              1,289.9                                                                     $
          913.3


        Net Earnings from
         Continuing Operations
         (GAAP)                                                        927.3                                                                    676.4



        Free Cash Flow from
         Continuing Operations
         to Net Earnings from
         Continuing Operations
         Conversion Ratio (Non-
         GAAP)                                                          1.39                                                                     1.35

We define free cash flow as operating cash flows from continuing operations, less payments for additions to property, plant and equipment from continuing operations ("capital expenditures") plus the proceeds from sales of plant, property and equipment from continuing operations ("capital disposals").

See the accompanying Notes to Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures


                                                              
              
          Notes to Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures




             A Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets in the
                following historical periods ($ in millions) (only the pretax
                amounts set forth below are reflected in the amortization line
                item above):




                                      Three-Month Period Ended                                                                   Six-Month Period Ended


                            July 3, 2020                                         June 28, 2019                                        July 3, 2020          June 28, 2019

                                                                                                                                                        ---

     Pretax                                $
              314.1                                                $
              156.3                                       $
        470.5  $
     313.7


      After-
      tax                          252.9                                  126.1                                                    378.8                                   252.9




             B Pretax costs incurred for fair value adjustments to inventory
                and deferred revenue related to the Cytiva Acquisition in the
                three-month period ended July 3, 2020 ($228 million pretax as
                reported in this line item, $178 million after-tax) and fair
                value adjustments to inventory and deferred revenue,
                transaction costs deemed significant and integration
                preparation costs related to the Cytiva Acquisition for the
                six-month period ended July 3, 2020 ($288 million pretax as
                reported in this line item, $231 million after-tax).  Pretax
                costs incurred for transaction costs deemed significant and
                integration preparation costs related to the Cytiva Acquisition
                for the three-month period ended June 28, 2019 ($18 million
                pretax as reported in this line item, $16 million after-tax)
                and the six-month period ended June 28, 2019 ($33 million
                pretax as reported in this line item, $29 million after-tax).
                The Company deems acquisition-related transaction costs
                incurred in a given period to be significant (generally
                relating to the Company's larger acquisitions) if it determines
                that such costs exceed the range of acquisition-related
                transaction costs typical for Danaher in a given period.




             C Pretax impairment charges related to a facility in the
                Diagnostics segment and a trade name and other intangible
                assets in the Environmental & Applied Solutions segment
                recorded in the six-month period ended July 3, 2020 ($8
                million pretax as reported in this line item, $6 million after-
                tax).




             D Pretax fair value adjustments and losses on the Company's equity
                and limited partnership investments recorded in the three and
                six-month periods ended July 3, 2020 ($6 million pretax as
                reported in this line item, $4 million after-tax and $13
                million pretax as reported in this line item, $10 million
                after-tax, respectively).




             E Pretax gain on the sale of certain product lines in the Life
                Sciences segment in the three and six-month periods ended July
                3, 2020 ($455 million pretax as reported in this line item,
                $305 million after-tax).




             F This line item reflects the aggregate tax effect of all nontax
                adjustments reflected in the preceding line items of the table.
                 In addition, the footnotes above indicate the after-tax
                 amount of each individual adjustment item.  Danaher estimates
                the tax effect of each adjustment item by applying Danaher's
                overall estimated effective tax rate to the pretax amount,
                unless the nature of the item and/or the tax jurisdiction in
                which the item has been recorded requires application of a
                specific tax rate or tax treatment, in which case the tax
                effect of such item is estimated by applying such specific tax
                rate or tax treatment.  The MCPS dividends are not tax
                deductible and therefore the tax effect of the adjustments does
                not include any tax impact of the MCPS dividends.




             G Discrete tax adjustments and other tax-related adjustments for
                the six-month period ended July 3, 2020, include the impact of
                net discrete tax gains of $27 million (or $0.04 per diluted
                common share) related primarily to excess tax benefits from
                stock-based compensation and the release of reserves for
                uncertain tax positions due to the expiration of statutes of
                limitation.  Discrete tax adjustments and other tax-related
                adjustments for the three-month period ended June 28, 2019
                includes the impact of net discrete tax gains of $18 million or
                $0.02 per diluted common share.  Discrete tax adjustments and
                other tax-related adjustments for the six-month period ended
                June 28, 2019 includes the impact of net discrete tax charges
                of $227 million or $0.31 per diluted common share.  The
                discrete tax matters for the six-month period ended June 28,
                2019 relate primarily to changes in estimates associated with
                prior period uncertain tax positions and audit settlements, net
                of the release of valuation allowances associated with certain
                foreign tax credits and tax benefits resulting from a change in
                law and excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation
                realized in the three and six-month periods ended June 28,
                2019 in excess of anticipated levels.  The Company anticipates
                excess tax benefits from stock compensation of approximately $7
                million per quarter and therefore excludes benefits in excess
                of this amount in the calculation of Adjusted Diluted Net
                Earnings Per Common Share from Continuing Operations.




             H In March 2019, the Company issued $1.65 billion in aggregate
                liquidation preference of 4.75% MCPS.  In May 2020. the Company
                issued $1.72 billion in aggregate liquidation preference of
                5.0% MCPS.  Dividends on the 4.75% and 5.0% MCPS are payable on
                a cumulative basis at an annual rate of 4.75% and 5.0%,
                respectively, on the liquidation preference of $1,000 per
                share.  Unless earlier converted, each share of 4.75% MCPS will
                automatically convert on April 15, 2022 into between 6.6549 and
                8.1522 shares of Danaher's common stock, subject to further
                anti-dilution adjustments.  Unless earlier converted, each
                share of 5.0% MCPS will automatically convert on April 15, 2023
                into between 5.0081 and 6.1349 shares of Danaher's common
                stock, subject to further anti-dilution adjustments.  The
                number of shares of Danaher's common stock issuable on
                conversion of the MCPS will be determined based on the VWAP per
                share of the Company's common stock over the 20 consecutive
                trading day period beginning on, and including, the 21st
                scheduled trading day immediately before April 15, 2022 and
                April 15, 2023 for the 4.75% and 5.0% MCPS, respectively.  For
                the purposes of calculating adjusted earnings per share, the
                Company has excluded the paid and anticipated MCPS cash
                dividends and assumed the "if-converted" method of share
                dilution (the incremental shares of common stock deemed
                outstanding applying the "if-converted" method of calculating
                share dilution are referred to as the "Converted Shares".)

Statement Regarding Non-GAAP Measures

Each of the non-GAAP measures set forth above should be considered in addition to, and not as a replacement for or superior to, the comparable GAAP measure, and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. Management believes that these measures provide useful information to investors by offering additional ways of viewing Danaher Corporation's ("Danaher" or the "Company") results that, when reconciled to the corresponding GAAP measure, help our investors to:

    --  with respect to Adjusted Diluted Net Earnings Per Common Share from
        Continuing Operations, understand the long-term profitability trends of
        our business and compare our profitability to prior and future periods
        and to our peers;
    --  with respect to core sales from continuing operations, identify
        underlying growth trends in our business and compare our sales
        performance with prior and future periods and to our peers; and
    --  with respect to free cash flow (the "FCF Measure"), understand Danaher's
        ability to generate cash without external financings, strengthen its
        balance sheet, invest in its business and grow its business through
        acquisitions and other strategic opportunities (although a limitation of
        free cash flow is that it does not take into account the Company's debt
        service requirements and other non-discretionary expenditures, and as a
        result the entire free cash flow amount is not necessarily available for
        discretionary expenditures).

We also present core sales from continuing operations on a basis that includes sales attributable to Cytiva (formerly the Biopharma Business of General Electric Company's ("GE") Life Sciences business), which Danaher acquired from GE on March 31, 2020. Historically Danaher has calculated core sales solely on a basis that excludes sales from acquired businesses recorded prior to the first anniversary of the acquisition. However, given Cytiva's significant size and historical core sales growth rate, in each case compared to Danaher's existing businesses, management believes it is appropriate to also present core sales on a basis that includes Cytiva sales. Management believes this presentation provides useful information to investors by demonstrating the impact Cytiva has on the Company's current growth profile, rather than waiting to demonstrate such impact 12 months after the acquisition when Cytiva would normally have been included in Danaher's core sales calculation. Danaher calculates period-to-period core sales growth including Cytiva by adding to the baseline period sales Cytiva's historical sales from such period (when it was owned by GE), net of the sales of the divested product lines and also adding the Cytiva sales to the current period.

Management uses these non-GAAP measures to measure the Company's operating and financial performance, and uses core sales and non-GAAP measures similar to Adjusted Diluted Net Earnings Per Common Share from Continuing Operations and the FCF Measure in the Company's executive compensation program.

The items excluded from the non-GAAP measures set forth above have been excluded for the following reasons:

    --  With respect to Adjusted Diluted Net Earnings Per Common Share from
        Continuing Operations:
        --  We exclude the amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets
            because the amount and timing of such charges are significantly
            impacted by the timing, size, number and nature of the acquisitions
            we consummate. While we have a history of significant acquisition
            activity we do not acquire businesses on a predictable cycle, and
            the amount of an acquisition's purchase price allocated to
            intangible assets and related amortization term are unique to each
            acquisition and can vary significantly from acquisition to
            acquisition.  Exclusion of this amortization expense facilitates
            more consistent comparisons of operating results over time between
            our newly acquired and long-held businesses, and with both
            acquisitive and non-acquisitive peer companies.  We believe however
            that it is important for investors to understand that such
            intangible assets contribute to sales generation and that intangible
            asset amortization related to past acquisitions will recur in future
            periods until such intangible assets have been fully amortized.
        --  We exclude costs incurred pursuant to discrete restructuring plans
            that are fundamentally different (in terms of the size, strategic
            nature and planning requirements, as well as the inconsistent
            frequency, of such plans) from the ongoing productivity improvements
            that result from application of the Danaher Business System. Because
            these restructuring plans are incremental to the core activities
            that arise in the ordinary course of our business and we believe are
            not indicative of Danaher's ongoing operating costs in a given
            period, we exclude these costs to facilitate a more consistent
            comparison of operating results over time.
        --  With respect to the other items excluded from Adjusted Diluted Net
            Earnings Per Common Share from Continuing Operations, we exclude
            these items because they are of a nature and/or size that occur with
            inconsistent frequency, occur for reasons that may be unrelated to
            Danaher's commercial performance during the period and/or we believe
            that such items may obscure underlying business trends and make
            comparisons of long-term performance difficult.
        --  Danaher's Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock ("MCPS") will
            mandatorily convert into Danaher common stock on the mandatory
            conversion date, which is expected to be April 15, 2022 and April
            15, 2023 for the 4.75% and 5.0% MCPS, respectively, (unless
            converted or redeemed earlier in accordance with the terms of the
            applicable certificate of designations). On the prior pages, we
            present the earnings per share-related measures on a basis which
            assumes the MCPS had already been converted as of the beginning of
            the applicable period (and accordingly also exclude the dividends
            that were actually paid on the MCPS during such period, since such
            dividends would no longer be paid once the MCPS convert). We believe
            this presentation provides useful information to investors by
            helping them understand what the net impact will be on Danaher's
            earnings per share-related measures once the MCPS convert into
            Danaher common stock.
    --  With respect to core sales from continuing operations and core sales
        from continuing operations including Cytiva, (1) we exclude the impact
        of currency translation because it is not under management's control, is
        subject to volatility and can obscure underlying business trends, and
        (2) we exclude the effect of acquisitions (other than Cytiva, in the
        case of core sales from continuing operations including Cytiva) and
        divested product lines because the timing, size, number and nature of
        such transactions can vary significantly from period-to-period and
        between us and our peers, which we believe may obscure underlying
        business trends and make comparisons of long-term performance difficult.
    --  With respect to the FCF Measure, we exclude payments for additions to
        property, plant and equipment (net of the proceeds from capital
        disposals) to demonstrate the amount of operating cash flow for the
        period that remains after accounting for the Company's capital
        expenditure requirements.

With respect to forecasted core sales from continuing operations and forecasted core sales from continuing operations including Cytiva, we do not reconcile these measures to the comparable GAAP measure because of the inherent difficulty in predicting and estimating the future impact and timing of currency translation, acquisitions and divested product lines, which would be reflected in any forecasted GAAP revenue.

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