Danaher 2009 Annual Report Download - page 104

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The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-
15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such
evaluation, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, have concluded that, as of the
end of such period, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
Management’s annual report on our internal control over financial reporting and the independent registered public accounting firm’s audit report on the
effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting are included in our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009 included in Item 8
of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, under the headings “Report of Management on Danaher Corporation’s Internal Control Over Financial Reporting” and
“Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting”, respectively, and are incorporated herein by
reference.
There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the
Exchange Act) that occurred during the Company’s most recent completed fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially
affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
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Code of Ethics
Other than the information below, the information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to the sections entitled Election of Directors of
Danaher, Corporate Governance and Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance in the Proxy Statement for the Company’s 2010
annual meeting, and to the information under the caption “Executive Officers of the Registrant” in Part I hereof. No nominee for director was selected pursuant
to any arrangement or understanding between the nominee and any person other than the Company pursuant to which such person is or was to be selected as a
director or nominee.
We have adopted a code of business conduct and ethics for directors, officers (including Danaher’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer and
principal accounting officer) and employees, known as the Standards of Conduct. The Standards of Conduct are available in the “Investors – Corporate
Governance” section of our website at www.danaher.com.
We intend to disclose any amendment to the Standards of Conduct that relates to any element of the code of ethics definition enumerated in Item 406(b) of
Regulation S-K, and any waiver from a provision of the Standards of Conduct granted to any director, principal executive officer, principal financial officer,
principal accounting officer, or any of our other executive officers, in the “Investors – Corporate Governance” section of our website, at www.danaher.com,
within four business days following the date of such amendment or waiver.
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